Sentence examples for in effect paying from inspiring English sources

"You're in effect paying to pollute the stream," he said.

Detroit is, in effect, paying people to scrap their cars.

They are, in effect, paying for the privilege of having other people scour their hard disks.

You are, in effect, paying that person to do your worrying for you.

Instead of threatening North Korea with cutting off trade, they propose, in effect, paying it to cut off missile tests.

Ministers have been, in effect, paying lobbyists to lobby ministers for a project no one wants except the lobbyists.

Thus, church property would in effect pay off the national debt and obviate the need for further loans.

Leipzig-Altenburg airport in Germany—another of those under inspection by the European Commission—in effect pays Ryanair a fee for each passenger it sends there.

But Nicholas Shaxson, author of "Treasure Islands", a book on offshore finance (and a former contributor to this paper), calls it a "Swiss tax swizz": the country will in effect pay a fat fee to avoid revealing clients' names.

But because many Americans do most of their saving through tax-preferred accounts, such as I.R.A.'s and 401(k) plans, they in effect pay taxes based on how much they consume.

It is, in effect, paid a fixed fee for running a railway.