Example sentences of "[be] paid [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally operators with insufficient passengers simply cancelled ; BR now insisted that 10 per cent of the train hire charge — in some cases as much as £500 — be paid as a non-returnable deposit . |
| 2 | Turkey also agreed to buy 3,000,000 tonnes of oil from Libya in 1990 , half to be paid for in cash and the rest to be paid into a joint account for payment to contractors . |
| 3 | * NB For children invoiced at reduced rates , compensation will be paid on a pro-rata basis . |
| 4 | The basic allowance for each member during 1992–93 is to be reduced to £1,681 to be paid on a monthly basis of £140.12 . |
| 5 | They were given a share of the profits : in Kenyan conditions — that is to say , the conditions of neo-colonialism — the public service had to be paid on a quasi-prebendary basis . |
| 6 | There will be slight inaccuracies in these estimates as a few claims will be received in April each year and be paid at a new rate after a rise in fees , and some very late claims may be paid at an old lower rate . |
| 7 | The debtor may apply for an order that the money , if payable in one sum , be paid at a later date than that by which it is due or by instalments , or , if the money is already payable by instalments , that it be paid by smaller instalments . |
| 8 | On the one hand , the size of the guarantee which must be paid for a famous player 's name and , on the other , how much support the player would give to the company . |
| 9 | From my recent discussions with Chris Harris in the European Liaison Unit I am lead to believe that private sector investment in qualifying projects is eligible for grant assistance from the EC , but that the grant can not be paid to a private sector company direct . |
| 10 | It could be argued that this is an organization matter not an accounting one ; that a control needs to be introduced which prevents managers artificially postponing cash payments , e.g. a rule that all invoices must be paid within a specific time . |
| 11 | But neither industry nor BT can afford to give free training so the bill must be paid by a foreign government or the International Telecommunication Union , which is based in Switzerland . |
| 12 | Life insurers sold policies with yields which could easily be paid in a rising stockmarket but not when it falls . |