Example sentences of "[det] than the rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | People retiring now are likely to have an occupational pension on top of their state pension and the average income of pensioners rose by 31% more than the rate of inflation between 1979 and 1987 . |
| 2 | abolished the power of local councils to shift the burden of taxation on to local business , for the first time limiting the overall rise in business rates to no more than the rate of inflation ; |
| 3 | As we announced in the Budget , no one 's Uniform Business rate will go up this year by more than the rate of inflation — 4.1 per cent . |
| 4 | The positive K factor was intended to allow water prices to rise by more than the rate of inflation , in order to help finance a £18.65 billion investment programme over ten years . |
| 5 | However , even if the price of the house rises by more than the rate of inflation ( ie a real capital gain has been made ) capital gains tax ( CGT ) is not levied . |
| 6 | It is set annually by the Government and can not rise by more than the rate of inflation . |
| 7 | Do you think your collection will increase in value by more than the rate of inflation in the foreseeable future ? |
| 8 | This year the increase in grant to the Sports Council is 4.4 per cent. , which is more than the rate of inflation and equivalent year on year to what we have pledged ourselves to provide . |
| 9 | It is well known to every hon. Member that under the old system , councils could put up rates by more than the rate of inflation . |
| 10 | Public spending has to be at the level the taxpayer can afford , but through our prudent management , we are able to increase spending for 1992-93 by more than the rate of inflation , allowing significant improvements in health , education , law and order , transport and the environment , amongst others . |
| 11 | Water rates will also increase by more than the rate of inflation . |
| 12 | Other price rises will be less than the rate of inflation . |
| 13 | ‘ He knows he could not find an independent panel anywhere in Britain which would accept it is right to make an offer which is less than the rate of inflation to people who work in a service which is already underpaid and understaffed . ’ |
| 14 | It is important to remember , therefore , when comparing returns on short-term instruments that a rate of discount will always be slightly less than the rate of interest giving the corresponding reward . |
| 15 | That 's why I 'm submitting a budget that holds the growth in spending to less than the rate of inflation . |
| 16 | Groundwater flows down-slope towards the river channel , but the rate of groundwater flow is less than the rate of throughflow or of overland flow . |
| 17 | So the rate of growth of employment was much less than the rate of accumulation ( figure 11.3 ) . |
| 18 | Now interest rates have come down , the latest situation is that for a high rate tax payer an instant access bank account pays less than the rate of inflation . |
| 19 | No , but they were n't for them , cos they , does n't really matter , they 've got so much pocket out of gas But the Gas is erm , make them increase prices at five per cent less than the rate of inflation that way . |