Example sentences of "[adv] pay a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister was apparently paying a semi-private visit , having come to Andhra Pradesh on official business . |
| 2 | Another saving is that you only pay a single charge for postage no matter how many books you buy . |
| 3 | From July onwards , if you arrange your overdraft in advance with your branch , you will only pay a monthly usage fee plus interest if your account is overdrawn . |
| 4 | This is not necessarily as great as the increase in the liabilities of the target company related to the breach of warranty , particularly if the purchaser has only paid a nominal price for the shares in the first place . |
| 5 | I am a 40-year-old male , childless by choice , already paying a great deal of tax to satisfy the needs of women and children . |
| 6 | Women who were already paying a reduced rate contribution were however allowed to continue doing so . |
| 7 | Some of the large eating places , such as McDonalds and Happy Eater , have special arrangements for children 's parties , whereby you just pay a fixed sum per head for food . |
| 8 | It works because companies would sooner pay a nice person they know than a computer . |
| 9 | Germany already pays a staggering 68% of the Community s income : the system of ‘ concentric circles ’ would only increase her influence over the Community even more and if the club was reduced to eight she would unavoidably become dominant . |
| 10 | When Bilqis , Queen of Sheba , travelled from her domain in southern Arabia to visit King Solomon , it was not just to pay a social call . |
| 11 | Ardiles said he began to mistrust Swindon Town 's former chairman Brian Hillier , who 's on trial with Macari , and former club accountant Vince Farrar.Ardiles said in 1990 he stopped offering the cash bonuses , and players were soon paid a monthly salary direct into their bank accounts.Macari , Hillier , and Farrar deny the charges , and the case continues . |
| 12 | And the wife of the congregational minister fared no better when she explained that " owing to falling church membership " , the church no longer paid a living wage . |
| 13 | I think I have already paid a certain amount . |
| 14 | He has already paid a brief visit to Middlesbrough and Hull and has been briefed in general terms on the hopes and needs of our diocese . |
| 15 | Traditionally , the people 's singing has been delegated to a choir which is generally paid a nominal fee . |
| 16 | Family and friends yesterday paid a poignant tribute to the two at the murder scene . |
| 17 | TOURISM officials yesterday paid a morale-boosting visit to hoteliers in flood-hit Llandudno yesterday and pledged that they would play their part in helping the town 's recovery . |
| 18 | She had gone along once to pay a casual visit and found one of Nenna 's youngsters , the little one , cooking some kind of mess for him in Dreadnought 's galley . |
| 19 | Royal Cedar was a fourth winner from only eight runners for first season trainer , John McConnochie , who clearly paid a great deal of attention when assistant to Mercy Rimell . |
| 20 | The Minister also paid a private visit to thirty year old Nesad Chowchavich , a Bosnian policeman who 's paralysed after being injured in a grenade attack . |
| 21 | They also paid a substantial proportion of the increasingly heavy taxation the Elizabethan and Stuart campaigns on the Continent demanded . |
| 22 | Working-class women had always had recourse to abortion ; but in the case of the last century it was particularly likely , first , where married women workers worked outside the home and hence paid a key role in determining their families economic stability ; and second , where the dependence of the family on the women 's wage led to a reappraisal of family strategy . |
| 23 | He had also paid a substantial price for the pleasure , not merely of looking at the corpse of the idea of a centre party , but of stamping upon it several times over . |
| 24 | T&C also paid a high price for victory . |
| 25 | And , whereas he and his wife now pay a combined poll tax of £536 a year , he estimates that his rates would more than double . |
| 26 | Its people now pay a heavy price for the loss of their forests . |
| 27 | Lisa did vaguely remember , now that Kerry mentioned it , but she 'd been so absorbed in what she was doing at the time that she had n't really paid a great deal of attention . |
| 28 | What would you rather have — a charge or a general thinning out of staffing levels — and almost unanimously it was ‘ We 'd rather pay a reasonable charge ’ . |
| 29 | At one stage , I could n't even pay a medical bill for one of the children . |
| 30 | He was used to advertise Players ' cigarettes but was not even paid a proper fee . |