Example sentences of "price [to-vb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might even feel that any financial loss is a small price to pay for the satisfaction which woodturning brings . |
| 2 | Thors was a small price to pay for the risks that Britain would be running by having American missiles deployed in her crowded islands . |
| 3 | It may be thought that this was a remarkably small price to pay for the opening up of our democratic processes to the public . |
| 4 | This uncertainty seems a small price to pay for the comfort of knowing that at least one of these effects must be a reality . |
| 5 | Surely this is a very reasonable price to pay for the knowledge that if anything falls apart ‘ up there ’ it wo n't be you . |
| 6 | £2.95 is a small price to pay for the world 's greatest mag ! |
| 7 | ‘ It 's too high a price to pay for the moon , ’ Nan had said . |
| 8 | Considered objectively , they were an instrument of torture ; but the discomfort they caused was a small price to pay for the knowledge that Kate had persuaded him to buy them . |
| 9 | This moral variety may seem a high price to pay for the resolution of the problem of holism . |
| 10 | But that 's a small price to pay for the flexibility and ease of use that the Pocket Ethernet provides . |
| 11 | A kind word here and a Christmas turkey there is a small price to pay for the loyalty of one 's employees . |
| 12 | Wolf Cubs plus one middle-ranking author ( he was always ridiculously modest about his talents ) were a trivial price to pay for the survival of an entire breed of fish . |
| 13 | He was n't blocking anything , and at the end of the alley was the street ; he 'd probably pick up a ticket between now and the time of the meeting , but that would be a small price to pay for the convenience of having less than a couple of hundred yards to drag her . |
| 14 | The imposition of a slightly lighter sentence in a few cases would seem to be a small price to pay for the conviction of more guilty offenders . |
| 15 | There has , however , been a very high price to pay for the opportunity offered by this large ‘ home market ’ . |
| 16 | It will take some years to complete that process , but that is a necessary price to pay for the flexibility that the legislation gives us . |
| 17 | In which case it also seems a small price to pay for the next generation of senior managers to be blooded . |