Example sentences of "[noun] rate is [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interest rates have halved in the past 10 years to 5.75% , because Singapore 's savings rate is so high that the banks are flush with funds . |
| 2 | The overall completion rate is very high . |
| 3 | In fact , the turnover rate is so high , that only one character from the nine-months-old computer game is still in the series — and that 's Bouncer the dog ! |
| 4 | In the grouped update areas there will be little or no effect , as the hit rate is already high . |
| 5 | For the most risky two exemplars , films 53 and 54 , the corrected hit rate is very high , for the least risky exemplars of the same junction , films 50 and 51 , corrected hit rate is extremely low . |
| 6 | The divorce rate is very high because women are more independent than in the West . |
| 7 | For any biological text , explained Manfred Eigen ( MPI , Göttingen ) , there is a single error threshold ; above this , the error rate is too high , and information is lost on each round of replication , whereas below it , the error rate is too low , and not new variants can ever emerge . |
| 8 | For any biological text , explained Manfred Eigen ( MPI , Göttingen ) , there is a single error threshold ; above this , the error rate is too high , and information is lost on each round of replication , whereas below it , the error rate is too low , and not new variants can ever emerge . |
| 9 | Indeed , his work rate is so high that his players are inspired to perform if only so that the old so-and-so does not get the better of them . |
| 10 | Indeed , his work rate is so high that his players are inspired to perform if only so that the old so-and-so does not get the better of them . |
| 11 | In the long run the average three-month Libor rate is very close to the average bank base rate , though the two may differ significantly on any given day . |
| 12 | But putting money into small new firms , where the failure rate is pretty high and great risks are being taken , that 's what enterprise is all about . |
| 13 | Most people agree that a 10 per cent inflation rate is too high , but many are unable to explain why such an annual rise in the price level may be harmful . |
| 14 | There may , of course , be odd periods , such as the present , when the differential between German and UK rates is relatively narrow . |
| 15 | Even the mutation rate is pretty slow . |
| 16 | ‘ The seven per cent bank base rate is very good news for the housing market and it is what we have been calling for . |
| 17 | Andrew Bond , an obstetrician at the PMH , admits the threat of litigation 's always at the back of his mind , but the main reason why Swindon 's Caesarian rate is so high is its good reputation for dealing with difficult cases . |
| 18 | Even the " slow " cruising rate is pretty fast . |
| 19 | IBM 's attrition rate is very low — about 2% at Greenock , which nonetheless chose about 200 new people last year . |
| 20 | The refusal to raise National Insurance rates is very good because that would have been a tax increase . |
| 21 | At smaller Re , the difference between laminar and turbulent flow rates is too small . |
| 22 | This is because ( 1 ) the future earnings of and dividend payments on shares are unknown and have to be forecast ; ( 2 ) there is no maturity date and hence no maturity value ; and ( 3 ) shares are the riskiest investments to hold , having the residual claim on the firm 's assets and the net income generated by these assets , so that the appropriate discount rate is very difficult to calculate . |
| 23 | With bonds , the coupon payments are contractual and known with certainty ( or at least , the promised payments on fixed interest bonds are ) , the maturity date is known with certainty ( at least for bonds with a fixed maturity date ) , the maturity value is known with certainty , and the appropriate discount rate is relatively easy to calculate , given the ease of comparability with similar bonds . |
| 24 | The idea flow rate is directly proportional to the number of ‘ Office ’ sites — the more sites , the greater the idea flow . |
| 25 | The birth rate is notoriously difficult to predict as people remain very capricious in their decisions about when , and how many , children to have . |
| 26 | Inevitably some fall by the wayside , but his success rate is surprisingly high considering the breadth of the repertoire he tackles . |
| 27 | Of course , if they are usually , er , er you know , when I say they are usually they th the success rate is absolutely phenomenal ! |
| 28 | The fact that Crosby fought tooth and nail to get the job in an area where the success rate is so limited and expectation so high , speaks volumes for his bottle . |
| 29 | If treatment is needed the success rate is very high . |
| 30 | If treatment is needed the success rate is very high . |