Example sentences of "rate [prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a universal charge , levied at a flat rate for all individuals over the age of 18 living in the local authority area . |
| 2 | All is hinged on the green pound — the exchange rate for agricultural products in the EC — which has been devalued in line with sterling . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Britain , though we may not think it , has one of the smallest rubbish-per-head rates for industrialized countries in the world . |
| 5 | As a family 's income rose , so the cash aid was withdrawn at different rates for different members of the sample . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I should perhaps remind you that they would normally be somewhat warmer than they were during our inspection , at any rate during one half of the working day … |
| 8 | Nonetheless such decentralization contributed to a degree of evening-out of unemployment rates between different parts of the country . |
| 9 | It is frequently argued that the political stability and rates of economic growth of the post-war period rest on the control of subordinate classes by the Mexican state . |
| 10 | Witness the rates of marital breakdown in the Western world ! |
| 11 | It has one of the lowest rates of cancelled operations in the country . |
| 12 | There are also anomalous areas of volcanism on , or near , mid-oceanic ridges ; Iceland , for instance , is formed of unusually thick oceanic crust produced by very high localized rates of volcanic activity on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The section on the chemistry of gasication is not so definitive partly because the temperature gradient , which varies according to fuel and gasifier design , affects both the position of chemical equilibria and the relative rates of different reactions within the gasifier but also because few experimental results are available for interpretation . |
| 16 | Young people are thought to have imbibed this dependency culture to an extent not found in their parents and grandparents — a product of the high rates of social expenditure of the 1960s and 70s . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Manufacturing industry had been particularly affected by very high rates of inter-firm mobility during the inter-war years when average turnover of skilled labour was more than 50 per cent per annum . |
| 23 | This scale provides little evidence of increased rates of psycho-social disturbance among the older age groups ( see Table 5.8 ) . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | While the average number of deaths climbed by 37,000 a year between these two periods and the rate of net emigration from the UK is estimated to have increased by 47,000 a year , the annual average number of births fell by 222,000 . |
| 26 | Thereafter , saline was constantly infused at a rate of 0.1 ml/min through the gall bladder catheter with an ASID Bonz PP infusion pump ( Germany ) . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The results of the flow cytometry analysis showed similar changes in the rate of cellular proliferation as the BrdUrd method ( Table III ) but , these changs were of smaller magnitude indicating the lower sensitivity of this method . |
| 30 | The rate of new referrals to the eye clinic with suspected advanced retinopathy was similar in rural and urban areas ( 4.8% ( 44 ) v 4.5% ( 55 ) ) but more rural patients than urban patients required urgent laser photocoagulation ( 1.4% ( 13 ) v 0.5% ( 6 ) , p<0.02 ) . |