Example sentences of "were paid [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest of the time the students , who were paid a salary , were deployed to teach in schools throughout the country , with the back-up of distance learning materials and periodic supervisory visits from National Centre staff . |
| 2 | As is customary , they were paid a fee which committed them to producing pictures to that value for the Imperial War Museum . |
| 3 | In most districts only a few high-ranking headmen were paid a salary . |
| 4 | But even though the players on the 1990 tour were paid a basic £83,000 over two years , that has gone as well . |
| 5 | A further five surgeons were required to sear and embalm the cadaver ; they were paid a total of £7 8s. 4d. , with the bill for the spices and perfumes for the balm amounting to the then enormous sum of £9 . |
| 6 | As is customary , they were paid a fee which committed them to producing pictures to that value for the Imperial War Museum . |
| 7 | The junior supervisory rank in the service , the landwaiters , were paid a uniform salary of £25 , but the ordinary gaugers , or tidesmen , were paid as irregularly as their supervisors , with salaries which ranged from £20 to £12 . |
| 8 | The training of the militia was costly , for men were paid a wage of 8d. a day during training , usually for ten days in the year , and the purchase of equipment and ammunition had to be added to this . |
| 9 | " You 'll be better off investing in OTC stocks , " Harvard dealers urged ; they were paid a higher commission on OTC than on third market sales . |
| 10 | Partial topic framework existing in a conversation between K ( 20+ , female , Edinburgh-resident , university student , … ) and J ( 60+ , male , Edinburgh-resident , retired , … ) in P Working Men 's Club , Edinburgh , … ) at T ( early evening , spring , 1976 , … ) mentioning ( J's three children — J ‘ s brothers — the schools they attended — the schools J attended — that J did badly at school — J left school at fourteen ) when K asks J what he did after he left school J : oh I done odd jobs like + paper boy + chemist 's shop worked in a chemist shop + and done two or three others+ and I finally started in the bricklaying + so I served my time as a bricklayer + K : that 's good money J : nowadays it is but in that + when my time was out it wasn't+ it was only three pounds nine a week + so + + K : my father was a stonemason and he started at home + and they were paid a halfpenny an hour extra for being left-handed + + |
| 11 | The prospective crew of the Belgic had refused to sign on unless seamen were paid a minimum rate of £pound12 and firemen £pound12.10s with proportionate increases for petty officers and a consolidation of bonuses . |
| 12 | they really did have a proper scheme and you were paid a sort of reasonable wage |
| 13 | The men were paid a rate depending upon the nature of the ground and were producing 2½ tons a week , giving a yield of 2–3 cwt. of metal in the ton but none more than 3 . |
| 14 | The leaders , who were paid a small amount to compensate for their organizational work , recruited seven other team members ; there were eight such teams . |
| 15 | On Community Programme people were paid a wage , on Community Action they will be paid benefit plus an allowance . |
| 16 | He claimed foreign crews were paid a pittance and the EC must take a stand by refusing to do business until minimum standards were met . |
| 17 | And were you paid at six months or were paid every |
| 18 | Ironically the adjoining mills , which for more than a century provided employment for almost the entire village and sup-plemented the picture now provided by the museum , were abruptly shut down in 1988 : bought up by a large firm , the premises were paid an afternoon visit by a director who announced imminent closure and drove off . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | After all , they were paid the same sum whether Nigel arrived by Rolls Royce or dustcart . |
| 21 | You were paid the money and you ran with the game . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In Jan. 1844 Robert Pearson and partner were paid the sum shown below for sawing wood : |