Example sentences of "[noun sg] to pay for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | A CROWD of people fought with police officers as they tried to stop a council bailiff taking a car to pay for an outstanding poll tax bill , a court was told yesterday . |
| 2 | A table-topping rebound next year would not be enough for a quick return if a no-promotion season is declared to accommodate the proposal to reduce League One to 10 clubs — a mad price to pay for an all-play-all format . |
| 3 | What a price to pay for an Imperial whim . |
| 4 | But because exploration costs represent barely a fifth the total North Sea spending of about £10 billion , this may not be considered too heavy a price to pay for an attempt to switch activity towards developing some of the finds already made or maximising the returns from fields already in production . |
| 5 | A conceivable problem for the Solo is its price — £39,850 is a lot to pay for an unknown quantity . |
| 6 | On top of this BR now has to find an extra £100m a year to pay for an unnecessarily large safety programme , one result of the Clapham rail crash . |