Example sentences of "[noun sg] rates [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that we are becoming a more ‘ criminal ’ nation as the increase in crime rates would suggest , but this can not just be assumed and it is important to be aware of other possible reasons for such an increase . |
| 2 | They said the trend was an unusually low blip and it was possible that crime rates would continue to rise in 1992 . |
| 3 | Anyone wishing to tackle crime rates must pay enormous attention to youth crime because of its sheer scale . |
| 4 | As a result the DES ( 1983 ) forecasts assumed that mature entry rates would fall at the same speed as the fall in 21–25 years olds — who constitute the majority of entrants to HE aged over 20 . |
| 5 | Using a number of sources of information , including orthography and higher level linguistic constraints , the system shows improved results , and word recognition rates can reach 98% . |
| 6 | Loss rates may have varied according to the type of farming practised , depopulation being worse in heavier clay arable areas ( Roxby 1912 , Eversley 1907 , Vince 1955 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Now that the Conservatives have got in it is more than likely that we will get a base rate cut and so all investment rates will fall . ’ |
| 8 | Indeed there are some who will continue to argue that truancy rates would decline if tougher punitive measures against parents were taken , perhaps as a ‘ short , sharp shock ’ at an early stage of truancy , to ‘ forestall later persistent absence . |
| 9 | Recent SCRE research suggested that attendance rates on their own are an imperfect measure and that truancy rates can conceal more than they reveal . |
| 10 | Schumm ( 1968 ) also demonstrated how knowledge gained from contemporary denudation rates could give clues about the rates in geological time and suggested that with the appearance of grasses in the Cainozoic , the relations between climate , vegetation , erosion and runoff became much as today except for the subsequent influence of man . |
| 11 | In practice , governments have usually been reluctant to leave exchange rate determination completely to private market forces because of the danger that large fluctuations in exchange rates might ensue . |
| 12 | Whereas conventional economic theory predicted that a change to flexible exchange rates would eliminate financial crises and allow markets to ease and soften adjustment to change , the opposite happened . |
| 13 | The attainment of fixed exchange rates would prove highly attractive . |
| 14 | Flexible exchange rates may encourage destabilising speculation . |
| 15 | An illustration of the economic damage that flexible exchange rates can inflict is provided by the experience of the UK during 1979 – 81 . |
| 16 | These industries export well over 50 per cent of the output and any exogenous change in foreign exchange rates can have a dramatic effect on costs , relative prices and therefore sales . |
| 17 | Fluctuations in exchange rates can have significant effects on the group 's results . |
| 18 | With this theory , exchange rates will adjust so that the same bundle of goods costs the same in all countries . |
| 19 | Movements in foreign exchange rates will affect the sterling value of the principal deposited or borrowed and your finance director will not thank you for saving £50,000 by earning interest at 1 1/2 % above UK rates if you lose £1m when the foreign currency is reconverted to sterling . |
| 20 | If people think exchange rates will rise , they will demand sterling while it is still relatively cheap . |
| 21 | Any judgment on the preferability of fixed or floating exchange rates must take into account these considerations and recognize that it is a matter of balancing advantages against disadvantages . |
| 22 | In theory floating exchange rates should adjust to compensate for differences in domestic inflation rates . |
| 23 | Poll Tax rates may exceed earlier estimates |
| 24 | Figure 16–3 implies that cutting income tax rates may eliminate some of the deadweight burden of distortionary taxation , but governments should probably expect their tax revenue to decline if such policies are put into effect . |
| 25 | For example , tax rates may have to differ across countries in order to achieve particular abatement targets and schemes for compensating the hardest hit consumers may need to developed . |
| 26 | My right hon. Friend informed us that the previous tax rates would have cost each family an extra £1,200 . |
| 27 | WEALTHY businessmen who have benefited from low tax rates should do more to subsidise the arts , the chairman of the Arts Council said yesterday . |
| 28 | A quarter of businesses felt corporation tax rates should rise , while 59 per cent said no . |
| 29 | The argument used to support these top-rate tax cuts was that the lower income tax rates should provide extra incentives to work harder and thus boost tax revenue . |
| 30 | The CBI cautioned that the rise in mortgage rates would feed through into pressure for higher pay , raising the prospect of wage inflation and undermining businesses . |