Example sentences of "paid [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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1 | But Britain will be able to keep its rebate on contributions to the EC — allowing us to claw back £2 billion of the £4.5 billion a year paid in by the Treasury . |
2 | The empire , at least in Africa , was thought likely to outlast the century , not least by socialist ministers ; and it was imagined that the Marshall Plan , paid off by the end of 1950 , might represent only a brief and passing reliance on the economy of the United States . |
3 | Therefore , for a child , compare the net interest rate paid out by the banks and building societies with the gross rate paid by others , notably National Savings products . |
4 | Therefore , for a child , compare the net interest rate paid out by the banks and building societies with the gross rate paid by others , notably National Savings products . |
5 | Therefore , for a child , compare the net interest rate paid out by the banks and building societies with the gross rate paid by others , notably National Savings products . |
6 | Unable to pay the ten shillings fine placed against him — a trifling sum , of course , compared with that paid out by the Cremorne merry-makers after their destructive binge — Alfred Berry was sentenced to seven days in the House of Correction . |