Example sentences of "[adv] pay a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim behind the sections is to prevent the settlor alienating income to the trustees , and therefore perhaps paying a lower rate of income tax than he would otherwise pay , when at the end of the day he might be able to get the accumulated income back . |
| 2 | Another saving is that you only pay a single charge for postage no matter how many books you buy . |
| 3 | This is not necessarily as great as the increase in the liabilities of the target company related to the breach of warranty , particularly if the purchaser has only paid a nominal price for the shares in the first place . |
| 4 | I am a 40-year-old male , childless by choice , already paying a great deal of tax to satisfy the needs of women and children . |
| 5 | Some of the large eating places , such as McDonalds and Happy Eater , have special arrangements for children 's parties , whereby you just pay a fixed sum per head for food . |
| 6 | Germany already pays a staggering 68% of the Community s income : the system of ‘ concentric circles ’ would only increase her influence over the Community even more and if the club was reduced to eight she would unavoidably become dominant . |
| 7 | He has already paid a brief visit to Middlesbrough and Hull and has been briefed in general terms on the hopes and needs of our diocese . |
| 8 | Family and friends yesterday paid a poignant tribute to the two at the murder scene . |
| 9 | TOURISM officials yesterday paid a morale-boosting visit to hoteliers in flood-hit Llandudno yesterday and pledged that they would play their part in helping the town 's recovery . |
| 10 | Royal Cedar was a fourth winner from only eight runners for first season trainer , John McConnochie , who clearly paid a great deal of attention when assistant to Mercy Rimell . |
| 11 | The Minister also paid a private visit to thirty year old Nesad Chowchavich , a Bosnian policeman who 's paralysed after being injured in a grenade attack . |
| 12 | They also paid a substantial proportion of the increasingly heavy taxation the Elizabethan and Stuart campaigns on the Continent demanded . |
| 13 | Working-class women had always had recourse to abortion ; but in the case of the last century it was particularly likely , first , where married women workers worked outside the home and hence paid a key role in determining their families economic stability ; and second , where the dependence of the family on the women 's wage led to a reappraisal of family strategy . |
| 14 | He had also paid a substantial price for the pleasure , not merely of looking at the corpse of the idea of a centre party , but of stamping upon it several times over . |
| 15 | T&C also paid a high price for victory . |
| 16 | Its people now pay a heavy price for the loss of their forests . |
| 17 | Lisa did vaguely remember , now that Kerry mentioned it , but she 'd been so absorbed in what she was doing at the time that she had n't really paid a great deal of attention . |
| 18 | At one stage , I could n't even pay a medical bill for one of the children . |
| 19 | Constanze 's guardian accordingly drew up a document that Mozart was required to sign , promising to marry her within three years , or else pay a large sum as compensation . |
| 20 | If the Bank of England puts up its rediscount rate , discount houses will have to put up their rate of discount on bills ( i.e. pay a lower price for them ) . |
| 21 | Hopes were raised on June 28 when French President François Mitterrand , immediately after the EC summit in Lisbon [ see pp. 38942-43 ] , unexpectedly paid a six-hour visit to Sarajevo , where he met Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic and Radovan Karadzic , leader of the Bosnian Serbian Democratic Party ( SDS ) . |
| 22 | Before going to the box I therefore paid a short visit to the Tote and was in the process of staking the Sassoon mount when Wigg appeared on the horizon . |
| 23 | Cater Allen 's High Interest Cheque Account , which currently pays a gross CAR of 7.76% , requires a minimum investment of £1,000 but pays interest down to £500 . |