Example sentences of "[be] paid a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , you can not expect to be paid a great deal , but on the credit side you have no overheads and you will find the practice valuable , both in reading the pattern and using the machine . |
| 2 | Shortly afterwards at another meeting , Mr. Fairbank said , in response to a letter from the Ministry of Health suggesting that the vaccination officer should be paid a fixed salary , that ‘ the time had come when Whitehall had to be told that the local authorities were going to stop being ciphers , and would exercise their own judgement . |
| 3 | Endowment assurance is a form of saving as your life will be covered for a fixed term and , at the end of it , you will be paid a fixed amount , plus bonuses . |
| 4 | This means that farmers in these dales may opt to be paid a certain amount per hectare by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food to manage their lands so as to ensure the traditional landscape features of stone buildings , field walls and flower-rich meadows for the enjoyment of the public . |
| 5 | A provision in an executive director 's service agreement which gives him the right to leave the company with a generous financial package , either in the event that he is dismissed prematurely or because a defined event occurs ( eg a takeover ) which entitles him to be paid a pre-agreed sum . |
| 6 | 1.5 INSTEAD STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AND CURRENTLY RECEIVING NEW TECHNOLOGY ALLOWANCE OF £763 WOULD BE PAID A PERSONAL ALLOWANCE IN ADDITION TO THE NEW SUBSTANTIVE GRADE OF GS3 . |
| 7 | Anyone performing administrative functions would be paid a working man 's wage . |
| 8 | Section 15 of the Act states that , unless the contract fixes the payment or a method of calculating payment , the supplier will be paid a reasonable amount . |
| 9 | Everyone would be paid a different wage so no one knew what anyone else was getting . |
| 10 | If it 's disallowed then erm they would have their entitlement in that they would be paid a reduced rate during the period of the susp , er of the disallowance . |