Example sentences of "to pay for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected to pay for twin-lens versatility with loss of picture quality , but this was n't the case at all . |
| 2 | If taxes rise to pay for bigger spending , growth falters — and taxes , or borrowing , have to go up again . |
| 3 | The government would not print the money to pay for inflationary wage deals . |
| 4 | He has accepted 21 of the 28 recommendations made by the committee , but turned down demands for baggage hold examination and the introduction of a levy on fares to pay for better security . |
| 5 | A SPECIAL tax or a levy on lawyers should be used to pay for legal aid work , it was suggested yesterday . |
| 6 | Why does the Lord Chancellor think people who need housing benefit and family credit to meet their basic living expenses can afford to pay for legal advice ? |
| 7 | Once the Commissioner has agreed to pay for legal advice or representation in particular proceedings , the assisted person need incur no further significant costs in taking those proceedings , or in any steps preliminary to those proceedings . |
| 8 | The UN Security Council on Oct. 2 voted by 14 votes to nil with one abstention ( China ) to adopt Resolution 778 impounding oil-related Iraqi assets worth an estimated US$500-800,000,000 , frozen since August 1990 [ see p. 37639 ] , to pay for humanitarian relief , compensate victims of the Gulf war and finance the destruction of Iraqi weapons . |
| 9 | On nationalisation around a quarter of households in Britain still lacked a supply of electricity , most of them in urban slums ( which had been uneconomic to connect either because of their short expected life or the inability of the occupants or unwillingness of their landlords to pay for internal wiring ) . |
| 10 | Economic Man , seeing two boxes of chocolates , of which one is cheaper because the manufacturer has not had to pay for consequential damage to some third party , would choose that cheaper box . |
| 11 | The proposed jobs tax would be a contribution by all companies to pay for centralised training funds . |
| 12 | ‘ Charles , one has to pay for personal service in this day and age . |
| 13 | This is a discretionary trust fund which was set up to give financial help to people who need to pay for personal care or domestic assistance in order to remain living independently in their own homes . |
| 14 | It was still possible to pay for private treatment in the health service , but for most people it was a case of having treatment " on the national health . " |
| 15 | The clinic has taken the unusual step of hiring a dentist to look after those patients who simply ca n't afford to pay for private treatment . |
| 16 | We recognise the contribution to excellence which the best of these schools make , and the right of those who wish to pay for private education to do so , but this should not be subsidised from public resources . |
| 17 | STATE schools are being forced to turn away children whose parents can no longer afford to pay for private education . |
| 18 | ‘ There is always a price to pay for international duty , ’ said United manager Alec Ferguson . |
| 19 | Those note teaching are only required to pay for each day actually attended . |
| 20 | ‘ I refuse to pay for shoddy service ! |
| 21 | The agreement became possible when Spain lifted its veto after agreement had been reached on setting up a fund to help the Community 's poorer members to pay for environmental protection measures . |
| 22 | Zambian mining company to pay for environmental damage |
| 23 | MONEY handed to Nuclear Electric to pay for future decommissioning work should not be used to finance a Sizewell C power station , environment campaigners claimed yesterday . |
| 24 | From March 24 the Enterprise Initiative Consultancy Scheme ( EICS ) will only be available at a cut-price rate , because the Department of Trade and Industry are re-directing funds to pay for alternative business packages . |
| 25 | Ann Taylor , a Labour environment spokeswoman , claimed this meant consumers would be forced to pay for new sewage works if the European Commission banned the dumping of raw sewage at sea . |
| 26 | Poverty is one problem which she has worked tirelessly to alleviate : ‘ Even the political right accepts the need for tax reform to pay for new housing ’ , she said . |
| 27 | In that case , every big country apart from Britain will need to raise its taxes ( or cut other spending ) by an average of 3% of GDP by 2030 to pay for extra spending on old people and to prevent a rise in the ratio of public debt to GDP . |
| 28 | I now understand that Derbyshire is planning to siphon off £5.5 million of capital spending to pay for extra redundancy and personnel costs at county hall . |
| 29 | That 's Life made to pay for cheap jibe against ‘ last of the Hi-de-Hi camps ’ . |
| 30 | And it is the poll tax payers who have to pay for that debt to be serviced . ’ |