Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at the [det] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , independent research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies ( The Structure of Alcoholic Taxes : A Hangover from the past , 1990 ) and by the Henley Centre for Forecasting ( Competition between Alcoholic Drinks : An Analysis , 1991 ) indicates that it would be perfectly possible to sustain tax revenue by levelling down the duty on spirits , and levelling up the duty on wines and beers , so that all alcoholic drinks are taxed at the same rate of duty per degree of alcohol content . |
| 2 | The dependency should be taken on the basis that the wife would be maintained at the same rate of expenditure throughout her life . |
| 3 | ‘ Now all fresh , frozen and chilled fish are imported at the same rate , being 2.5 per cent of first sales value of the imports . |
| 4 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
| 5 | In our study , gender was taken account of in the selection of workshops : we studied workshops with men only , with women only , workshops where men and women did the same work and were paid at the same rate , and those where the sexes did different jobs and men were paid more than women . |
| 6 | Independent research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies , ( The structure of alcohol taxes : a hangover from the past , 1990 ) and the Henley Centre for Forecasting ( Competition between alcoholic drinks : and analysis , 1991 ) has shown that , for instance , it would be perfectly possible to sustain tax revenue by levelling down the duty on spirits and levelling up the duty on wine so that all alcohol is taxed at the same rate . |