Example sentences of "[adj] to pay for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Collectors are very active and are prepared to pay for a painting of a particular breed or artist . ’
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 Boroughs within the royal forests were prepared to pay for exemption from their hated authority .
6 However , the interviewees did not indicate what price they would be prepared to pay for such extended coverage .
7 If you want to use aromatherapy oils when caring for an elderly relative , be prepared to pay for the best .
8 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 .
9 ‘ 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 . ’
10 As a result , a number of employers are prepared to pay for interest-free loans .
11 What is more , they were prepared to pay for it .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 But the Government has made it clear that if we want better water , we have to be prepared to pay for it .
15 The amount of money that people are prepared to pay for the meal plus the overheads and the establishment .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 What price will the Department be prepared to pay for these services ?
20 But Americans appreciate the value of the additional service and are prepared to pay for it . ’
21 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 .
22 How much would you be prepared to pay for the two of you to go to Pwllheli by bus and train ?
23 of people are prepared to pay for built-in car security features .
24 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 ? ’
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 ‘ Well , ’ Swan ventured , ‘ I might be prepared to pay for a copy of the plans . ’
28 What price would the portfolio manager be prepared to pay for these shares given a holding period of 5 years ?
29 I do agree with Mr. Findlay that the public should be prepared to pay for access to private land .
30 Gainers may specify shorter maximum waiting times for their patients and be prepared to pay for new and expensive developments , which patients from loser districts in the same hospital could be denied .
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