Example sentences of "are [verb] at a low [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Would this lead to the principle of differentiation being accepted but used for different purposes , so that the goals of interest groups , rather than social welfare , dictate which commodities are taxed at a lower rate ?
2 Other autoantibodies directed against cytoskeletal antigens differ from actin as well as antinuclear antibodies giving a ‘ speckled ’ pattern of positivity , are found at a low titre ( <1:100 ) in cryptogenic , ciral , and clcoholic chronic liver disease .
3 Because capital grants are fixed at a low proportion of costs , and with the emphasis on cheap loans , the responsibility to ensure that the planned project is viable is more squarely the farmer 's ( as it will now be in the UK ) .
4 In the French LFAs , subsidised loans are the more common incentive for capital developments ; capital grants are fixed at a lower level than in the UK and are related to the degree of handicap .
5 In the private service sector , where trade unions are less active , temporary workers often do not receive the same level of fringe benefits as permanent workers ; and in some organisations and industries they are paid at a lower rate — for example the statutory minimum rather than a higher , collectively bargained rate — than are comparable permanent workers [ see Chapter 7 ] .
6 Consequently , if it is necessary to redeploy employees to posts which are graded at a lower salary than the employees original posts , the contractual earnings of such employees will be protected .
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