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

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1 A social security appeal tribunal is exercising quasi-judicial functions and forms part of the statutory machinery for investigating claims in order to ascertain whether the claimant satisfies the statutory requirements which entitle him to be paid benefit .
2 Section 60(2) , for example , has to be made to work in a case where the person entitled to be paid compensation is a beneficiary under a bare trust and not the person who made the deposit .
3 Work is taken to be paid employment if the claimant is a man or single woman , but if she is a married or cohabiting woman then eligibility is based on her capacity to perform ‘ normal household duties ’ .
4 As the retention represents deferred payment , it is reasonable for the vendor to be paid interest on the monies eventually received .
5 A self-uglifying expression of humility — plus an elaborate show of stealthiness which is as good as saying ‘ Yes , I am late — and please pay attention to my performance of humbly not wishing to be paid attention to ’ , i.e. Here 's me entering as unostentatiously as I know how — so you can see how much I regret my rudeness ! ’
6 perhaps in six months or in sixty years erm facing the same kind of problem again er I , I can erm I have close experience with a situation on my , on my own patch which rises from time to time an and is most unpleasant for the people in and it goes back if I might say so an and therefore the planning considerations that have been mentioned need to be paid attention to .
7 You were taking money out of this fund when relatives of the dead were hoping to be paid funeral expenses , and this caused a great deal of distress and anger . ’
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