Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] pay for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pitt introduced income taxes to pay for the Napoleonic Wars . |
| 2 | Measures passed in December include : a national drug company to buy from foreign companies and sell generic drugs without brand names ( at low prices ) ; a limit of three versions of any one drug to be on sale and a special tax on foreign drug firms to pay for the national company . |
| 3 | At two pounds and ten shillings an acre it would take only ten working days to pay for the plough , but he had promised Christian half his earnings . |
| 4 | Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times . |
| 5 | Trafalgar eventually gave in when the Panel threatened to take up its option to apply to the courts for an order under the 1985 Companies Act , which might have forced the company directors to pay for the production of revised accounts themselves . |