Example sentences of "to pay [noun] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He expressed the opinion that the first defendant would be in breach of its duty to the plaintiffs ‘ if it were to agree to pay remuneration to the receiver which was plainly excessive . ’ |
| 2 | According to the respondents all the disputes were resolved by an oral agreement which was concluded on 6 May 1988 whereby the first two respondents agreed to pay $100,000 to the petitioner and $50,000 to Omnicorp and it was agreed by all parties that the legal proceedings and threatened litigation with regard to all matters in dispute would be abandoned . |
| 3 | Or put another way , for every £1 00 of your income that counts for income tax purposes up to £2,000 , you have to pay £20 to the Exchequer — and are allowed to keep the remaining £80 . |
| 4 | The ludicrous situation currently exists that , if a National Park does reject a fish farm application , it has to pay compensation to the farmer . |
| 5 | If the landlord insists on the provision remaining then he should be prepared to pay compensation to the tenant for loss of business if the opening up reveals nothing untoward . |
| 6 | After the offender has been convicted , it can order the offender to pay compensation to the victim . |
| 7 | The NFU is pressing the government to pay compensation to the men , who say they are not to blame for their predicament . |
| 8 | Under that lease it is required to pay rents to the landlord . |
| 9 | It would be perfectly proper in an appropriate case to order the contravener to pay £100,000 to the investor , subject to the investor restoring the shares to the contravener , together with an order that the responsible third party should on a joint and several basis pay £50,000 to the investor . |
| 10 | As sweetners to gain planning permission they 've also proposed part funding for a sailing centre and to pay forimprovements to the area around the lake . |
| 11 | For example , we decided to pay attention to the way we looked so we all had our hair cut short — except Wally — and took to wearing Hush Puppies and jeans , a kind of mod look — which was odd considering that Malcolm had a shop which specialised in teddy boy gear . |
| 12 | He was so occupied with the accuracy of his record that he scarcely had time to pay attention to the narrative as a whole and it was n't until Evans fell silent that the statement jelled in his mind . |
| 13 | The emphasis was going to be on anything exotic , anything excitingly ( or boringly ) new , and any unhealthy tendency to pay attention to the food before all else . |
| 14 | His capacity to persuade people to pay attention to the plight of the less fortunate was constant . |
| 15 | Land Trusts , he thought , should be responsible for the proper exploitation of resources and would need to pay attention to the human and social needs of everyone living in the area . |
| 16 | His feeding frenzy exhausted , he was torpid , unable to pay attention to the rat in her maze . |
| 17 | For example , the British Cabinet has to pay attention to the process of getting its proposed legislation through both houses of Parliament ; this means considering the views and anxieties of its supporters in both houses . |
| 18 | Allow your filter media to become clogged or fail to pay attention to the use of correct media inside the filter and the worst case scenario of toxic water and dead fish can be the end result ! |
| 19 | He started to pay attention to the fittings in the chancel and the ornaments . |
| 20 | Yes , he would have to pay attention to the Director 's thinly veiled warning , and be careful not to become a ‘ weak link ’ … |
| 21 | In most families the parents tend to pay attention to the children when they quarrel , but to pay much less attention when they are playing peacefully together . |
| 22 | But irrespective of the legal position , the character of the teaching process is such that higher education teachers have to pay attention to the expectations and perceptions of their students . |
| 23 | In defining those needs it is important to pay attention to the teacher 's self in the amalgam of teaching , managing , initiating , following and criticizing . |
| 24 | He may , of course , as a result of a failure to pay contributions to the pension scheme suffer a future loss of pension . |
| 25 | The law of government amounted to a written constitution , decreeing that Saudi Arabia was an hereditary monarchy and that " citizens are to pay allegiance to the King in accordance with the Holy Quran and the Prophet 's tradition " . |
| 26 | The funeral director will usually offer to pay costs to the hospital , crematorium , or burial ground , and minister of religion , but these can be handled direct . |
| 27 | Breach of a civil law , in contrast to a breach of a criminal law , normally renders the person who has broken it liable to pay damages to the victim of the breach . |
| 28 | But the party changed its position when supporting a move to send the mayor and his deputy to Thiepval to pay tribute to the members of the Orange Order who died during the two world wars . |
| 29 | I wish to pay tribute to the performance of the Journal 's team . |
| 30 | If my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State does not object , I should like to pay tribute to the Government 's overall strategy . |