Example sentences of "[verb] to pay a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If X starts to pay a regular sum of money to Y , X may become a periodic tenant . |
| 2 | First , even if you are in Italy , expect to pay a high price for Parma ham — anything that seems a real bargain will probably not be true prosciutto crudo . |
| 3 | Using equation ( 2 ) , the cost of debt finance can be calculated as follows : The current market value of the firm 's equity finance is £1 million and the firm is expected to pay a perpetual dividend of £120,000 each year ( that is , g=0 ) . |
| 4 | Customers of companies joining the scheme would be expected to pay a fixed sum until the fund reaches an appropriate level , and if extra calls were made , further levies might be added . |
| 5 | For all of this , you might well expect to pay a premium price , but with a recommended price of £149 , which is very likely to be discounted to under the £100 mark , DesignWorks lies in the ‘ affordable ’ bracket . |
| 6 | These severe economic conditions were reflected in a small fall in membership and a trebling of the numbers seeking to pay a minimum hardship subscription . |
| 7 | Similarly , if buying from another division it should be made to pay a fair price . |
| 8 | He may have been persuaded to pay a large sum of money ( perhaps hundreds or thousands of pounds ) for the privilege of joining . |
| 9 | Any edition of it , in good condition , will suit the collector , who should not be persuaded to pay a high price for it . |
| 10 | The second tax considered is an estate ( and gift ) tax , which reduces the amount inherited from to , where , with the proceeds being used to pay a uniform capital grant ( G ) . |
| 11 | Suppose first we consider the case where the revenue from the capital tax is used to pay a lump-sum transfer to the older generation ; i.e. . |
| 12 | So if you wan na take them home you 've got to pay a little bit of money |
| 13 | He says you have to be realistic and who 's going to pay a million pounds for a player who 's thirty in october . |
| 14 | And I 'm haunted by the fear that we 're going to pay a hefty price for ignoring the claims of Kenny Benjamin and Anderson Cummins . |
| 15 | this is the story of my life now in the bathroom I have had , I have had to pay a hundred pounds to Mr Butcher the plumber to put in a new shower thing because that was cheap and rough and eventually wore out should never have been put in . |
| 16 | St Bernards had placed a fee on this transfer should he go to a Football League club so Palace had to settle with them and with Kettering , but his eminent place in the club 's history assures us that if Palace had had to pay a dozen clubs , it would have been money well spent . |
| 17 | Under the new settlement , Exxon have agreed to pay a criminal fine of US$150 million , of which $25 million is suspended . |
| 18 | In the meantime we offer our apologies to Neptune , Boreas and Thor , and have agreed to pay a substantial sum in damages should they care to collect it . |
| 19 | The Home Office handed the BBC that monopoly only last year and the BBC has since agreed to pay a British satellite consortium , Unisat , £22 million to use satellites to make use of its supposed monopoly . |
| 20 | CHANCELLOR Norman Lamont could still be quizzed by MPs on why he did not declare an £18,000 donation from anonymous Tory benefactors to help to pay a legal bill . |
| 21 | Ochirbat had originally been scheduled to pay a six-day visit , but he returned early to take part in the critical discussions with opposition leaders on Mongolia 's future political system . |
| 22 | As a consequence women could until 1975 opt to pay a lower rate of national insurance and receive a lower retirement pension . |
| 23 | She was given a year 's conditional discharge by Bicester Magistrates and ordered to pay a hundred pounds in costs and sixty pounds compensation . |
| 24 | He was fined a total of £70 and ordered to pay a further £20 costs . |
| 25 | Now the Child Support Agency says he 'll have to pay a hundred pounds a week . |
| 26 | People who own holiday homes available for rent at least 140 days a year will not have to pay a standard charge but they will be liable to pay business rates . |
| 27 | If you own or lease property where no-one is living you may have to pay a standard community charge in that area in addition to the personal charge in the area you live . |
| 28 | Owners of holiday caravans will not normally have to pay a standard community charge . |
| 29 | The existing 100% Custom fees will be abolished , but all those wanting to sell Russian art abroad will have to pay a varying sum to the Federal National Heritage Service for such a permission . |
| 30 | The maximum grant is £270 , and you will have to pay a fixed contribution towards the cost , up to a maximum of £15 . |