Example sentences of "rate [prep] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 After all , there is a 100 per cent marriage failure rate for their generation of the House of Windsor .
2 In other cases , the Bank of England may influence very short-term rates through its operations in the discount markets .
3 The latter has fixed the exchange rate of its currency against the German mark since 1983 and has systematically adjusted its monetary policy to policy changes in Germany .
4 However , the collapse in the birth rate from its peak in the mid 1960s , which was primarily responsible for this , was itself a major event with long-term implications .
5 Although the authorities in the UK have sought to control interest rates by their operations in the discount market , this relates much more to Figure 18.4 than Figure 18.5 , especially during the first part of the 1980s .
6 Today the Bank of England influences interest rates by its operations in the discount market .
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