Example sentences of "rates of [noun sg] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In controls , we found similar rates of butyrate metabolism in the ascending and descending colon , but greater rates of glutamine metabolism in the proximal colon . |
| 2 | Rates of butyrate metabolism in controls and ulcerative colitis patients were similar for all three regions studied , but glutamine metabolism was significantly greater in the descending colon in ulcerative colitis . |
| 3 | In controls , we found similar rates of butyrate metabolism in the ascending and descending colon , but greater rates of glutamine metabolism in the proximal colon . |
| 4 | Therefore it is difficult to interpret such statistics as those of UNEP ( 1982 ) , as well as others which calculate rates of topsoil loss per km 2 , except perhaps in cases where the rate is extremely high and where there is other evidence of obvious changes in land use . |
| 5 | Profit and loss accounts and assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiary undertakings are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling on the balance sheet date . |
| 6 | For the years 1984–6 , the statistical authorities have published ( Indeks , 1987 , nos. 3 and 9 ) the values of exports and imports both according to the traditional method and in terms of current dinars , i.e. at the rates of exchange ruling at the time of the export or import of the goods . |
| 7 | The view taken here is that one can produce quite easily a catechism of doom , supported with prodigious rates of soil loss over millions of hectares ( and some examples are given in this book ) . |
| 8 | In view of the increased prevalence of osteoporosis and high rates of bone loss in some patients we feel that all postmenopausal women with inflammatory bowel disease should be considered for HRT , particularly in those with extensive disease of those requiring longterm corticosteroid treatment . |
| 9 | When compared with intermittent auscultation alone continuous electronic fetal heart rate monitoring doubled rates of caesarean section for ‘ fetal distress ’ even when it was complemented by selective fetal blood sampling and pH estimation ; the rate was quadrupled when monitoring was used alone . |
| 10 | attendance allowances for members , I would move that er , a scheme be commenced from the first of April ninety-four , and that the wording attached to the paper , be altered in two respects , in place of the phrase is a person over sixty-nine years of age , the words is an elderly person , and more significantly at the end of paragraph four , and normally lives with a member as part of the member 's family and be able to be left at th , be unable to be left unsupervised , be added , And that er , power to delegate a director of financial to amend the rates of allowances from time to time rates of attendance allowance for members , and that the scheme be met from the overall member 's allowance to which we recently referring . |
| 11 | The gall bladder epithelium has one of the highest rates of water absorption of body tissues , which is achieved by the coupling of active sodium transport and passive water absorption . |
| 12 | In addition the repeat profiles provide valuable information on the mechanisms and rates of water movement in the unsaturated zone . |
| 13 | Firstly , the salinity of irrigation water has increased due , as Stanhill ( 1986 ) explains , to the high rates of water loss from Lake Nasser which is situated in an arid region where evaporation is particularly rapid . |
| 14 | Going on to a weight-reducing diet actually reduces the rates of hormone production by the thyroid , and in turn slows down the metabolic rate . |
| 15 | Therefore , statistically , one should take the results of the first survey , and we based our rates of income support on its median rates . |
| 16 | It is true that before 1979 the marginal rates of income tax on the very rich were high ( marginal tax rates are the percentage of the last pound earned taken in tax ) . |
| 17 | Overall taxation and benefits also reduce the final income of richer groups in the population , but less than the higher rates of income tax for high earners would suggest . |
| 18 | However , such strategies have perhaps become less important for the very high income earners who , in recent years , have enjoyed a large reduction in the taxes they have had to pay following the reduction in the high rates of income tax since 1979 : for example , in real terms , those earning over £400 per week take home on average an extra £55 more in 1986 then they did in 1979 . |
| 19 | Equality has been a powerful theme in British politics since the turn of the century and can be seen in practice in the high marginal rates of income tax in the postwar years reaching until recently a marginal tax of 83 per cent on earned income and 98 per cent on unearned income ; the drive to abolish private education and private health ; the ‘ euthanasia of the rentier ’ through rent control ; and the provision of state welfare services financed by taxation but free of charge at the time they are used . |
| 20 | Will my right hon. Friend assure the House that he will not agree to binding minimum rates of income tax in Europe , which have been advocated by the Socialist Confederation in Europe and are supported by the Labour party in this country ? |
| 21 | The aim of the research is to find out to what extent the cuts in the higher rates of income tax in the 1988 Finance Act may nave increased work effort , decreased avoidance and reduced emigration . |
| 22 | One reason for the interest in rates of home ownership among the older age groups is the potential of realizing the asset and using it to pay for care . |
| 23 | Given the large differences in the rates of excise duties in the member states , it is likely that reaching agreement to harmonise these rates will prove to be extremely difficult . |
| 24 | As brewers pay lower rates of excise duty on weaker beers , lager is a highly profitable business for the giant brewing combines . |
| 25 | ‘ If wine merchants and restaurants are to survive and jobs are to be preserved , UK rates of excise duty on alcohol must be brought into line with those of other member states . |
| 26 | EC Finance Ministers , meeting in Brussels on 27th July , provisionally agreed a tax package which included minimum rates of excise duty on alcoholic drinks to apply from 1st January 1993 . |
| 27 | ( 1987 ) report rates of depressive illness of 10.0 per cent for those aged 65 — 74 and 9.5 per cent for those aged 75 + . |
| 28 | ( 1983 ) and using an explicitly comparable methodology produced rates of depressive illness of 12.4 per cent and 13 per cent respectively . |
| 29 | Conversion rates of sulphur dioxide to sulphate range from 0.1 to 10 per cent per hour , depending upon the presence or absence of other pollutants ( reactive hydrocarbons and photochemical oxidants ) and atmospheric conditions ( relative humidity , temperature , sunlight ) . |
| 30 | Higher rates of interest choke off investment demand ( and indeed any other interest-sensitive variable that might have been introduced in the model ) so that aggregate demand and output fall , imparting a negative slope to this curve . |