Example sentences of "pay the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it is all wrong , cos I says to Stuart we had , we were at him Monday , I says why is it this year I says I get a , a thing to go to court on Monday , I says and yet last year I says I did n't pay mine till end of February she says oh well they 're getting stricter this year she says , oh you 've got a court thing fifteen pound and I says yeah and she says paying that , I said no I 'm not paying that cos I pay what I owe , I said but I 'm not paying the fifteen pound court cost |
| 2 | I went to change me poll tax and er I says to her , I says , I should be court to Monday oh she says you 've got a fifteen pound court thing , I says aye , she says oh well that 's fifteen pound , I says it 's not cos I 'm not paying it I says I 'm not paying the fifteen pound to the court , I says , I says how come last year I did n't pay right round to February last year I said and yet I , your last payment 's next month , you know , she said oh well they 're stricter this year she says , she , if you 'd pay the half year you 'd of been alright |
| 3 | Benefit can not be claimed to assist with paying the remaining 20% . |
| 4 | When there is a certain amount of risk involved in an event , most promoters opt for paying the minimum amount of guarantee possible against a larger percentage for the artist . |
| 5 | The rainforests and the world 's poorest people are paying the terrible price of debt repayments while the banks report profits . " |
| 6 | that they are paying the Personal Poll Tax |
| 7 | The second , far more important lesson , I did n't learn until I was downstairs at the desk paying the actual bill : if you can get away with 50 quid for a bottle of anything in Sweden , take it . |
| 8 | At the same time the government did not push its reforms as far as some supporters wished ; it did not , for example , place the onus on union members to contract in rather than out of paying the political levy and has done little to break down national wage bargaining which pays little attention to different local labour market conditions . |
| 9 | Few unions intend to ballot their members paying the political levy before casting their block votes and most decisions will be taken by activists on executives or at union conferences . |
| 10 | At least that way I shall feel more confident that it 's Labour Party members and supporters who are selecting candidates and electing the leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party and not a Liberal or Tory trade unionist who happens to be paying the political levy . |
| 11 | Do not encourage people to stop paying the political levy , that is damaging itself . |
| 12 | Is it worth paying the extra money to a company in order to guarantee good quality support and back-up ? |
| 13 | But you always evaded this question , saying your allowance from home would not stretch to paying the extra rent . |
| 14 | However , this is the 3-inch drive peculiar to Amstrad products , and you would be better off paying the extra £35 for a discount Atari ST . |
| 15 | Most lenders ' discounts are for a limited period only , after which you will revert to paying the standard rate — this table provides a guide to lenders ' competitiveness , which should be taken into account when making your mortgage choice . |
| 16 | ‘ The rents-to-mortgage scheme would allow tenants to buy at least half their property from day one by paying the existing rent . ’ |
| 17 | The rents-to-mortgages scheme would allow tenants to buy at least half their property from day one , simply by paying the existing rent . |
| 18 | Us meaning we , our members paying the eighteen pound to join the Labour Party . |
| 19 | The trust is liable to £35 tax but gets credit for the £25 deducted at source so only paying the additional £10 to the Revenue . |
| 20 | This island has a liberty of brewing whisky without being under the necessity of paying the usual excise duty to the Government . " |
| 21 | This island has a liberty of brewing whisky without being under the necessity of paying the usual excise duty to the Government . " |
| 22 | In some cases students wishing to take an open audition for the full-time course may do so without paying the usual audition fee . |
| 23 | The Cattle of the Cottagers are impounded when the Forest is driven by the Keepers , as all other Cattle are ; and when the Owners take them from the Pound ( paying the usual Fees to the Keepers ) they turn them again into the Forest , having no other Means of maintaining them … the Cottagers … are detrimental to the Forest , by cutting Wood for Fuel , and for building Huts , and making Fences to the Patches which they inclose from the Forest ; by keeping Pigs , Sheep etc. in the Forest all the Year ; and by stealing Timber . |
| 24 | Who broke into your house in the middle of the night and , after paying the usual compliments to your stereo , got on with the job of pouring scorn on your most cherished convictions ? |
| 25 | Present rates are running at 9.25% — equivalent to 12.33% gross for a company paying the small companies tax rate . |
| 26 | She later began paying the married woman 's rate . |
| 27 | She ca n't afford to buy records and books , she can no longer afford the rent on her black-and-white TV , and she is now in debt after paying the final instalment of her poll tax for 1991 . |
| 28 | THE deadline for paying the final 70p instalment on your electricity shares has now gone . |
| 29 | Or er er understand I 'm not entirely certain about that , they do the same with , they will tell you which are the , which are paying the best TESSA rates . |
| 30 | ‘ You would be the sole owner of the business ; my client would be merely an investor in the scheme , providing sufficient funds for you to purchase your stock-in-trade , and paying the entire rental of the property . |