Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] pay for the " in BNC.

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1 Several rents are due but it may be necessary to withdraw money from the National Savings Account to pay for the booklet , ‘ A Guide to Services , Facilities and Interest Groups in Juniper Green and Baberton Mains ’ and a new supply of posters .
2 The players will form part of a six man committee set up to oversee the Subscription Scheme which chairman Wallace Mercer hopes will entice fans to help pay for the renovations .
3 The bourgeoisie became a source of state functionaries as the sale of offices increased to pay for the ever-growing cost of armies .
4 The local communities had to pay for the equipment of the men selected and their expenses until they reached the county boundary , after which they served at the king 's wages .
5 The infrastructure of a modern state — for example , transport , post , banks — was created , and a variety of methods used to promote the building of a modern industrial sector and the exports to help pay for the undertaking .
6 Finally , since all too many non-payers were simply ’ wo n't payers ’ , sponging on the rest , I hope that we will provide all the powers necessary to ensure that never again are my constituents expected to pay for the law breakers .
7 America is likely to have a current-account surplus in the first or second quarter of this year , thanks to the $40 billion-50 billion promised by foreign governments to help pay for the cost of the Gulf war .
8 British Rail recently put fares up on the affected routes saying customers had to pay for the vast improvements they 'd made .
9 But , while social programmes continue to pay for the largesse for defence , scientific research and development has been spared .
10 The grave prospect is that as German interest rates rise to pay for the reconstruction of the East , so our interest rates will be dragged up further .
11 However , the growth of economic nationalism on a world-wide scale during the war , the re-drawing of the political map of Europe , the effect of the Versailles Treaty , and the large debt due to the Americans to help pay for the war , all ensured that the freedom of action to expand welfare was strictly limited .
12 However successful these policies may have been in the fifties we have , I believe , convincing evidence that they have failed since the world-wide inflation which started with the mismanagement of the finances raised to pay for the Vietnam War .
13 Further , the acceptance of the need for rearmament connected with the Korean war on the part of the parliamentary leadership led to a damaging split within the party , with Bevan and Wilson resigning over Gaitskell 's budgetary measures designed to pay for the arms .
14 Suppose I suggest to you that we stop part of your wages to help pay for the damage to the china and to Mrs Darrell 's dignity , and you promise to be good in future ? ’
15 For example , contracts survive to pay for the regular cleaning of the bronzes in Roman temples and where statues are depicted as part of landscapes or street scenes on contemporary wall paintings they are always shown as bronze-coloured , never patinated ( plate 8.1 ) .
16 Contributions promised by the Saudis , Kuwait , Japan and others to help pay for the Gulf war count as invisibles receipts .
17 The middle classes would serve sour cheap wine but exotic foods and the band would eat whatever the guests ate , but not for long : the hosts having paid for the band to play , not to eat .
18 Donna has three baby sitting jobs and two other part time jobs to help pay for the flying lessons .
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