Example sentences of "rate [prep] [adj] [noun] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All is hinged on the green pound — the exchange rate for agricultural products in the EC — which has been devalued in line with sterling . |
| 2 | But establishment of a special rate for domestic coal in the 1850s enabled German mines to undercut British coal , and regular coal traffic from Upper Silesia and the Ruhr to Berlin and other big cities was established . |
| 3 | Britain , though we may not think it , has one of the smallest rubbish-per-head rates for industrialized countries in the world . |
| 4 | For most of the sections there is a summary table indicating success rates for particular tasks in the three attainment bands bottom , middle and top thirds of the sample pupils . |
| 5 | Witness the rates of marital breakdown in the Western world ! |
| 6 | It has one of the lowest rates of cancelled operations in the country . |
| 7 | The coexistence of hyperproliferation and colonic phenotypic expression in the reservoir of patients with ulcerative colitis and FAP , conditions with high rates of neoplastic change in the large intestine , has led some to suggest that neoplastic change is a significant risk in the reservoir mucosa . |
| 8 | Interrogations of German prisoners-of-war captured in 1944 and 1945 on the western Front also revealed surprisingly high rates of continued trust in the Führer , almost down to the very end of the war . |
| 9 | Since it has been introduced 43 people have been cut off the dole and 21 continue to receive reduced rates of social security in the North of Ireland . |
| 10 | However , your reply did not address the main point of my letter : the request that the Borough Council should consider paying the rates of public halls in the rural part of the Borough . |
| 11 | The UK not only has some of the highest rates of cardiovascular disease in the world , it also has some of the highest rates for cancer and respiratory disease . |
| 12 | He points out , however , that Essex has one of the lowest rates of permanent exclusion in the eastern region — Bedfordshire 's rate is four times higher — and the LEA has worked to help schools adopt effective pastoral care . |
| 13 | It is correct that Britain has one of the lowest rates of corporate tax in the developed world , something from which our businesses , large and small , have benefited enormously over the years . |
| 14 | In spite of this Britain still has some of the highest rates of preventable disease in the developed world , such as for ischaemic heart disease and lung cancer . |
| 15 | Norway , with the third-highest tax burden in 1989 , had an annual average growth rate of 3.1 % in the period 1976–91 , nearly 25% above the OECD average of 2.5% per annum , and ranked as high as second in terms of growth rate . |
| 16 | The decay rate of each cell in the chip 's window is increased according to the light intensity falling on each cell and to the exposure time . |
| 17 | In fact Washroom Hygiene now has the lowest termination rate of all services in the Division ! |
| 18 | So individual examples have been chosen as representative of many others , followed by a statistical appraisal of the entry and drop-out rate of all firms in the British headhunting business over the last four decades . |
| 19 | He also stresses that the new female values encouraged marriage for love rather than for prudential considerations , and maintains that women 's increasing search for sexual fulfilment pushed up the general fertility rate of lower-class marriages in the nineteenth century . |
| 20 | Laboratory results showed an increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 44 mm in the first hour , a raised C reactive protein value of 49 mg/l . |
| 21 | Even if inflation can be contained , there remains the question of whether a lower rate of economic growth in the Western world can be sustained in view of the demands which it makes on the limited resources of our planet , especially food and minerals . |
| 22 | The number of cataracts newly recorded by optometrists in the prompted group exceeded that recorded by doctors in the hospital clinic group ( 29 v 3 ; p<0.001 ) but there was no difference in the recorded rate of diabetic retinopathy in the two groups . |
| 23 | The speed of action of any agent may be different : the rate of chemical weathering in the equatorial regions appears to be greater than in any other part of the earth . |
| 24 | This rise in the rate of interest leads to a fall in investment spending , as shown in graph ( ii ) , which in turn causes the unc line to shift downwards thereby reducing the equilibrium rate of national income in the same way as in Possibility 1 above . |
| 25 | Latin America has the lowest female participation rate of any region in the world , including the Middle East , despite their stringent constraints on women 's activities . |
| 26 | The rate of vertebral fracture in the women with rheumatoid arthritis was over twice that in the controls . |
| 27 | Thirdly , discordant marital relationships have been linked with a raised rate of psychiatric problems in the children ( Rutter , 1981 ) . |
| 28 | So the point erm I wish to make erm on er Mr 's observations , is that it 's not the strategy of the structure plan was not simply erm to seek an initial reduction erm in the rate of residential development in the county and then that roll that rate forward in progressive erm amendments to the structure plan , Hambleton District Council believes that the logical interpretation of these statements is that a progressive reduction er in house building and the rates of migration should be sought through subsequent alterations to the plan . |
| 29 | This means Britain has the highest rate of under-age pregnancy in the Western world . |
| 30 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that , although the Opposition seem to delight in talking down the United Kingdom economy , the confidence of the foreigner investing in this country is great and we have the highest rate of inward investment in the EEC , despite the pessimism that the Opposition are always trying to spread ? |