Example sentences of "[adj] pay the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distortions which occur under a system of all but exclusively local authority house-building — the tendency to conform to the past rather than the future location of population ( with consequent immobilisation of labour ) , the wrong proportion of houses of different sizes , and the provision of more amenities than those for which tenants are prepared to pay the economic price — these will naturally correct themselves when private building is restored . |
| 2 | The Association was open to anyone resident in the island who was prepared to pay the annual subscription of one guinea . |
| 3 | They are prepared to pay the same amount of rent as you are at present receiving from it . ’ |
| 4 | We also wish to declare that we are willing to pay the ultimate price for achieving our independent state and that our Uprising , the Intifada will not stop until we have achieved this goal . |
| 5 | The improvement has been tremendous , in fact I am more willing to pay the dreaded poll tax just to see this part of Darlington looking as nice . |
| 6 | As the value of the dinar sinks , the interest paid by the final borrowers in dinars becomes less and less adequate to pay the foreign exchange interest . |
| 7 | Visitors to the Crown Room in 1819 paid the princely sum of one shilling each — at least £7.50 at today 's prices — just for the privilege of viewing them . |
| 8 | I ate at the Corner House , very little , as it was not easy to pay the modest sum my landlady in Southwark , Mrs William Vitou , whose husband was a dental mechanic trained in Guy 's hospital , charged me , and eat a great deal apart from breakfast and a high tea . |
| 9 | The French minister of industry , Dominique Strauss-Kahn , Thursday announced that the French government has paid SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV the first part of the $466m in research and development aid it agreed to pay over five years — the Italian government is supposed to pay the same amount over the same period : ‘ I have signed with SGS-Thomson a contract for a multi-year development effort in France ; the sums for 1993 , $83m from both sides , have been paid , ’ he said ; a spokeswoman for SGS-Thomson in Paris said she had not yet been able to confirm Strauss-Kahn 's assertion ; the separate recapitalisation , which Brussels recently approved , is still conditional on a firm decision being taken on the Italian side , and would be effected in three payments — $227m split evenly between the two partners and an identical payment three months later ; the third payment of $455m is set to be made in 1995 . |
| 10 | After all , we all pay the same Community Charge . |
| 11 | After all , we all pay the same Community Charge . |
| 12 | So the 46% of houses in Barnet that the government reckons will be in the top band will all pay the same amount , irrespective of their value . |
| 13 | However , from a legal point of view , it is often better to pay the old debt and create a new one ( see below ) . |
| 14 | Since much of the damage occurs in Swedish lakes and German forests , UK voters are unwilling to pay the extra cost . |
| 15 | Some employers are unwilling to pay the whole settlement sum ‘ upfront ’ . |
| 16 | He petitioned the Chief Justice of the Forest to ‘ remit his fine and order his enlargement ’ on the ground that he was ‘ a very poor man with many children … and is altogether unable to pay the said fine . ’ |
| 17 | In 1966 rate rebates were introduced for those householders unable to pay the full amount and by 1977/8 rebates went to 15 per cent of all households in England and Wales . |
| 18 | if I pay him I wo n't be able to pay the Provident bloke tomorrow night |
| 19 | so I wo n't be able to pay the first payment cos , you know ai n't got no money . |
| 20 | So I wo n't be able to pay the first payment cos you know I ai n't got no money . |
| 21 | Often students with babies or young children are not able to pay the full cost of a place at a crèche , so usually alternative funding is required . |
| 22 | You may be able to pay the full cost . |
| 23 | It 's often put that hunting is good for the countryside that it 's about controlling foxes the scientific evidence rather puts that to pay the scientific evidence certainly indicates that fox hunting makes very little difference to control of foxes in the countryside and there is some evidence to suggest that fox hunting actually encourages more foxes to breed and that we end up with more foxes , so it seems to be self defeating in that respect . |
| 24 | On Nov. 7 the Court further ruled that the La Taquina brewery was not obliged to pay the increased tax . |
| 25 | It states : ’ council tenants wo n't laugh when they hear they 'll be liable to pay the new tax in addition to their rent . ’ |
| 26 | Then you will only be liable to pay the present excess , even if the rate has gone up when you claim later . |
| 27 | In Aikin v Macdonald ( 1894 ) 3 TC 306 , the trustees received £100 and were liable to pay the basic rate of tax . |
| 28 | Candidates liable to pay the Overseas Fee , who apply for a University Studentship , are required to apply also for an Overseas Research Student ( ORS ) award . |