Example sentences of "were [vb pp] at [art] [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this period of contraction , both passenger and freight services were withdrawn at an alarming rate , being substituted by short-lived bus services and road freight transport . |
| 2 | In the USA , until 1986 , all gains and losses on futures contracts were taxed at the long-term rate of tax , while gains and losses on shares held for less than six months were taxed at the higher short-term rate . |
| 3 | New techniques of production were introduced at an accelerating rate . |
| 4 | Patients sent to the lunatic asylum , which was off the Ampthill Road , were charged at a weekly rate to the directors according to the numbers ; in 1818 for example , the cost was £18.12s. , but two years later , £78 . |
| 5 | " Excess liability " means the excess of liability to income tax over what it would be if all income tax not chargeable at the lower rate were charged at the basic rate to the exclusion of any higher rate . |
| 6 | Of these claims , 1535 ( 77.2% ) were paid at the higher rate and 453 ( 22.8% ) at the lower rate paid for visits done by deputising services . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |