Example sentences of "[vb mod] pay for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has failed to debate the key question of who should pay for the clean-up of contaminated drinking water . ’ |
| 2 | So what 's happened to the idea that it 's the polluter who should pay for the clean-up , farmers and nitrate manufacturers . |
| 3 | Developers should pay for the cost of the additional traffic that they generate . |
| 4 | If one of a pair of riding boots is damaged the other boot can not be used on its own and we should pay for the cost of a new pair . |
| 5 | Other principles accepted by the declaration were : i ) that the polluter should pay for the cost of the clean-up ; ii ) that environmental damage should be guarded against even if there were no apparent scientific reasons for doing so — the " precautionary principle " ; iii ) that women have " a vital role in environmental management and development " ; and iv ) that , while nations have a right to exploit their own resources , they must not damage the environments of other states . |
| 6 | In nineteen eighty nine , Mrs Margaret Thatcher said , I do not see why we should pay for the education of conflict . |
| 7 | Into the Home territory beyond they had to go fairly warily , but less so than if they had been a weaker company , not because of fears that the Homes would betray them to Dunbar but in that they were always jealous of their declared rights to decide who should enter their country and what they should pay for the privilege ; but two hundred and fifty well-armed men in tight formation carried their own safe-conduct , and they rode through without challenge . |
| 8 | Although it sought to make schools accessible , it also held that attendance at them should be voluntary , that pupils should pay for the instruction they received , that public education should be developed gradually rather than immediately , and that , although schools would still be run by different agencies , societies and private individuals , they should teach the same things and be managed identically . |
| 9 | Measures that drive up the costs of waste disposal may appear to fulfil the principle that polluters should pay for the dirt they create ; but they also encourage waste to end up where it should not . |
| 10 | She would have to have some money to support it , and it was only right he should pay for the pleasure he 'd had . |
| 11 | Many developing nations argue that since the industrialized countries are the world 's main polluters , they should pay for improvements in the global environment ; and since they are rich , they should pay for the transfers of technology necessary for the developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions , stop deforestation and carry out other changes . |
| 12 | This stipulates that a polluter should pay for the repair of environmental damage . |
| 13 | Could we just quickly , who should pay for the training of the trustees , employer or the trust ? |
| 14 | However , there seems no reason why creditors should pay for the costs of the Certificate . |
| 15 | The policy question is how far families should bear the burden themselves and how far the state , through social security , or otherwise , should pay for the costs of disability ( see Chapter 14 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ Someone must pay for the Privilege of having me spend valuable time in directing the operations of bone-headed policemen like you ! |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll pay for the call of course . ’ |
| 18 | They will pay their Poll Tax , they 'll pay for their electricity , they 'll pay for their water , they 'll pay for the sewage disposal and , what is more , they will pay rent . |
| 19 | I 'll pay for the tape . |
| 20 | ‘ Okay , then , I 'll give it a go if you 'll pay for the diesel and if I can see you Saturday night . ’ |
| 21 | He gave me £30 a week and I 'd pay for the bills , £12 rent , £5.50 for two bags of coal and the rest went on food . |
| 22 | Cos really that 'd pay for the girls ' nightshirts . |
| 23 | AID could pay for the road through its Economic Support Fund . |
| 24 | He attempted to preserve from what he called the ‘ growing appetites of sacrilegious cormorants ’ Church revenues which could pay for the education of talented children of poor families . |
| 25 | Employers may pay for the provision of furniture/household equipment and pay for or subsidise the costs of supplying gas , electricity , water and telephones . |
| 26 | Some insurance companies offer small sum policies , with monthly or annual premiums , which may pay for the funeral when someone dies , however much has been put into the scheme . |
| 27 | If the site were to be developed privately , the investment may pay for the reclamation of the land which may be necessary . |
| 28 | They were to give their advice free as the Government would pay for the work . |
| 29 | Mr Prescott warned that rail passengers would pay for the grant cuts by higher fares and poorer service . |
| 30 | But I told them they did n't want to worry , I would pay for the grin'stone . |