Example sentences of "paid for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of this independence must be attributed to their ownership of houses and schools , paid for directly by their benefactors , payers of school fees , or investment funds . |
| 2 | The primary state sector , the ‘ national schools ’ , is paid for by the state , but is effectively under the control of the churches , with a local priest or minister as manager . |
| 3 | Any conferences , conventions or meetings paid for from Federal funds will be held only in hotels complying with this law . |
| 4 | Also , these are the basic rates of pay for a basic 35-hour week , and generous overtime rates are paid for late-night and weekend work . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's up to you , you 've paid for it . ’ |
| 6 | If you 've already paid for the room , what 's it to him ? ’ |
| 7 | A season ticket soon followed , paid for by Kathleen but a regular amount was deducted from my wages to pay her back . |
| 8 | That they have cost me no more than my time makes such decisions much easier than if I had paid for them in gold . |
| 9 | He had deserved all he got — was that what ministers and teachers were paid for ? to draw up the militia lists and condemn the young men to the barracks and the camps , to swamp fever in the Indies and their legs and arms blown off ? |
| 10 | She jerked out of the café chair , paid for the tea and strode away from the crowd . |
| 11 | ‘ Ca n't you just do the work you 're paid for ? ’ |
| 12 | All he owned were the clothes on his back and a few cassettes which I 'd partly paid for anyway . |
| 13 | If the dead person has paid for a grave space in the churchyard , there will be a document called a ‘ faculty ’ in existence , and you will need to produce this . |
| 14 | The local authority will make enquiries to see if the funeral can be paid for by a relative . |
| 15 | Chosen Heritage Ltd. has a scheme whereby a firm instruction can be given for a guaranteed price funeral which can be paid for at today 's prices . |
| 16 | The choice of treatment may be skewed towards that which can be paid for , rather than that which may be in the best interests of or preferred by the patient . |
| 17 | There was a high price to be paid for these amenities and privileges , which was , quite simply , professionalism . |
| 18 | The purchase is being paid for with £1.1m cash and the balance satisfied by a share issue , which has been underwritten . |
| 19 | The price paid for the acquisition , including a fruit plant near Valencia and a bottling plant in Barcelona , appears high since the businesses being acquired had sales of £29.6m in 1988 and trading profits of £2.2m , implying a p/e on conventional terms of almost 30 . |
| 20 | ‘ Although it is argued that fear of punitive jury awards has made the US business safety-conscious , quite a price has had to be paid for that by way of corporate and insurance company bankruptcy , the closing of municipal facilities and the practice of defensive medicine . ’ |
| 21 | AN EARLY Picasso painting , which most of the authoritative books on the artist recorded as lost or destroyed , is to be sold in Paris on 30 November and is likely to fetch one of the highest prices paid for a picture at auction . |
| 22 | The money was paid for articles concerning her life with her husband Peter , the Yorkshire Ripper , he said . |
| 23 | To stand a full chance of winning , contestants have to subscribe for a Readers Digest gardening book which can be paid for by Barclaycard . |
| 24 | THE WORLD 'S highest auction price for a work of art , the £30.2m paid for Van Gogh 's Irises , was achieved after the auctioneers , Sotheby 's , had advanced half the money to Alan Bond , the Australian entrepreneur , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 25 | He said he had been paid for the picture , but admitted that ‘ in order to entice bidders ’ he had agreed with Sotheby 's that payment would be spread over three instalments . |
| 26 | The question is how this expansion can be paid for , given that the new Secretary of State has said quite candidly that his present view is that higher education can not expect a higher share of public spending than it currently receives . |
| 27 | There are those who believe passionately that one only appreciates what one has paid for oneself , while there are others who believe , like your higher education correspondent Ngaio Crequer , that the public funding of higher education has served a whole generation well and should be allowed to continue to do so in future . |
| 28 | Picketing and other intimidation will be illegal , and men involved in a stoppage will not be paid for its duration . |
| 29 | The higher price being paid for environmentally sound produce also means that , despite the smaller crop , his income will stay much the same . |
| 30 | This year I have paid for it . |