Example sentences of "[noun sg] to pay off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its efforts to raise revenue to pay off the debt , Maxxam has been logging at twice the usual rate . |
| 2 | Here in the front cloth she is seen at her embroidery , sadly waiting and earning her living to pay off the Rake 's debts . |
| 3 | At these levels , borrowers with savings or investments must be wondering whether it is worthwhile using some of their cash to pay off the mortgage in part or in full . |
| 4 | The difference was exacerbated by Parliament 's refusal to pay off the army 's arrears of pay . |
| 5 | For such clients raising a second mortgage to pay off the credit card debt often seems the only answer . |
| 6 | For such clients raising a second mortgage to pay off the credit card debt often seems the only answer . |
| 7 | They 'd probably have a fifty thousand pound mortgage to pay off the the existing mortgage on that one and the balance . |
| 8 | In McHugh ( 1989 ) 88 Cr App R 385 ( CA ) , the accused used money of a company of which he was a director to pay off the debts of subsidiary companies , of which he was also a director . |
| 9 | However , when the account is used in conjunction with a credit card — which has an annual fee of £25 — the investor can use the card for purchases and the cheque facility to pay off the card account at the end of each month . |
| 10 | You can make an arrangement to pay off the bill and your current consumption , by regular payments to the fuel supplier . |
| 11 | I explained the situation to him and he arranged a single loan to pay off the store cards . |
| 12 | Do you take out a new loan to pay off the old one ? |
| 13 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 14 | Charlie has taken a street sweeper 's job to earn the money to pay off the cruel landlord who would otherwise put a blind girl and her mother out onto the streets . |
| 15 | When the zero-coupon bond matures , in , say , 15 years , the French debt-issuer uses the money to pay off the principal . |
| 16 | Legally , if only one of the partners has the money to pay off the company 's debts , then she must do so . |
| 17 | Lloyds Bank released the bills back to him so that he could sell them and thereby obtain the money to pay off the loan from the Bank . |
| 18 | A country that has a balance of payments surplus may receive payment from the debtor 's foreign exchange reserves , receive the balance in gold , leave the money in the debtor country and use it to purchase goods and services in the future , or lend the debtor country the money to pay off the debt and receive interest on the loan in the meantime . |
| 19 | In the same way , a country that has a deficit on its balance of payments will either have to run down its foreign exchange reserves , pay over gold , borrow the money to pay off the debt from other countries or hold money , in terms of credit , that the creditor country can use to purchase goods and services in the future . |
| 20 | Austerity measures : On Feb. 27 the President announced that ministers and civil servants would have to pay up to 40 per cent of their salaries into a fund to pay off the foreign debt , while private-sector firms would have to pay a " solidarity tax " . |
| 21 | It 's the only certain way to pay off an overdraft which he expects by then to have topped £1,000 . |
| 22 | She now has a fortnight to pay off the arrears if she and her seven children are to keep their home . |
| 23 | If a customer 's circumstances change adversely for reasons beyond the customer 's control , the finance company will look sympathetically at the circumstances and will try , subject to any restrictions placed upon it by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 , to reach an accommodation with the customer to pay off the outstanding balance in a practicable manner . |
| 24 | To bring a level of order and modesty to Fleck 's life Norwich took the unprecedented step of paying him an allowance of only £29 per week and preserving the remainder of his salary to pay off the debts . |
| 25 | It is also possible to obtain cover to pay off the mortgage on the diagnosis of certain critical illnesses . |