Example sentences of "[v-ing] money at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commander had reminded him only the day before of the need to use manpower more efficiently : the government was no longer inclined to keep tossing money at the police force without seeing results . |
| 2 | At home , money meant food or perhaps , if one had saved a lot , more land , but here the shops were full of the most amazing commodities and getting money at the end of the week seemed to suggest that these things were within one 's reach . |
| 3 | There was a little merry-go-round and primitive swings for the children , but it was a wonderful playground for the Keith and Mackenzie offspring , and while the two fathers were winning and losing money at the races and the mothers were scrutinising the cakes and clothes stalls , Berta kept up with her brothers in and out the sideshows . |
| 4 | Northampton Town , languishing since Chapman 's departure and losing money at the rate of £30 a week , were open to offers for Fanny Walden . |
| 5 | Fulham were ordered to pay the overdue sum , amounting to £20 4s 5d , plus three guineas expenses , and Leeds were reprimanded for not taking money at the gates . |
| 6 | It 's not as though we were n't making money at the time either . |
| 7 | They know the performers are men dressed as women , but they enjoy the performances immensely , throwing money at the dancers to keep them going . |
| 8 | What the Right regards as wasteful — ‘ throwing money at the problem ’ — in terms of , for example , income support to the unwaged , non-means-tested family and child benefits , may actually be a prudent investment in the future , with social and economic dividends . |
| 9 | Throwing money at the problem is surely not the way to convince people of sincerity . |
| 10 | Throwing money at the problem , however , is not the answer ; this may only create more difficulties for the environment . |
| 11 | I do not believe simply in throwing money at the prison service for the sake of it . |