Sentence examples for were on contract from inspiring English sources

I asked if they were on contract to make an environmental-impact study for one of Wang's companies.

The teachers, who were on contract, demanded that their salaries be equal to those of regular teachers.

A spokesman for the show said that the advance ticket sales for "Once" were "very healthy" – he declined to provide a figure – and said that its stars, Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti, were on contract to stay with the show until at least March 2013.

If I were on contract, a promotion would have been unlikely and may not have done anything to improve my chances of reappointment.

These were on contract with Amoco, British Petroleum, Norsk Hydro, Phillips Petroleum and Statoil.

All the architects were on contract, all were compensated for their time and effort (albeit at an at cost rate), all the homes went through permitting, and, most importantly, all the homes were built.

So the 16GB will run $199 with the 32GB fetching $299; both are on-contract prices of course.

"Coaches are on contract, so it's a definitive period of time," he said.

He is on contract here and is a big player for us and is going to be an important player.

One, Mr. Huckabee, has his own weekend show, while the others are on contract as political contributors.

In fact, by the end of the decade, it's predicted that 40 percent of the U.S. workforce will be on contract.