Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] to pay for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shields , of Carnac Crescent , Inverness , was said to have felt so guilty that he gave himself up to police after selling some of the haul to pay for drink . |
| 2 | But the balancing act does not have to be done in the United States with regard to AFDC ( and other programmes , such as Medicaid ) , because the government which distributes the benefits ( at the State level ) is not also responsible for raising most of the money to pay for them ( which comes from the Federal government ) . |
| 3 | Removal of the need to pay for a junior barrister as well as a QC in a substantial number of legal aid cases . |
| 4 | Technically , it is on commercial grounds , and they can not recoup the money made from the everyday operation of the reactor to pay for the refurbishment of the reactor , that is true . |
| 5 | It declared that the linking of the right to pay for imports to the receipt of foreign exchange was ‘ an unacceptable principle ’ , because the system led to ‘ the obstruction of foreign exchange flows between regions and banks , the reduction of the role of the dinar as a single currency and means of payment in a unified Yugoslav market … and the strengthening of autarkic tendencies ’ . |
| 6 | Alternatively , the purchaser may simply consider that there is a high probability of claims arising under the warranties and is unsure as to the financial ability of the vendor to pay for future claims or its ability to locate an individual vendor who for example , may emigrate . |
| 7 | Dear oh dear , cos he were n't allowed , he were n't allowed to stop money , cos that 's against the law to pay for damages . |
| 8 | Instead McIllvanney was the Bahamian agent for a Miami-based business that claimed to provide the world 's most beautiful girls to anyone with the money to pay for them . |
| 9 | Money from the rent of the gymnasium is put back into the company to pay for repairs , contract window-cleaning and other matters of mutual concern . |
| 10 | But the Government has pledged that all bills will be met , and extra funds have already been secured from the Treasury to pay for reconstruction . |
| 11 | You will also need to withdraw sufficient cash from the bank to pay for the removal . |
| 12 | And to think I almost sold it just before the war to pay for a meal and a tawdry hotel room . ’ |
| 13 | The school secretary was looking for other jobs to supplement her pay packet , there was n't enough money in the budget to pay for the books to teach the new curriculum , tests for seven-year-olds were bringing their own problems . |
| 14 | A float or imprest ( say £20 ) is kept in the tin to pay for everyday items . |
| 15 | Usually it is up to the ratepayers in the area to pay for the clean-up afterwards . |
| 16 | We will also raise the basic rate of income tax by one penny in the pound to pay for the improvements essential to education . |
| 17 | ‘ Without the money to pay for your promises , your manifesto is not worth the paper it is written on , ’ said Mr Lamont . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've made an offer to the club to pay for a player on loan myself , ’ said Shilton . |
| 19 | Shilton had said earlier : ‘ I have made an offer to the club to pay for a player on loan myself to cover our injuries in the short term . |
| 20 | The bill did not include a method for funding the changes , leading Bush to suggest that it would " inevitably lead to a raid on the Treasury to pay for the elaborate scheme of public subsidies " . |
| 21 | Duncan stood up , left some Swiss francs on the table to pay for his coffee and walked back into the hotel . |
| 22 | She dropped a one-pound coin on the table to pay for the smashed saucer . |
| 23 | His poor , hard suffering wife used to work every day at the laundry to pay for his excesses . |
| 24 | Next to it , is a 4 acre cherry orchard endowed by the Maharajah to pay for the upkeep of the well . |