Sentence examples for acceptable pay from inspiring English sources

2.59pm BST Mark Thompson under fire over payoffs BBC Trustee Anthony Fry says that when he joined the first joined the trust the corporation was "completely out to lunch as to what they thought was acceptable pay in a public body".

Such remuneration preferences in this admittedly very small subgroup might be explained by a combination of having recently set up a practice, with too few patients to fill the day, and hence provide an acceptable pay.

Small "grease payments" to prod a slothful bureaucrat were thought acceptable; paying off a minister to approve a white-elephant project was not.Some innocent westerners were reluctant to feel puritanical about practices they assumed to be a necessary part of the fabric of other cultures.

Money matters are also on Cooper's mind: "We also need to think long and hard about the antibiotic drug pricing and whether it's ethically acceptable to pay so much for life-extending drugs but still expect to pay peanuts for life-saving antibiotics".

He was Europe's finest player, a winner of two majors, and why was it acceptable to pay appearance fees to non-European Tour members such as Lee Trevino or Arnold Palmer, but not pay for Europe's star attraction?

"The master thought it was acceptable to pay the crew every three months and not keep wage accounts". Mr Proctor said following the ITF's intervention, seven crew members have been paid in full and repatriated back to their home countries.

Because more and more young men are finding it completely acceptable to pay for sex.

Since when did it become acceptable to pay £500 for a handbag?

There were those in bed with the Romans, believing it was acceptable to pay taxes to Caesar.

If taxes were simpler, it would be more acceptable to pay them and they would be more difficult to evade.

It was acceptable to pay their respects at a shrine like this, she instructed visitors, but it was not an appropriate place to worship.