Example sentences of "pay for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By making you pay more on your VAT , so we can knock the Poll Tax bills down , you 're still paying for the damn stuff , ah , ha |
| 2 | It may be true , as some suggest , that working-class budgets would not stretch to paying for the regular use of new birth-control methods but old , tried and cheap techniques might still be used . |
| 3 | paying for the bloody machine that er |
| 4 | I 'm paying for the lousy thing , and that 's the end of that . " |
| 5 | Those local authorities that are investing in the necessary shredders and mechanical mixers are finding that the savings of landfill charges go a long way towards paying for the environmental gain . |
| 6 | If Inchbad married Flame , it would be a very special occasion indeed ; it might be just the occasion when they would want a dish or two of roast Gnome and , more to the point , it would get the Gruagach out of paying for the new Crown Jewels . |
| 7 | As well as paying for the new building , the Goldsmiths also increased the salaries of the Headmaster and Usher , made the School free again to the scholars , and paid the running costs . |
| 8 | Okay , we 've just signed the 8 album deal for 150 squillion quid with the record company , and they 're paying for the new gear . |
| 9 | So the new lines would each need only two workers , the increase in productivity paying for the new control system within a couple of years . |
| 10 | An additional complication comes from the fact that Congress has never committed itself to paying for the entire SSC . |
| 11 | Mr. Kinnock called the figures , ’ a terrible price the country is paying for the Tory Government . ’ |
| 12 | It was the people that were being drawn by the nose and paying for the whole thing . |
| 13 | Only Japan , of the major exporters , remained virtually impervious to import penetration — all the phenomenal growth of manufactured exports being devoted to paying for the soaring import bill for materials ( chapter 12 ) |
| 14 | It paid for the entire holiday . |
| 15 | This neatly sums up the sources of wealth , external and internal , which paid for the great Acropolis building programme . |
| 16 | Most analysts are surprised at the price which CSR paid for the American ARC operations . |
| 17 | Anyway , I paid for the blessed thing . ’ |
| 18 | So I paid for the electric motor of the engine to be serviced , but it never worked very well . |
| 19 | Usually the women kept some money ‘ for their own ’ to buy themselves make-up , tights or clothes , and pay for the occasional trip or night out ( see Pahl , 1989 ) . |
| 20 | When hiring tools from HSS Hire Shops you only pay for the actual time the equipment is in use ; in addition you have the HAE assurance that the tools you select are regularly maintained , and are in a safe condition . |
| 21 | How much you pay for the eurocheque service depends on the number of cheques you issue , but there is an annual fee of £5 for your eurocheque card . |
| 22 | The calculated employment gains are based on take home pay for the Scotch Whisky industry and its suppliers . |
| 23 | Take home pay for the Scotch Whisky companies was provided by the nine SWA members . |
| 24 | Well , of course , the N H S does pay for the vast majority of the expenditure that is needed and the income , er the annual income in this health authority here is one hundred and fifty million a year now , so our forty thousand for this capital project is not actually very much in proportion . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . " |
| 27 | After all Leeds City Council did nt pay for the new stand did they . |
| 28 | Now he 's told her that she should pay for the new family car . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | 7.5 In the event that fails to order and pay for the minimum number of copies of the Licensed Software specified in Schedule 9 shall be entitled at its option , to terminate the Agreement without liability . |