Example sentences of "rate of [noun] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bearing in mind that growth rate is related to size in a non-linear manner , compare growth rates of whelks of the same initial size marked as feeding on different prey . |
| 2 | However , among footwear workers women earn only 71 per cent of men 's hourly rates and women sales supervisors earn only 66 per cent of the hourly rates of men in the same occupation . |
| 3 | It also aimed to " establish , so far as may be possible , a uniform rate of pay for the same class of worker in all ports and to establish a recognised working day and other regulations in the ports of the world " . |
| 4 | The chart below shows the average percentage increase in the FT-SE 100 Index over 5 years periods ( commencing 1 January ) from 1 January 1979 to 1 January 1992 in comparison to a higher rate Building Society investment and the rate of inflation over the same periods . |
| 5 | 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 . |