Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] to pay for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Historic Buildings Council was unable to increase its grant to pay for this work and it was only because of the intervention of the chairman of the planning committee that an exceptional grant to cover the extra cost was obtained from Southwark Council . |
| 2 | Whilst the extension of the franchise and Christopher Addison 's hopes for building the ‘ homes fit for heroes ’ showed a genuine desire for the radical elements in government to reform British society , the fact that Britain needed to export nearly one-third of her output to pay for essential imports necessitated the re-establishment of settled trading patterns and the development of new markets . |
| 3 | Crilly tells me that his mother has worked all her life to pay for this house . |
| 4 | In eighteen thirty five she returned as a teacher , her salary to pay for first Emily 's , and then Anne 's tuition there . |
| 5 | Responding to the resolution on May 20 , Iraq 's permanent representative at the UN , Abdul Amir al-Anbari , requested a moratorium of five years on war reparations in order for his country to pay for essential supplies and reconstruction which , he said , would cost " many times [ Iraq 's ] oil revenue " . |