Example sentences of "of [noun sg] be pay [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Thailand is keen to follow Hong Kong , but has reservations about the sums of money being paid for the resettlement of the boat people .
2 SIR — I would like to express my dismay and concern at the lack of attention being paid to the football infrastructure in this country .
3 Whilst the information revolution has resulted in a great deal of attention being paid to the technology of information processing , unfortunately less attention has been given to the environment in which this processing takes place .
4 In 1993/94 £100,000 of capital under a deed of appointment is paid for the benefit of Mr X. The relevant income in 1992/93 was £20,000 , in 1993/94 £50,000 and in 1994/95 £70,000. £70,000 of the £100,000 will be treated as Mr X 's income for 1993/94 and £30,000 will be treated as Mr X 's income for 1994/95 .
5 Other enhancements such as the mouse pointer changing shape according to the function currently selected and changing curve points to corner points may be of less use but at the very least point to a great amount of thought being paid to the design of the program .
6 The company 's premises were destroyed by fire and the proceeds of insurance were paid into the company 's bank account .
7 Despite a good deal of lip-service being paid to the need for appropriate admissions procedures , properly formulated care or ‘ treatment ’ plans , and professionally qualified and adequately supervised groupworkers , these objectives have not been fully realized .
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