Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] pay [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Court was a principal architect of this Society as it is today and I am grateful for this opportunity to pay tribute to the very considerable part he has played in the development of the Society over the past 16 years . |
| 2 | Will my hon. Friend take this opportunity to pay tribute to the workers in the electricity industry who , despite foul weather and difficult circumstances , managed to restore supplies so swiftly ? |
| 3 | The province 's Health and Social Services Minister Lord Arran this week paid tribute to the work of the Social Security Agency in uncovering the swindlers . |
| 4 | Forget the slick 1950s convertibles of ‘ Wild At Heart ’ or Wim Wenders 's earlier work ; this film pays homage to the Trabant , East Germany 's contribution to the automobile Hall of Fame . |
| 5 | It would be perfectly proper in an appropriate case to order the contravener to pay £100,000 to the investor , subject to the investor restoring the shares to the contravener , together with an order that the responsible third party should on a joint and several basis pay £50,000 to the investor . |
| 6 | Parliament is to distribute the burden of taxation in an equitable way , but it does not follow that the citizens had any reason to pay tax before the passing of the ( just ) tax law . |