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

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1 Mr Karel Van Miert , the Transport Commissioner , is asking member governments to approve a plan which would leave passenger services largely in the hands of state-owned monopolies but open up freight services to competition by permitting private operators to pay for the use of publicly-owned tracks .
2 In the past two and half years it has risen four times in real terms to pay for the publication of more and more glossy pamphlets such as the parents charter — party political propaganda produced at the taxpayers ' expense .
3 an acknowledgement , and acknowledgement in a manner to be agreed , if that really is , I mean if we put our twenty thousand pounds to pay for the lift for the disabled or something like that ,
4 Staff at the Gloucester Museum now need to raise two and a half thousand pounds to pay for the reconstruction .
5 The interviewer Martin Pailthorpe was interested to find out Laura 's views on imposing a levy on outdoor goods to pay for the maintenance of footpaths .
6 Dismissals are now explained as an inevitable response to pressures beyond managerial control be they the result of higher taxes to pay for the public finance deficit or the need to introduce even greater levels of mechanization to meet world competition .
7 On the other hand the person in the street appears doomed to see ever more of the countryside becoming inaccessible , pay higher food prices , and through higher taxes pay for the storage of grain mountains , beef mountains , wine lakes and so on .
8 With insufficient funds to pay for the whole tournament RWC readily accepted the Italian Federation 's offer to host the Qualifying Tournament .
9 A total of £62m will be available from July 1 for nine months to pay for the schemes , which include asthma and diabetes management programmes .
10 The employee subscribes to a Save As You Earn scheme for at least five years to pay for the shares .
11 But the council still has to find nearly five million pounds to pay for the improvements , and that could mean cuts elsewhere .
12 But the government pays for repairing roads ; other road-users pay for the delays caused by congestion ; society at large pays for air pollution , noise and road accidents .
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