Sentence examples for pay shot from inspiring English sources

After the law took effect, a consensus developed that better pay was needed to attract quality directors, and director pay shot up.

They were dead wrong: instead, executives turned their attention to the short-term goal of boosting stock value over the long-term prospects of the company and executive pay shot into the stratosphere.

To give Android Pay a shot at success, Google negotiated partnerships with the three major U.S. cellular carriers: AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile.

And as a sign that virtually no area has escaped the impact of the terrorist attacks, officials in Catron County, N.M., who normally provide annual flu shots for local senior citizens at no cost, have been told that the sudden demand for flu shots amid the anthrax scare around the country means that the county will now have to pay $8.95 a shot.

To compensate, she had to develop an outside shot, pay more attention to defense.

It has had little impact on the willingness of people to pay for a shot at what we think of as an ordinary life — even a life as an undocumented immigrant on the fringes of Western prosperity and security.

He said he planned to stay away from campus and wait for his doctor's office to reopen rather than to pay for a shot at the university clinic.

If he had won his case there were fears about the message it would send out, a fear that younger athletes would look at his case and decide that a two-year ban was a small sacrifice to pay for a shot at an Olympic medal.

But they illustrate the price some athletes are sometimes willing to pay for a shot at glory.

The wholesale price (what the energy companies pay) of both shot up in 2008 to a new peak.

Stephen: you were paid for "Slap Shot 2," right?