Example sentences of "[adj] pay for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Supreme Court charged Cerda himself with ‘ lack of discipline ’ , suspended him on half pay for two months , and replaced him by another judge who dutifully closed his case . |
| 2 | In Britain most people who are in full-time contracted employment receive full pay for six months , followed by half pay for a further six months , if they have a serious illness or accident which prevents them from working . |
| 3 | ‘ Collectors are very active and are prepared to pay for a painting of a particular breed or artist . ’ |
| 4 | As long as the public is not prevented from choosing one thing in preference to another , people will express their choice by what they are prepared to pay for the one compared with the other . |
| 5 | There are some excellent commercial pesto sauces available , but always be prepared to pay for one made with olive oil and not a lighter , less flavoursome oil . |
| 6 | All the fruits are available , but you must ensure that your local shopkeeper realises that you want , and are prepared to pay for , the best . |
| 7 | Boroughs within the royal forests were prepared to pay for exemption from their hated authority . |
| 8 | However , the interviewees did not indicate what price they would be prepared to pay for such extended coverage . |
| 9 | If you want to use aromatherapy oils when caring for an elderly relative , be prepared to pay for the best . |
| 10 | They were making and altering machines for specific customers , and the people who were prepared to pay for improved , labour-saving , machines at this time were the owners of the factories . |
| 11 | ‘ People are prepared to pay for cleaner water but they are reluctant to finance salary increases of several hundred per cent for chairmen who have been handed the privatisation jackpot . ’ |
| 12 | As a result , a number of employers are prepared to pay for interest-free loans . |
| 13 | What is more , they were prepared to pay for it . |
| 14 | This was interesting general confirmation that the element of ‘ serious , content that had been an important part of the deceased Daily Herald and News Chronicle was no longer something the non-quality reader was prepared to pay for in a daily paper . |
| 15 | But there is already much evidence that the market is prepared to pay for services in a way quite different from that in which it pays for products . |
| 16 | But the Government has made it clear that if we want better water , we have to be prepared to pay for it . |
| 17 | The amount of money that people are prepared to pay for the meal plus the overheads and the establishment . |
| 18 | This will tend to reduce the price that a trader is prepared to pay for a long position , and increase the price required for a short position . |
| 19 | The prices quoted by the Universities Funding Council are meant to represent the maximum they are prepared to pay for student places in each subject group . |
| 20 | As environmentalists pointed out at the time of the Shetlands disaster , there is a degree of hypocrisy in expressing outrage at the spillage when such accidents are the price we seem prepared to pay for access to oil . |
| 21 | What price will the Department be prepared to pay for these services ? |
| 22 | But Americans appreciate the value of the additional service and are prepared to pay for it . ’ |
| 23 | Since both individuals consume whatever quantity of the good is produced , we must add up vertically the price each is prepared to pay for the last unit . |
| 24 | How much would you be prepared to pay for the two of you to go to Pwllheli by bus and train ? |
| 25 | of people are prepared to pay for built-in car security features . |
| 26 | The fourth point is : ’ Why should a Health Authority turn down an unproven treatment when it holds contracts with Homeopathic Hospitals and is prepared to pay for such treatment to be carried out ? ’ |
| 27 | An earnout provides a mechanism for vendors to receive some of the benefit of future profit growth which , owing to past performance of the target , a purchaser may not be prepared to pay for at completion . |
| 28 | The most common occasion when the agreement is drafted by the seller 's solicitors is when the seller is offering a company on a tender basis under which information about the company , together with a draft contract , is sent out to those who express interest and they are required by a specified date to indicate the price they would be prepared to pay for the company and , often , the changes that they would request to the contract . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , ’ Swan ventured , ‘ I might be prepared to pay for a copy of the plans . ’ |
| 30 | What price would the portfolio manager be prepared to pay for these shares given a holding period of 5 years ? |