Example sentences of "were pay the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around 65% of people with meters found they were paying the same as or less than they did under the old system . |
| 2 | Jack Adams , the unions ' chief negotiator , said they would be seeking to ensure production staff were paid the same as those doing similar jobs at Jaguar — in which Ford recently took a stake — who were earning up to £34 a week more . |
| 3 | After all , they were paid the same sum whether Nigel arrived by Rolls Royce or dustcart . |
| 4 | She argued that if women were paid the same as men " it would result in many women being dismissed from many trades " , and also accepted without demur , when giving evidence to the Fair Wages Committee a few years later , the proposition that women were satisfied with less money because they were earning " pin money " if married , and " pocket money " if not.38 With such pessimism about equal pay entrenched in the mind of their organizers , with such low evaluation being set on their work , one might argue that it would have been surprising if a militant women 's union could really be organized in the prevailing atmosphere . |
| 5 | There is a far greater emphasis on basic salary than on bonus ; indeed , in the UK until recently all managers of the major nationalized industries were paid the same ( low , by private industry standards ) salary — see also chapter 4 . |
| 6 | Just like Branson , Elliott had run his business with a curious mixture of post-hippie idealism and proprietorial droit de seigneur ; for many years , all staff , from the postboy to the editor , were paid the same amount . |