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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	Jul 18, 2014 ... Tributes to the researchers have been paid across the internet. Terrence Higgins Trust tweeted: �Stunned by reports that #AIDS2014 delegates�... Oct 3, 2015 ... The researchers have been paid, drugs have been developed: thus money has been spent upon developing drugs. And it's not as if this isn't a�... Jan 26, 2015 ... I think funded work is more likely to lead to papers, because the researchers have been paid directly to work on it and have better odds of�... May 27, 2009 ... Once the network operators, the government, and the researchers have been paid there is a thin margin to be made by AQA. The recession�...

In recent years, researchers have been paid

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the researchers have been paid

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More popular!

It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.

Jul 18, 2014 ... Tributes to the researchers have been paid across the internet. Terrence Higgins Trust tweeted: �Stunned by reports that #AIDS2014 delegates�...
Oct 3, 2015 ... The researchers have been paid, drugs have been developed: thus money has been spent upon developing drugs. And it's not as if this isn't a�...
Jan 26, 2015 ... I think funded work is more likely to lead to papers, because the researchers have been paid directly to work on it and have better odds of�...
May 27, 2009 ... Once the network operators, the government, and the researchers have been paid there is a thin margin to be made by AQA. The recession�...