Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or Quota at any rate you know . |
| 2 | For instance , the first point does not hinder the masters from introducing female labour at half rates [ i.e. after 1916 ] . |
| 3 | Until they are , female labour at half rates will have a dangerous effect on the printing trade in general . |
| 4 | Grants were available up to 20 per cent of capital costs or 50 per cent of the aid supplied nationally , and loans were available through funds directed via the EIB at reduced rates of interest ( 3 per cent below market rate ) . |
| 5 | ( c ) The gang leader may agree rates with the builder and pay lower rates to other gang members , or alternatively sub-let the work at lower rates to other independent gangs . |
| 6 | Once one thinks in terms of the man on the one hand , and his writings on the other , one is surprise , even , I think , puzzled and disconcerted , by the disparity , the apparent disparity at any rate , between , on the one hand , the frequenter of the Faubourg Saint Germain salons , and , on the other , the author of À la Recherche , between the rather eccentric hypochondriac and the observer in the novel of human weakness , erm between perhaps the often precious and whimsical Figaro columnist and the architect of an astonishingly complex and lengthy novel , amounting to something like one and a quarter million words . |
| 7 | Your spouse and children too can be included in the Plan at special rates . |
| 8 | As far as beating down and killing went , nothing very much was achieved , for the enemy were now everywhere in flight , such as could run , none staying to fight , not in Ramsay 's sector at any rate . |
| 9 | They provided my family and I with currency exchange at competitive rates , advice on aeroplane repairs , free landing and hangarage , free overnight accommodation — and even organised on-the-spot Customs clearance when a friend came to pick us up in a twin the following morning . |
| 10 | ‘ I knew right away we 'd have to start preparing for the next one , ’ he told the boys , who were the only ones who 'd listen to him by then , in the home at any rate . |
| 11 | Other fixed assets are depreciated on a straight line basis at annual rates which vary according to the class of asset , but are typically : |
| 12 | The wicked mood of triumphant secret freedom which had come to her after her first performance of careful deliberate lying to Jack had , for the moment at any rate , left her . |
| 13 | He was cooking ; murder was , for the moment at any rate , not in his thoughts , the sun was at last shining in the way it should do on a seaside holiday , and there were still three more days of holiday to go . |
| 14 | Trading results and cash flows of overseas subsidiary companies are translated into sterling at average rates . |
| 15 | The results of overseas subsidiaries are translated into sterling at average rates for the year . |
| 16 | She would have something to tell the Highbury Ladies ' Circle at any rate . |
| 17 | If America continues to produce municipal solid waste at present rates for the next 1,000 years , the whole lot will still be containable in a space 100 yards deep and 30 miles square . |
| 18 | Having put down the bottle , but still entranced by the ( to my nose at any rate ) sweet , dulcet tones of the essence , I decided to take another whiff to convince myself I had not really been dreaming . |
| 19 | the tax at the rate applicable to trusts for the year on the amount so treated as his income ; or 2. so much of the amount of tax at that rate as is equal to the tax charged whichever is the less . |
| 20 | so this is what I 'm saying how come that the she 's still got the poll , we have to , got to pay poll tax at that rate because she 's not working |
| 21 | The latest variants on royalty structures use branches of a Dutch company , which operate in much the same way as finance branches , and rely on exemptions to avoid tax at full rates in the Netherlands . |
| 22 | A fascinating example of this , with hindsight at any rate , is the secret despatch , on Churchill 's instructions , of a small task force to the South Atlantic in February-March 1952 after the Argentine dictator , General Peron , had made threatening noises about the Falklands . |
| 23 | Borrowings include £98 million [ 1991 £70 million ] which is the subject of interest swap agreements under which counterparties have undertaken to pay amounts at fixed rates of interest in consideration for amounts payable by the Group at variable rates of interest . |
| 24 | Originally , purveyors bought supplies or requisitioned transport at fixed rates below the market price . |
| 25 | Er , I should also re , remind you so my brief informs me , of the no smoking rule , which was adopted at last year 's er , A G M , and which means there 's no smoking er , in this room at any rate , and certainly not during the meeting . |
| 26 | The accommodation agreement also gives extra benefits : automatic room upgrade , late check-out , and double/twin room at single rate when accompanied by your partner — all subject to availability . |
| 27 | However , this class may actually enter into economic activities for private gain using , for example , its privileged position to secure credit at favourable rates of interest , obtain monopolies and franchises in import and export businesses , start up industrial enterprises , speculate in urban property and so on ( for a debate about the bureaucracy in lesser developed countries , see Coulson 1975 ; Leys 1975 : 193f . ) . |
| 28 | They were warned of the danger of giving credit — or too much credit at any rate — to mostly illiterate other ranks who were here today and gone tomorrow , and allowing them to run up debts which they had not the slightest chance , or intention , of paying . |
| 29 | huh , ai n't gon na have many on the top at this rate are we ? oh lovely got another one for the top , cracker |
| 30 | This uninviting prospect was offered to a people who , in name at any rate , had tasted independence . |