Example sentences of "[noun sg] the [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if sales are maintained at the present level the higher rate will generate an extra $18 million of gross earnings . |
| 2 | £20-£40 is at present the going rate for good examples . |
| 3 | " No wonder the poor rates increase when people are situated in this manner . |
| 4 | Contract Procedure and Payments : the farmer wishing to have contract work carried out normally gave 4–5 days ' notice ; the administrator located a suitable machine not being used by its owner on the required date , and the operator collected the machine and carried out the work ; the farmer paid the group the agreed rate per acre for the work done ; the group paid the owner of the machine the agreed rate for the hire of the machine ; the operator was paid for the hours worked . |
| 5 | Contract Procedure and Payments : the farmer wishing to have contract work carried out normally gave 4–5 days ' notice ; the administrator located a suitable machine not being used by its owner on the required date , and the operator collected the machine and carried out the work ; the farmer paid the group the agreed rate per acre for the work done ; the group paid the owner of the machine the agreed rate for the hire of the machine ; the operator was paid for the hours worked . |
| 6 | Carriers bringing passengers from abroad without valid documentation will be charged at double the current rate . |
| 7 | For preference shares issued pre 6.4.73 at a fixed rate of dividend the new rate should be shown . |
| 8 | More importantly , by reforming the tax structure , the Tories have brought down marginal tax rates further still , even compared with 1979 ; for example for the average earner the marginal rate including VAT has fallen from 49 p.c. then to 45 p.c. today . |
| 9 | This implies that for any investment asset the marginal rate of exchange between the expected return and the risk ( standard deviation ) of that asset must be equal to the marginal rate of exchange for the market as a whole . |
| 10 | Revised interest factor tables used as ready reckoners by tax offices to calculate repayment supplement and interest on overdue tax have been published by the Inland Revenue to take into account the revised rate of interest . |
| 11 | The truckers ' strike during July and August 1973 was also largely motivated by controls — the shortages of spare parts for their trucks , official discrimination against them in favour of state-run firms , and the fact that the charges which they could make were fixed by the government but not adjusted to take into account the rapid rate of inflation . |
| 12 | At the same time , interest rates were reduced , the supply of money was relaxed , and the National Bank forecast that by the end of the year the annual rate of inflation would be down to 55 per cent . |
| 13 | After 18 months of monetary restraint , it was the fifth cut to have been effected since the beginning of 1990 ( by the end of the year the basic rate had been reduced to 12 per cent ) . |
| 14 | Rationality of expectations implies that if equation ( 6.4 ) adequately describes the process determining then for each country the anticipated rate of growth of aggregate demand will be and the unanticipated rate of growth will be in any period t . |
| 15 | It has been widely criticized as inequitable , because all those who are not exempt pay the same rate , regardless of income . |
| 16 | This turned out to be something of a red herring as the official duty rate has not been applied since 1987 and in the meantime the temporary rate has already been 50 per cent less . |
| 17 | At the same time the standard rate of VAT was raised from 8 per cent to 15 per cent . |
| 18 | At the same time the White rate decreases steadily . |
| 19 | The less well off do receive transfer payments and the rich face the highest rates of income tax . |
| 20 | At the time of this quote the basic rate of income tax was 25 per cent so that we can calculate the gross dividend payment . |