Example sentences of "[adj -er] rate [prep] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I went out there with Sandra I was told that you normally get a better rate of exchange in the country when you change travellers cheques . |
| 2 | The order increases the lower rate of SSP by the full retail prices index increase of 4.1 per cent. , from £43.50 to £45.30 a week , while leaving the higher rate unchanged at £52.50 . |
| 3 | Between 1962 and 1964 output per head rose by 5.8 per cent ; between 1965 and 1967 it rose by 19.6 per cent , despite a lower rate of accumulation in the latter period . |
| 4 | The basic rate of income tax was 30p in the pound in 1979 and is now 25p , with a new lower rate of 20p for the first £2,000 earned above personal allowances . |
| 5 | Of the very few banners that mentioned it , one from Moscow University called pointedly for ‘ a faster rate of democratisation of the party ’ . |
| 6 | There are then two aspects of the working class fertility pattern to be explained : first the slower rate of decline during the period before World War I , and second , the rapid decrease during the inter-war years . |
| 7 | The large demands which the BEA made on the capital market — at first directly in their own capital issues and then indirectly through the Treasury borrowing requirement — attracted criticism that electricity was ‘ crowding out ’ more desirable investment projects with potentially higher rates of return in the private sector . |
| 8 | This applied in all regions except two , but still reflected higher rates of loss in the North than the South . |
| 9 | Indeed , when the diagnosis of recurrence was based on either oral cholecystectography or ultrasonagraphy , the only significant difference between the three groups was a higher rate of recurrence in the diet treated patients than in the other two groups . |
| 10 | Few men other than Eliot have read through the lengthy catalogues of ritual in Frazer 's volumes and found those volumes to be ‘ throbbing at a higher rate of vibration with the agony of spiritual life ’ . |
| 11 | The crucial assumption underlying this analysis , in contrast to those which have focused on the rate of growth of labour supply and the idea of too few producers , is that the achievement of higher productivity is a prior condition for and not a consequence of a higher rate of growth of the manufacturing labour force [ cf. |
| 12 | Whereas if you go for a degree of inequality within the countryside , A you will have , you might get the same , same tax yield because you , you have a higher rate of tax on the rich and their revenue 's going up so that tax revenue will increase |
| 13 | When the balance on your account reaches £2,000 , £10,000 or £25,000 , we pay a higher rate of interest on the whole amount . |
| 14 | Please remember , however , that if you exceed the agreed amount or overdraw your account without prior arrangement , you will automatically be charged a higher rate of interest on the excess or on unauthorised amounts . |
| 15 | As I said , whether mental confusion equals dementia , what exact degree of dependency what degree of confusion , what degree of dementia , this does n't tell you but what it does do is help to give us a picture of what is happening , not just in the local authority sector which we 've heard from , not just in the voluntary sector , which we 've heard from , but , if this is to be believed , by an even greater rate of increase in the private sector . |
| 16 | As Table 8.3 and Figure 8.3 show the most dramatic changes were the enlargement of field size and the loss of hedgerow trees , with a much greater rate of change in the arable areas in order to take advantage of large modern machinery . |