Example sentences of "than pay for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking a funeral policy can cost less than paying for a funeral plan by instalments but it depends on average life expectancy . |
| 2 | These are normally a lot less than paying for the whole aircraft over the same short period , but after the term of the lease the aircraft must be sold , or re-financed . |
| 3 | The tax on fossil fuels proposed by the European Commission would be less costly than paying for the damage caused by acid rain , according to a report by Greenpeace . |
| 4 | Your book reviewer in the February edition of Canoeist resorts to some very dangerous reasoning : ‘ I … would rather have polluted water I can share than pay for clean water to be used exclusively by others ’ |
| 5 | Installing central heating will more than pay for itself . |
| 6 | If he could get contributions from Japan , the Germans , and above all , the rich Arab states , then the war could more than pay for itself , as well as unambiguously showing the world whose new world order it would be . |
| 7 | His front leg was paralysed from an old road accident , our vet guessed the owners had abandoned her rather than pay for the amputation . |
| 8 | But he says he 'll go to court rather than pay for the round which works out at £17.50 a measure . |
| 9 | When he hired a taxi to take her to Eastbourne for the day ( the same man who took a bus to the theatre , rather than pay for a cab ) she jumped out at the lights near Oval cricket ground because she was so disturbed by his erratic behaviour . |
| 10 | Those who live near Yorke Square car park fear drivers will park around The Green and up the narrow nearby streets rather than pay for the car park . |
| 11 | Fruit cages are relatively expensive and you have to consider whether it would be cheaper to buy from a pick-your-own farm than to pay for a fruit cage . |
| 12 | According to Lovins , ‘ the equipment more than pays for itself by costing less to maintain ’ . |
| 13 | This means I have more than paid for my FARMERS WEEKLY subscription for this year … and probably several to come . |
| 14 | But it has more than paid for itself in improved factory efficiency , said Bob Pruitt , operations manager of Thatcher Tubes , Florence — part of Courtaulds Packaging . |