Example sentences of "rate [prep] [noun sg] of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a faster rate of transfer of workers from old machines to new ones , the proportion of more modern , higher-productivity machines in use rises . |
| 2 | As with chimneys , so with synapses ; if they are constructed — or even reconstructed — during learning , one might expect a brief increase in the rate of synthesis of proteins over the time when an animal was being trained and memory was being formed . |
| 3 | the average rate of formation of stars in the Galaxy |
| 4 | To do so , it is necessary briefly to increase the rate of insertion of bricks at a particular point in the house — the roof — without changing the rate of removal ; bricks thus accumulate as the chimney is constructed . |
| 5 | So that the annual average rate of provision of dwellings in North Yorkshire is something like three thousand one hundred and eighty two dwellings . |
| 6 | It also cost the German central bank a guarantee of a fixed future rate of conversion of dollars into marks . |
| 7 | Earlier in this chapter we described the rate of referral of cases to the development officers , and Table 3. 1 shows the size of their case load month by month . |
| 8 | The difference ( positive or negative ) between the rate of growth of GDP and the combined , weighted rate of growth of inputs of labour and capital , known as total factor input ( TFI ) , gives the rate of growth of productivity . |
| 9 | In common with most other professional bodies the Institute has seen a substantial increase in the rate of growth of complaints against members in recent years ; in 1991 , we received 20% more complaints than in 1990 . |
| 10 | These policies were incorporated into the Fifth Plan , formulated in 1964 and 1965 , which aimed at an annual rate of growth of profits of 8.6 per cent between 1964 and 1970 . |
| 11 | In the years of heaviest recession ( measured in this case as 1977–81 ) , the rate of loss of jobs in foreign-owned establishments was on average lower than that of all UK privately-owned establishments . |
| 12 | ‘ We can judge by the rate of sale of books in the catalogue , and we were pleased with it . |