Example sentences of "[prep] paying [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a house is bought this way all the surveys and investigations should be carried out first , and you must be ready to sign and exchange contracts on the day of the auction after paying over the 10 per cent deposit . |
| 2 | If Inchbad married Flame , it would be a very special occasion indeed ; it might be just the occasion when they would want a dish or two of roast Gnome and , more to the point , it would get the Gruagach out of paying for the new Crown Jewels . |
| 3 | Seeing the merit of paying in the highest monthly premium ( £35 ) , they can each look forward to a tax-free payment at the age of 65 — £37,500 for Alec and £37,800 for his wife — which will help bring the retirement home of their dreams well within their reach . |
| 4 | Those local authorities that are investing in the necessary shredders and mechanical mixers are finding that the savings of landfill charges go a long way towards paying for the environmental gain . |
| 5 | However , the government demanded a five-year grace period before paying into the UN-supervised compensation fund for Kuwaiti victims of Iraq 's occupation and the ensuing war , on the grounds that it had to meet domestic needs first , including the US$194,000 million cost of reconstruction . |
| 6 | Forasmuch as Mr. William Lambarde hath deserved universally well of his Commonwealth and country , and likewise of the fellowship and society of this house , and is likely hereafter to win greater credit to himself and the society of this house , it is therefore agreed , that he shall have room to sit amongst the Society of the Fellowship of the Bench , as other assistants do , without paying for the same : Provided always that this be no precedent to any other that shall be called to the like place hereafter , but they shall pay for the said room such sums of money as shall be assessed by the Bench . " |
| 7 | An additional complication comes from the fact that Congress has never committed itself to paying for the entire SSC . |
| 8 | It may be true , as some suggest , that working-class budgets would not stretch to paying for the regular use of new birth-control methods but old , tried and cheap techniques might still be used . |
| 9 | Only Japan , of the major exporters , remained virtually impervious to import penetration — all the phenomenal growth of manufactured exports being devoted to paying for the soaring import bill for materials ( chapter 12 ) |