Example sentences of "price to pay for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's an immense price to pay for hardwood doors , windows , coffins and plywood . |
| 2 | But this was a small price to pay for insurance against a leadership sell-out . |
| 3 | A Sony mobile phone costs around £299 , subscription to Cellnet Lifetime is about £15 per month , and calls are generally charged at 20p a minute off-peak and 50p a minute peak time — all in all , a reasonable price to pay for peace of mind . |
| 4 | The cost of a policy premium is a small price to pay for peace of mind . |
| 5 | To lose the dress , the white Peruvian wedding dress , was a small price to pay for escape . |
| 6 | All that it takes is a little push , some minor inconvenience , a trifling price to pay for faith , some obligation or embarrassment involved in being a Christian , and suddenly a trail of doubts bubbles to the surface : ‘ Maybe after all … |
| 7 | She even sold her house in Germany to pay for it , and while she 's happy to stretch this little two seater to the limit in practice , lasting damage to the Bar-Belle Bomber would be too high a price to pay for victory … |
| 8 | ‘ But living without women is something we decided had to be done — it 's not too high a price to pay for fame . ’ |