Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [art] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cambridge , Massachusetts-based Spinnaker Software Corp has now completed the acquisition of Power Up Software Inc for $18.5m in cash , plus the assumption of some debt : the acquisition was financed through the purchase of preferred stock by Harvard Management Co , which bought $23m of series B preferred stock redeemable at the company 's option and convertible into shares of common stock at a rate of $1.50 or $2.25 per share . |
| 2 | He was started on intravenous amiodarone at a rate of 300 mg over the first hour followed by 900 mg over the next 24 hours . |
| 3 | Notes go out of circulation at a rate of 2,000 tonnes a year , which is probably riches beyond dreams . |
| 4 | Things do , of course , indeed they seem to succumb to The Second Law of Thermodynamics at a rate that must occasionally surprise even the most paranoid of entropy theorists . |
| 5 | In the action the plaintiffs sought to recover £625 , being the amount represented by the difference between rent at the rate of £2,500 and £1,250 per annum for the quarters ending September 29 and December 25 , 1945 . |
| 6 | DENNING J. stated the facts and continued : If I were to consider this matter without regard to recent developments in the law , there is no doubt that , had the plaintiffs claimed it , they would have been entitled to recover ground rent at the rate of £2,500 a year from the beginning of the term , since the lease under which it was payable was a lease under seal which , according to the old common law , could not be varied by an agreement by parol ( whether in writing or not ) , but only by deed . |
| 7 | ( 5 ) The turnover rent shall be determined by a qualified accountant ( acting as an expert ) and whose decision shall be final ( except so far as concerns matters of law ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales : ( a ) if the tenant fails to supply a certificate in accordance with paragraph 3 above ( in which case the landlord 's costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne by the tenant ) or ( b ) if there shall be any dispute between the parties as to the calculation of the turnover rent ( in which case the costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne as the expert directs ) ( 6 ) Until the determination of the turnover rent for any rental year the tenant shall continue to pay rent at the rate payable immediately before the beginning of the rental year in question and upon such determination there shall be due as arrears of rent or as the case may be refunded to the tenant the difference ( if any ) between the rent paid by the tenant for that year and the rent which ought to have been paid by him for that year plus ( if the turnover rent is determined by an expert ) such amount of interest as may be directed by the expert ( 7 ) If the turnover rent for any rental year falls below £ the landlord may by notice in writing served on the tenant not more than one month after the determination of the turnover rent for that year ( time not being of the essence ) require that there be substituted for the basic rent and the turnover rent for that year the amount for which the demised property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market at the beginning of the year in question for a term equal to the residue of this lease then unexpired and on the same terms as this lease ( save as to rent but on the assumption that the rent may be revised every five years ) there being disregarded the matters set out in section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and in default of agreement the said amount shall be determined by an independent surveyor ( acting as an expert not as an arbitrator ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors whose decision shall be final and whose fee shall be borne as he directs Example 4:5 Turnover rent for theatre or cinema based on box office receipts1 ( 1 ) In this schedule : ( a ) " box office receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company on the sale of tickets for theatrical cinematic or other performances in the demised property or the right to stage productions or hold conferences or other events ( whether public or private ) in the demised property and any moneys payable on the sale of programmes souvenirs or similar items ; ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) treating any amount which the tenant is entitled to receive by way of grant gift or sponsorship as part of the box office receipts and ( iii ) deducting any value added tax payable by the tenant to HM Customs and Excise ( b ) " bar receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company for the supply of food and drink in the demised property : ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) allowing the tenant a reduction of two per cent for wastage ( 2 ) The rent payable by the tenant shall be the aggregate of : ( a ) £ … per annum ( b ) 5 per cent of the first 60 per cent of the box office receipts for any year ( c ) 10 per cent of the remainder of the box office receipts ( d ) 7.5 per cent of the bar receipts payable annually in arrear on 31 December in each year ( 3 ) The tenant shall pay on account of the rent on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October : ( a ) in the first year of the term £ … by four equal instalments ( b ) in the second and every subsequent year of the term payments at the rate of the rent payable for the last preceding year of the term by four equal instalments and as soon as possible after the end of the second and each subsequent year the amounts payable for that year under paragraph 2 above shall be agreed or otherwise determined and all necessary adjustments ( whether by way further payment by the tenant or credit given by the landlord ) shall be made ( 4 ) The tenant shall : ( a ) keep full and accurate books or records of account ( b ) permit the landlord ( or a person nominated by the landlord ) to inspect the books or records of account ( but not more often than once every three months ) and if so required to provide the books or records in a readily legible form ( 5 ) ( a ) at the end of each year of the term either the landlord or the tenant may require an audit of the tenant 's books and records by an independent auditor ( acting as an expert ) to be appointed ( in default of agreement ) by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( b ) the auditor shall certify the amount of the box office receipts and the bar receipts for the year in question and his certificate shall be binding on the parties ( except in so far as concerns matters of law ) ( c ) the auditor has power to determine how his costs and the costs of any representations to him shall be borne |
| 8 | Exactly a month after the exhibition opened , the Secretary of State announced that state aid for churches in use would begin with immediate effect at the rate of £1 million a year . |
| 9 | They 're cutting through the rock at a rate of up to 40ft an hour and the drill has reached 1,200ft down . |
| 10 | I have not seen Brian Way for a few years now , since he went to work in America , but if he is continually developing his philosophy and practice at the rate Dorothy Heathcote is refining hers , then there is the added danger that anything written about them is out of date as it leaves the press . |
| 11 | Signal is filtered , digitised and sampled by a microprocessor at a rate of at least 8kHz , samples being processed by the micro and output via a D-to-A converter . |
| 12 | Later , when the Board wanted to supply Upper Bolney Farm by crossing the course , water was conveyed to the greens as part of the wayleave deal at the rate of 10s. 0d. a green or £9 inclusive . |
| 13 | In this action the wife claims maintenance at the rate of £1 10s. a week under the agreement for a period from October 1954 to October 1955 . |
| 14 | The brain synthesizes protein at a rate higher than that of any other tissue in the body . |
| 15 | During its 1947 eruption , the Icelandic volcano Hekla ejected ash at a rate estimated to be nearly 100,000 cubic metres per second during the first half hour , slowing down subsequently to a more modest 30,000 cubic metres per second . |
| 16 | If they relate only to markets within the Territories will contribute to the cost of carrying out the necessary work at a rate to be negotiated . |
| 17 | Sickness benefit is payable for up to twenty-eight weeks if a person is incapacitated for work at the rate of£33.20 a week , together with £20.55 for an adult dependant . |
| 18 | The Wytch Farm oilfield started production from the Bridport reservoir at the rate of 4000 barrels a day in 1978 . |
| 19 | Where tropical forest grew only a few years ago , a vast desert is now rapidly engulfing inland Brazil spreading at a rate of several miles a year . |
| 20 | Intravenous fluid ( Ringer 's lactate ) was given through a lateral ear vein at a rate which maintained stable vital signs . |
| 21 | The clerks handing out ballot papers at your polling station yesterday were selected by the local electoral registration officer : in most instances , they were taking the day off from their town hall desk at the rate of £61.02 each . |
| 22 | I have always thought that we entered the ERM at a rate of exchange that was much too high , and I have been reinforced in this view by Britain 's poor showing in international trade during the past 18 months . |
| 23 | At the time of writing , the Soviet republics are declaring independence at the rate of about one a day and it must be open to question whether the entries will come from the separate states rather than the USSR next time . |
| 24 | To illustrate , consider an investor who purchases a 91-day bill 10 days after issue at a rate of discount of 10 per cent and sells it 7 days later at the same rate of discount . |
| 25 | Phosphocellulose fraction C was dialysed against buffer 3 containing 50 mM ( NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 and applied to a DEAE Sephadex A25 column at a rate of 5mg protein/ml bed volume . |
| 26 | Three rounds after combat begins , the forest catches up with the adventurers , and then it spreads up the hillside at a rate of 16 yards per round . |
| 27 | That means that over the next 14 months new national vocational qualifications will be accredited and put in place at a rate of well over one a day . |
| 28 | Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the completion balance sheet date . |
| 29 | Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction or , where forward cover contracts have been arranged , at the contracted rates . |
| 30 | Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the completion balance sheet date . |