Example sentences of "money [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The money involved was a considerable sum , but in those days Dunedin was New Zealand 's commercial capital and many big businesses were represented on the Otago CA . |
| 2 | Savory argued that a stranger to whom money had been paid in breach of trust could only be held liable as a constructive trustee to account for the money after he had parted with it , if it could be shown that he knew the money misapplied was trust money . |
| 3 | The reference to recovery of money paid was obiter and Atkin L.J . |
| 4 | Another reason for police believing there to be ‘ something very wrong ’ about the disappearance , is the way in which after Dinah went missing , money began being withdrawn from her building society account — — something which has convinced police that ‘ something serious has happened to her . ’ |
| 5 | Money budgeted was related to extent of training indicated , though there were exceptions to prove the rule at every level of spending , ( except the highest and the lowest ) . |
| 6 | Although a number of companies were privatised ( some were fully transferred to the private sector , whereas in other cases only a partial stake was sold ) , the scale of the programme and the sums of money raised were relatively small when compared to privatisation during the second and third terms . |
| 7 | The money raised was given to the Holy Childhood and the scheme was adopted by Australia and Scotland . |
| 8 | He had already noted , with some concern , that money raised was immediately ‘ dissipated ’ into a range of fringe activities . |
| 9 | The total money raised was £101.70 . |
| 10 | Up to 20 miles each was walked by dogs and owners on the 1 mile route round the Serpentine and the money raised was in excess of £1,200 . |
| 11 | In other words the money spent was one way of stopping ‘ leakage ’ to other denominations ; the new chapels also tended to enhance loyalty and to lessen disaffection over trifling matters . |
| 12 | When the democratically-elected Colombian senate rejected Mr Roosevelt 's proposal because the money offered was too low , he sponsored an invasion instead . |
| 13 | But no money refunded is not within the law . |
| 14 | The task force was set up after detectives discovered that some of the money had been used to finance drugs and property dealing in the United States and even invested in London 's Docklands , realising millions of pounds in profits . |
| 15 | Gainsborough 's executives were pushed very much against their will into an expensive production of Christopher Columbus ( 1949 ) , simply because a lot of money had been spent on a script . |
| 16 | The court was told between 1968 and 1982 money had been syphoned out of syndicates as purported reinsurance premiums to overseas companies controlled by Mr Cameron-Webb . |
| 17 | There was evidence that Barlow Clowes investors ' money had been put into shares in James Ferguson , run by Mr Clowes ' ally Guy von Cramer . |
| 18 | The armed men eventually let me retrieve my bag and notebook — my money had been taken — and remain in the lobby . |
| 19 | But what it meant to both of them was that all the money was frozen because there was a dispute over whose money was what and how much money had been spent — that was a problem for David and for Tony . |
| 20 | Many partnerships went public in the 1980s to secure capital , so the discipline that comes from handling one 's own money had been eroded . |
| 21 | He had appointed the Tower Commission , he said , specifically to find out whether money had been generated from the arms sales beyond the ‘ twelve million two ’ , and , if so , who had done it ; but no one had come back with an answer . |
| 22 | Nothing could be more unsatisfactory than Ellen 's barely decipherable notes which came rarely and only after money had been remitted . |
| 23 | In some cases this money had been spent on ‘ magnificent sports centres , public buildings , and libraries ’ , as well as on useless projects such as FENI . |
| 24 | We were introduced to the Mint House and , as Nancy and I listened , we learnt that money had been made there before the Royal Mint in London . |
| 25 | By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child . |
| 26 | Emily felt hurt and betrayed by a close friend who had borrowed a considerable sum of money towards down-payment on a house and then , when Emily eventually enquired about repayment , angrily claimed that she thought the money had been a gift . |
| 27 | The money had been made available ; that was not the problem . |
| 28 | Eagle argued that Mr Ferriday had arranged for its money to be used to satisfy his obligations under the sub-underwriting arrangements that Savory Milln had entered into in circumstances in which Savory Milln ought to have known or been put on inquiry that the money had been misappropriated from Eagle . |
| 29 | Savory argued that a stranger to whom money had been paid in breach of trust could only be held liable as a constructive trustee to account for the money after he had parted with it , if it could be shown that he knew the money misapplied was trust money . |
| 30 | The fly in the ointment was that money had been switched from the Department of the Environment which is accountable to Parliament . |