Example sentences of "[was/were] paid to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , a treaty had been negotiated between Pope Hadrian IV and William I of Sicily ( June 1156 ) in which certain territorial rights were listed , and in return homage and a large yearly tribute were paid to the Pope . |
| 2 | The village playing field stands opposite the old school and occupies the old titheyard where tithes were paid to the church up to the early 19th century . |
| 3 | Bribes in the Kandyan Kingdom were paid to the judge , and it was accepted that both sides would contribute . |
| 4 | A human touch was added to Nash 's report : ‘ I could heartily wish more respect were paid to the remains of this amiable though unfortunate Queen , and would willingly , with proper leave , have them wrapt in another sheet of lead and coffin , and decently interred in some proper place , that at least after her death her body might remain in peace ; whereas the Chapel where she now lies is used for the keeping of rabbits , which make holes and scratch very indecently about her Royal corpse . ’ |
| 5 | The parade of Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA managers should finally be concluded , says a report in La Repubblica , after the Milan judges interrogated Antonio Garrani , Daniele Mosca and Carlo Lombardoni last week : the three confirmed that other bribes for the supply of computers were paid to the Ministry of Justice through the administrator of a quasi-governmental agency . |
| 6 | Even if ‘ tax credits ’ were paid to the mother this would fall far short of the advantages of Family Allowance and would be completely unacceptable to women . |
| 7 | Flour from France , from the Moulin Corbeil , was imported , heavy bribes were paid to the Spaniards and it was then sold to either German or British commercial agents to feed the armies of those nations . |
| 8 | The question which lies at the heart of the appeal is whether money exacted as taxes from a citizen by the revenue ultra vires is recoverable by the citizen as of right ; if so , Woolwich will be entitled to interest on the sums repaid to it by the revenue , running from the dates when those sums were paid to the revenue by Woolwich . |
| 9 | On 31st March 1991 , dividends of £121,000 were paid to the preference shareholders . |
| 10 | How much would it cost if fair compensation were paid to the standard rate taxpayer each year if that were to be done ? |
| 11 | Land taxes were paid to the ? |
| 12 | Much attention was paid to the precise angling of this key element in the Continental R's body concept : it comes across in the metal as very much better proportioned than the photographs suggest . |
| 13 | A fee was paid to the ruling body and in the early years these were very low indeed . |
| 14 | Great attention was paid to the pollution which resulted from contact with them during these periods , with vital purification rituals being prescribed to avert the danger to both individuals and community ( in particular , the male religious community , see below ) and restrictions imposed on their movement , particularly with regard access to the cult , during their times of uncleanness . |
| 15 | The tutors of both the District and the Cambridge Board were much praised and a particularly handsome tribute was paid to the District 's vision in expanding its activities in the county during the war to create a network of classes throughout the area . |
| 16 | In the years following the violence of the Mexican revolution , great attention was paid to the content of education , in an attempt to involve the young in the principles of the revolution , but this emphasis has declined in the second half of the century . |
| 17 | The new seeds were a scientific success but in their introduction to the LDCs , too little attention was paid to the social and political context . |
| 18 | Previous experience , following WHO health manuals , had failed because insufficient attention was paid to the political , clan , class and gender divisions within communities . |
| 19 | Specific criticisms included the view that coverage of Business Questions ( coming immediately after the Prime Minister on Thursdays ) was excessive ; that there was too much coverage of points of order ; that too much attention was paid to the confrontation between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition ; that not enough attention was paid to legislation ; and that more should be shown of the nuts and bolts of the House 's work . |
| 20 | Should a victim die , they could find their good samaritan act has cost them a lot more than the penny which was paid to the Jericho-Jerusalem Motel . |
| 21 | Until recently most attention was paid to the island 's goat population , but now pigs are the first priority . |
| 22 | By the mid-century economic considerations were more important , and although roads continued to be built , more attention was paid to the construction of railway lines . |
| 23 | Each year of the cycle the first tithe was paid to the Levites ( with the exception of the Sabbath ) and on the third and sixth year of the cycle the second tithe was a poor tithe . |
| 24 | If more attention was paid to the basics and less to incorporating an impressive number of zips , these trousers would be even better value-for-money . |
| 25 | The understandable concentration of research on the needy and on the failures of community support meant that little attention was paid to the positive contribution to the community made by many older people in the form of services to family and community . |
| 26 | In 1908 the Ottoman Empire acquired a parliament , and even where such institutions were a sham ( for example , in Austria ) lip service was paid to the spread of democratic and liberal ideals . |
| 27 | Particular attention was paid to the concept of coherence , that is , the way in which the different parts of the curriculum , the subjects , hang together in the experience of pupils so that the curriculum has meaning for them . |
| 28 | When $15,000 and then $10,000 was paid to the wife of an admiral without the captain rising even one rank , his indignant lady publicly demanded her money back . |
| 29 | Although , at the time , most attention was paid to the misalliance of old-left peaceniks and right-wing neo-isolationists who opposed the military build-up , there were some pretty strange pacts , too , among those who supported it . |
| 30 | Much more attention was paid to the North American seacoast , where English colonies doubled in number and were treated more seriously by London than ever before . |