Example sentences of "[noun sg] rates [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Courts have responded to perceived growing crime rates during this period by increasing the use of prison sentences and reducing the use of non-supervisory sentences such as fines or unconditional discharges . |
| 2 | It would not follow that the recent decline in unemployment rates in England and Wales would lead to reductions in the numbers imprisoned after taking crime rates into account . |
| 3 | In a recent international survey Northern Ireland had one of the worst crime rates for car theft in the whole of Europe . |
| 4 | We also have one of the lowest crime rates for theft and burglary . |
| 5 | The figures shows an increase in crime rates for all areas , yet there are curious differences in the extent and timing of the change in such rates in different police forces . |
| 6 | None the less , crime rates for cattle theft and homicide prove very useful when analysed in conjunction with detailed information from other sources about the social settings of these crimes . |
| 7 | The United Kingdom and Germany have the lowest overall crime rates of all the industrialised countries . |
| 8 | At the moment they are tackling record crime rates with one hand tied behind their back . |
| 9 | And even though Northern Ireland has one of the lowest crime rates in Europe for theft and burglary , it could and SHOULD be even lower . |
| 10 | It is certainly the case that crime rates in socialist countries are far less than in the USA and other capitalist societies . |
| 11 | England and Wales not only have the highest crime rates in Europe — they also have the fastest rates of increase . |
| 12 | The unhealthy relationship between the police and the Afro-Caribbean population has its roots both in white racism towards blacks and the historically high crime rates in black areas . |
| 13 | I do not think there is any doubt that high unemployment is related to high crime rates in certain parts of the borough . |
| 14 | Crime rates in eastern Germany , affected by the decline in strength of police forces and by social changes since unification , increased by about 30 per cent , with robbery and traffic offences showing the largest increases . |
| 15 | The latest figures show that the number of crimes in the county are down by 0.2 percent … a small amount but heartening news after soaring crime rates in previous years . |
| 16 | … and finally , last week 's news of soaring crime rates in Teesdale prompts reader Fred Day to suggest that it would never have happened had Geoff Moody still been on the Barney beat . |
| 17 | TEESDALE enjoys the distinction of being an area with one of the lowest crime rates in the country and the further West you go the quieter it becomes , say locals . |
| 18 | No politician could have bettered it : ‘ Experience has taught us the fallibility of the assertion that crime rates amongst those of West Indian origin are no higher than those of the population at large . ’ |
| 19 | There is no information on the carriage rates for this organism but the apparent increase is of concern , as is its potential to cause invasive disease in some patients . |
| 20 | Other patients studied at 5 , 6 , and 7 months after their most recent acute attack had mean amylase secretion rates below the control range . |
| 21 | Absorption and secretion rates in the test segment were calculated from the perfusion rate and the changes in polyethylene glycol and electrolyte concentrations . |
| 22 | Although H pylori infection was associated with decreased acid secretion rates in the few subjects studied , serum gastrin concentrations surprsingly did not differ between H pylori positive and H pylori negative sugjects . |
| 23 | Indeed , local ozone depletion rates in the lower stratosphere inferred from the AASE observations were in excess of 1% per day , approaching the values calculated for extended periods in the Antarctic . |
| 24 | Between the ages of 25 and 29 , the annual remarriage rates per 1,000 divorced men was 136 in 1989 , down by over 70 per cent from 1971 figure of 503 . |
| 25 | This is due in part to rising divorce rates , but also because remarriage rates among divorced women have fallen in recent years . |
| 26 | While there is an absence of any major national study comparing completion rates of non-traditional students with those entering on the basis of traditional academic qualifications there does seem to be some evidence that completion rates for non-traditional students are somewhat lower . |
| 27 | Similarly Smithers and Griff in ( 1986 ) , in their study of mature students entering five English universities through the the Joint Matriculation Board ( JMB ) special entry scheme , report completion rates of 90% while for other under-graduates the figure was 88% . |
| 28 | The pressure comes most obviously in terms of the recently imposed completion rates for postgraduate research , but there also seems to be a more general irritation in policy circles with what seems to be the leisurely pace of higher education , a pace which some would link with the original meaning of the word scholar . |
| 29 | While there is an absence of any major national study comparing completion rates of non-traditional students with those entering on the basis of traditional academic qualifications there does seem to be some evidence that completion rates for non-traditional students are somewhat lower . |
| 30 | In a recent study of twenty-five degree courses in five institutions Molloy and Carroll ( 1992 ) reported slightly lower completion rates for what they defined as ‘ non-standard ’ entry ( NSE ) students when compared with those with standard entry ( SEs ) . |