Example sentences of "[vb mod] pay for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the Army is to give every soldier an extra £10 a month , which should pay for a weekly three-minute call . |
| 2 | Now he 's told her that she should pay for the new family car . |
| 3 | It wants the rail link to be built ( if nothing else , as a demonstration of the feasibility of privatising British Rail ) but Mrs Thatcher has stated quite clearly that ‘ users of the new line should pay for the full costs , including environmental costs ’ . |
| 4 | Who should pay for the wasted time of the dentist ? — I ? the bus driver ? the bus company ? or the clock manufacturer ? |
| 5 | The starting point for the Dobry inquiry was the lengthening delay in the processing of planning applications , but Dobry was quick to point out that ‘ not all delay is unacceptable : it is the price we must pay for the democratic planning of the environment ’ . |
| 6 | Bob Shorter , the contracts director for Highland Health Board , said the news was encouraging , but stressed that money to cover running costs would be just as important as money which might pay for a new hospital . |
| 7 | Well we could 've got a second hand one , but I mean what I 'll pay for a second hand one we might as well get |
| 8 | Otherwise I 'll pay for the fine for being on a yellow line . |
| 9 | The money spent could pay for a whole dinner party . |
| 10 | what I told Emmy though that that the other people advertising , they 're dealing in the wedding dresses , so one enquiry could pay for the whole lot , for her she 's dealing in nothing . |
| 11 | If our inflation fears are right , industry may pay for the cheaper pound through a tighter money policy and higher interest rates in years to come . |
| 12 | If your pub is owned by a brewery , your lease is going to be a laughable fraction of what you would pay for a prime restaurant site in the same area . |
| 13 | Mr Hodgson explained that in buying up so many small firms , who really could no longer make ends meet , he , Howard Hodgson , could do better and cheaper funerals and that no one need worry about the cost any way , because if the deceased or whoever was taking the responsibility of next-of-kin possessed less than £300 , the DHSS would pay for the whole thing . |
| 14 | Each point on the demand curve shows what the individual would pay for the last unit of purer water . |
| 15 | Forasmuch as Mr. William Lambarde hath deserved universally well of his Commonwealth and country , and likewise of the fellowship and society of this house , and is likely hereafter to win greater credit to himself and the society of this house , it is therefore agreed , that he shall have room to sit amongst the Society of the Fellowship of the Bench , as other assistants do , without paying for the same : Provided always that this be no precedent to any other that shall be called to the like place hereafter , but they shall pay for the said room such sums of money as shall be assessed by the Bench . " |
| 16 | £5 will plant five trees in a woodland project £10 will clean 25 yards of ditch to improve plant and insect life £20 will help guard an eagle 's nest for a day £50 will pay for a black-throated divers ' nesting platform £75 will buy an acre of unplanted Scottish moor £100 will build a new nest platform for another pair of ospreys £350 will buy an acre of damp lowland meadow where snipe and redshanks breed . |
| 17 | The money will pay for a three year scheme to improve 334 houses and five bungalows on the 1960s built estate . |
| 18 | The cash will pay for a purpose-built dermatology department at South Cleveland Hospital , Middlesbrough . |
| 19 | Correct decisions on choice will depend to large extent on the type of dam to be mated and the prices that regional and national market outlets will pay for the crossbred progeny . |
| 20 | The Department of Industry will pay for the first three years , but after that expects FABMS to pay for itself . |
| 21 | Also , under the accrued income scheme the gilt buyer will pay for the accrued gross interest since the last interest payment date . |
| 22 | The Village Association will pay for the three monthly intervals . |
| 23 | And er fourteen thousand pounds will pay for an awful lot of employee assistance . |