Example sentences of "[noun pl] pay for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With insufficient funds to pay for the whole tournament RWC readily accepted the Italian Federation 's offer to host the Qualifying Tournament . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it 's not uncommon in the United States that families may , for example , have to sell their homes to pay for the medical treatment of a relative . |
| 3 | Old folk at the Wesley Court centre had collected hundreds of pounds to pay for the sing-a-long machine . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | American trains were classless , but none the less they had a wide range of different styles of accommodation , and the passengers paid for the luxury appropriate to their standing . |
| 6 | GARY McAllister last night vowed to make Spurs pay for the darkest moment of Leeds ' reign as champions . |
| 7 | By JOHN EDWARDS GARY McAllister last night vowed to make Spurs pay for the darkest moment of Leeds ' reign as champions . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Central Board of Finance ( CBF ) , acting on behalf of General Synod , levies contributions from the dioceses to pay for the theological colleges . |
| 10 | This was reflected in the prices paid for the average in-calf and maiden heifer , which at times made no more than a good commercial first-calver at Carlisle . |
| 11 | Pitt introduced income taxes to pay for the Napoleonic Wars . |
| 12 | Dismissals are now explained as an inevitable response to pressures beyond managerial control be they the result of higher taxes to pay for the public finance deficit or the need to introduce even greater levels of mechanization to meet world competition . |
| 13 | It maybe still the same now , erm because right up to the time I erm retired we , we had on occasions to pay for the residual value of a tyre , perhaps a bus had been in accident and the tyre had suffered damage which it was n't possible to repair it or retread it , perhaps a hole had been pierced through the wall , they scrapped that tyre and we had to pay for the residual value , mind you being in accident we could then claim it off the insurance company but , so right up to the time I retired that 's how tyres were paid for . |