Example sentences of "rates of [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In poplars , it has been found that there are increased concentrations and rates of synthesis of phenolics within 52 hours of attack . |
| 2 | In spite of the fact that trade increased by 50% in the three months following the ‘ big bang ’ the rise in costs associated with both increased labour and capital costs caused reductions in rates of return on capital for many firms . |
| 3 | The term structure of interest rates is the relationship between the rates of return on bonds with different maturity dates . |
| 4 | Many of these have involved a comparison of rates of return on equity in owner- and management-controlled companies . |
| 5 | In the first , which we cover in this section , we examine the relationship between spot and forward exchange rates , and in the second we examine the relationship between the rates of return on assets with differing terms . |
| 6 | Chronology is one of the cornerstones of geomorphology , and researchers are urged to balance their studies of present geomorphic processes by an appreciation of rates of work over timescales of 10 4 — 10 6 years . |
| 7 | A recent report by stockbrokers UBS Phillips and Drew ( 1992 ) draws attention to this factor , suggesting that actual rates of depreciation of capital in the UK have been well in excess of official assumptions as to rates of depreciation , aided by an overvalued exchange rate . |
| 8 | In 1820 Sir Frederick Adam published his Survey of the State of the Poor , in which he showed that throughout the shires rates of pay for labourers of all types were low , and that many families lived on small quantities of wheaten or barley bread , skimmed milk , cheese , potatoes and legumes , meat hardly ever figuring in their diet . |
| 9 | There are differential rates of pay for drivers of trailer trams ( 17% bonus ) , single-deck OMOs ( 20% ) and double-deck OMOs ( 25% ) . |
| 10 | Problems may arise in respect of expatriates working in the same location on longer-term postings or even local company employees who are dissatisfied with their rates of pay in comparison with salaries and/or bonuses earned by fixed-term contract workers . |
| 11 | In late March tripartite talks between the government , car manufacturers and trade unions ended in a historic agreement whereby the price of cars was reduced by 22 per cent on the domestic market and the unions agreed to wage increases tied to monthly rates of inflation in return for pledges of job security . |
| 12 | The romanticized picture of housewives happy over their labour of love is also challenged by accounts of the higher rates of depression among women with small children who stay at home , by such eagerness to take paid work that they will accept rates of pay and conditions of employment that no man would tolerate , and by accounts of the slow hard slog and monotony of housework . |
| 13 | High rates of depression among mothers of young children and a strong association between maternal depression and disturbance in the children have been found by Richman ( 1978 ) and Crook and Wolkind ( 1983 ) . |
| 14 | Borrowings include £98 million [ 1991 £70 million ] which is the subject of interest swap agreements under which counterparties have undertaken to pay amounts at fixed rates of interest in consideration for amounts payable by the Group at variable rates of interest . |
| 15 | Charities can reclaim pay repayment of basic rates of tax on gifts of as little as even two hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 16 | For this fragment the rates of dissociation in order of decreasing rate appear to be 6>8>4 = 1 = 5>7 = 3 = 2 . |
| 17 | It recommended that the councils monitor the rates of submission of theses by research students in every university , so as to be able to impose sanctions on universities whose rates were unsatisfactory . |
| 18 | A district with a high under 75 years standardised mortality ratio will tend to have people dying earlier than expected in the younger age groups , and applying national average rates of use of service to those groups will underestimate its relative need for health services . |
| 19 | This could arise , for example , in researching into the voting behaviour of , say , white-collar workers , or the differential rates of absenteeism among workers within a particular plant . |
| 20 | The high rates of diagnosis of schizophrenia among black people were at one time thought to be due to widespread misdiagnosis of bizarre behaviour and transient hallucinatory experiences by white psychiatrists unfamiliar with normal Afro-Caribbean cultural expressions of severe distress . |
| 21 | It is well known that the Albanians , who predominate in Kosovo and in parts of western Macedonia , tend to have very large families , Such rapid rates of growth of population in areas of poverty and high unemployment are naturally a matter of great concern to the authorities . |
| 22 | To take advantage of faster rates of growth in demand in other markets . |