Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] pay the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 With a flat-rate charge , each household pays the same for its water , whatever its size .
2 Fischer Fine Art paid the highest price ever for a work by a living sculptor for this ( US$ 250,000 at Sotheby 's , New York in 1972 ) getting into the Guinness Book of Records , and selling the sculpture within a month .
3 The left hand paying the right hand .
4 9.1.3 Alternatively to Condition 9.1.1 , the Seller shall be entitled at its absolute discretion to refund the price of the defective goods in the event that such price shall already have been paid by the Purchaser to the Seller , or , if such price has not been so paid , to relieve the Purchaser of all obligation to pay the same by the issue of a credit note in favour of the Purchaser in the amount of such price .
5 If there is insufficient money to pay the whole cost , what is available will be put towards the cost .
6 ( b ) If a first person owes the victim a sum of money , the accused forges an assignment from the victim to him , and the first person pays the accused , the accused has stolen property ( and obtained it by deception ) .
7 Consequences of default were serious — Simon at Levers Water was not the only miner to pay the ultimate penalty !
8 THE Property Exchange , a new company publishing a national directory of people who want to swap homes rather than sell them ( if the properties have different values , one party pays the other the difference ) says that so far most people are looking for smaller homes .
9 However , if you do not sell it and you do not have enough income to pay the weekly charge , we would have to come to an agreement with you on how to overcome the difficulty .
10 If Ethiopia falls apart , nobody outside will weep for it ; nor , if it holds together , will any outsider pay the vast bill for putting it to rights .
11 It was that it was unfair for the single-person household to pay the same as the household with two , three , four or five members .
12 The appropriate mat can help protect your workers and your business while at the same time pay the best return on your investment with greater productivity , less breakage and fewer slip and falls .
13 For those whose parents paid fees , a system of fee remission was in operation , whereby only those with income above a certain level paid the full amount .
14 The Soviet Union paid the highest price for the Allies ' victory over Hitler 's Germany in 1945 .
15 Suppose a landlord claims against an assignee for rent and is met by a counterclaim for damages for breach of the landlord 's covenants : suppose , further , that the claim and counterclaim are compromised on the footing that neither party pays the other anything .
16 You give you bank a written instruction to pay the monthly payments as they fall due and the City Council informs both you and your bank of the amount to be paid .
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