Example sentences of "be [verb] at [art] rate of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier this month , people were reported to be dying at the rate of 30 a day from hunger and the effects of Serb shelling . |
| 2 | At one point earlier this month townspeople were reported to be dying at the rate of 30 a day from shellfire and starvation . |
| 3 | $10,000,000 or more — about 3,600 companies — would either be taxed at a rate of 0.175 per cent of their capital base or have to pay a 3 per cent corporate tax surcharge , whichever was higher . |
| 4 | Data can be transferred at a rate of 6Gb per hour . |
| 5 | The tax would be levied at a rate of 15 per cent on petrol and 18 per cent on diesel oil . |
| 6 | The tax would be levied at the rate of the equivalent of US$3 per barrel of oil in 1993 , rising by $1 a year to a maximum of $10 per barrel in 2000 — the EC target date for the stabilization of carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels . |
| 7 | The tax will be levied at the rate of $3 per barrel of oil equivalent in 1993 , rising by $1 a year to a maximum of $10 per barrel in 2000 — the EC target date for the stabilization of carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels . |
| 8 | The tax will be levied at the rate of 25.7 cents per million British thermal units ( BTUs ) on heating fuels and at 59.9 cents per million BTUs for transport oil . |
| 9 | Mr Lamont forecasts that the economy will be growing at the rate of three per cent per year in 12 months ' time ; he would have carried more conviction , if he had not made the same ‘ jam tomorrow ’ forecast a year ago . |
| 10 | In the event that the Director is required to provide his services in excess of five days after 22 December 1989 , then it is agreed that he shall be reimbursed at the rate of £200 per diem . |
| 11 | At one stage the waters of Oulton Broad were reported to be rising at a rate of eight inches an hour . |
| 12 | Essential oils need to be diluted at a rate of ½ to 3 per cent , depending on the person 's skin , the strength of the essential oil and the condition for which it is being applied . |
| 13 | Up to 50 per cent of wages would be paid in rubels , which would be exchanged at a rate of one to 10 with the rouble . |
| 14 | — Wages , salaries , grants , pensions , rents and leases as well as other recurring payments shall be converted at a rate of one to one . |
| 15 | When you are borrowing from the Account interest will be charged at a rate of 2.1% per month ( APR 27.6% ) . |
| 16 | Shipments over the limit will be charged at a rate of 850 Ecus per tonne . |
| 17 | Interest will be charged at the rate of 1 per cent above the Bank base rate prevailing for the relevant period . |
| 18 | Class 321 units continued to be delivered at the rate of two a week , and on the Isle of Wight ‘ new ’ 1938-built former London Underground trains began to be introduced to replace coaches dating from 1923 . |
| 19 | The Flower Fairies Year will be issued at the rate of one plate every other month . |
| 20 | Relief on the rest will be taken at the rate of 5% a year . |
| 21 | Bonemeal is a good base which lasts several years , and can be spread at the rate of about 180–240 g per sq m ( 6–8 oz per sq yd ) , and garden compost into which wood ashes have been mixed is particularly helpful on such soils . |
| 22 | Millions of bits of information can be processed at a rate of millions of steps per second . |
| 23 | He gave another instance of a farmer who obtained a loan of £100 on a promissory note of £140 to be repaid at a rate of £8 a month . |
| 24 | It has now prepared a short-list of five projects for the next round of decisions to be made in a year or two , although the agency warns that these more ambitious and expensive projects can only be funded at the rate of one every 2½ years . |
| 25 | We will order the fines and costs to be paid at a rate of twenty pounds a week . |
| 26 | That 's ninety pounds and we will order it be paid at a rate of five pounds a week . |
| 27 | We will order the fines and costs to be paid at the rate of twenty pounds a week . |
| 28 | A blacksmith whose work involved much sharpening of jumpers ( drill irons ) , could be paid at the rate of , say , so much per 20 dozen — otherwise at so much per day . |
| 29 | By the ship 's articles , executed before the commencement of the voyage , the plaintiff was to be paid at the rate of £5 a month ; and the principal question in the cause was , whether he was entitled to a higher rate of wages . |
| 30 | Grants will be paid at the rate of 30 per cent of eligible costs for vessels above 12 metres and up to 33 metres , and at ten per cent for larger vessels . |