Sentence examples for acceptable paying from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

Many commuters took to social media to express their frustration at the delays, with one person saying: "Hour delays isn't acceptable, especially paying this much a month, expect a better service".

No train at 8.44... pic.twitter.com/PPS91gHr0Z @Se_Railway @nationalrailenq you need to fix up! Hour delays isn't acceptable, especially paying this much a month, expect a better service Another morning, another set of @se_railway delays!! pic.twitter.com/Ah22zyVkwS @Se_Railway this was the platform at #Catfordbridge when I left.

Many graduates with student loans wonder if larger, discretionary purchases are acceptable while paying off a student loan.

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.