Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] paid [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interest due was paid by the Dutch government who had reserved an annual budget of DFl.3 million to cover the costs of the project . |
| 2 | How much would it cost if fair compensation were paid to the standard rate taxpayer each year if that were to be done ? |
| 3 | Compensation was paid for the loss and at the same time Essanians lost their unique privilege of free pedestrian river passage , the bridge walkway being free to ‘ one and all ’ . |
| 4 | A fee was paid to the ruling body and in the early years these were very low indeed . |
| 5 | The £500 fee was paid by the Sunday Telegraph to Curtis Brown on 11 January 1970 , one month after the publication of the report . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Previous experience , following WHO health manuals , had failed because insufficient attention was paid to the political , clan , class and gender divisions within communities . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Until recently most attention was paid to the island 's goat population , but now pigs are the first priority . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But little attention was paid to the cultural and communication dimensions related to this process . |
| 20 | In my own study of sexual aspects of disability carried out on behalf of the Committee on Sexual Problems of the Disabled ( SPOD ) and the Research Institute for Consumer Affairs , close attention was paid to the sexual experience of the survey population before and after the onset of handicap . |
| 21 | In our study special attention was paid to the selection , training , and psychological support of the interviewers . |
| 22 | However , it was motherhood rather than the needs of individual mothers which evoked concern and relatively little attention was paid to the conditions faced by working class wives in their daily lives . |
| 23 | Little attention was paid to the individuals within organisations in terms of their beliefs , values and their relations with each other . |
| 24 | It was argued that there was considerable ‘ wastage ’ of talent , and much attention was paid to the ‘ neglected educational territory ’ of pupils who left school at 15 to follow a craft or technical , rather than an academic , career . |
| 25 | Particular attention was paid to the floor coverings , textile and chemicals industries . |
| 26 | Particular attention was paid to the future role of the council , in view of the significance of other intergovernmental bodies such as the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) . |
| 27 | The tax was paid by the occupier ( or if a house was empty by the owner ) at the rate of two shillings per hearth in equal instalments at Ladyday and Michaelmas . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |