Sentence examples for in effect paid from inspiring English sources

It is, in effect, paid a fixed fee for running a railway.

Individual journalists are, in effect, "paid" for advertising placements by greedy physicians.

They would ensure that millions of people in effect paid tax only on their consumption.

It argued that many charities were "sock puppets" in effect paid by government to justify the introduction of new policies.

The euro's surge has, in effect, paid for much of the increase in the price of oil.

This would replace the present rival systems, one contributory and the other in effect paid for from oil revenues.

Thus, church property would in effect pay off the national debt and obviate the need for further loans.

Leipzig-Altenburg airport in Germany—another of those under inspection by the European Commission—in effect pays Ryanair a fee for each passenger it sends there.

But Nicholas Shaxson, author of "Treasure Islands", a book on offshore finance (and a former contributor to this paper), calls it a "Swiss tax swizz": the country will in effect pay a fat fee to avoid revealing clients' names.

But because many Americans do most of their saving through tax-preferred accounts, such as I.R.A.'s and 401(k) plans, they in effect pay taxes based on how much they consume.

Cloud computing as a concept is fantastic as it allows the user to in effect pay for the utility they use.