Example sentences of "be [adj] pay [n mass] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they are happy to pay £5 for a five-litre tub to spread on their roses . |
| 2 | For example , if the current rate of interest were 20 per cent , no one would be willing to pay £100 for a bond that only yielded £10 per year . |
| 3 | ( paras.2.6 , 4.2 ) I belong to the 40% who would be willing to pay £10 for a national permit , but I appreciate the problems of administration and enforcement , which probably means that Option A is the more practical alternative . |
| 4 | We could all fly to Paris in perfect safety if we were prepared to pay £1,000 for a ticket , since we would then travel with the same cast-iron safety precautions as do heads of state . |
| 5 | In the example of ICI the ratio was 9.8 and so we may assume that investors were willing to pay 9.8p for 1p of earnings . |
| 6 | 484 , W told A that he was willing to pay £100,000 for a certain farm . |