Example sentences of "a small [noun sg] [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 | This uncertainty seems a small price to pay for the comfort of knowing that at least one of these effects must be a reality . |
4 | £2.95 is a small price to pay for the world 's greatest mag ! |
5 | 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 . |
6 | But that 's a small price to pay for the flexibility and ease of use that the Pocket Ethernet provides . |
7 | A kind word here and a Christmas turkey there is a small price to pay for the loyalty of one 's employees . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | In which case it also seems a small price to pay for the next generation of senior managers to be blooded . |