Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] not pay " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1992 1,050 members lost the right to call themselves chartered accountants because they did not pay by 30 June . |
| 2 | Two of my constituents , Mr. and Mrs. Bellis , were sent to prison because they did not pay the poll tax . |
| 3 | Some hemiplegic patients are incontinent , either because they have poor sensation and can not feel when the bladder or bowel needs to be emptied , or because they do not pay attention and so forget to go to the toilet , or ask to be taken . |
| 4 | The theory of politics argues , on the supply side , that political parties , in bidding for support , end up by promising more than they can deliver and that , on the demand side , this leads to inflated expectations since the electorate have incentives to vote for increased services because they do not pay for them directly and because there may be little correlation between tax payments and government benefits . |
| 5 | Second , the electorate will have every incentive to vote for more government services because they do not pay for them directly and individual tax payments may bear little ( if any ) relationship to the benefits which they may derive from such services . |