Example sentences of "than [art] [noun sg] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | OFTEL was instructed to ensure that , on average , the nominal price of BT phone calls rose x per cent per year less than the inflation rate of the retail price index . |
| 2 | Evolution by natural selection could not be faster than the mutation rate , for mutation is , ultimately , the only way in which new variation enters the species . |
| 3 | The Albanian birth rate was much higher than the birth rate of Serbs and Montenegrins , and the composition of the population steadily shifted in their favour . |
| 4 | The office reports that the birth rate in danger areas is less than half that in other regions , and in Lodz the death rate is higher than the birth rate . |
| 5 | i A Norwegian study of the efficacy of transdermal nicotine patches as a method of giving up smoking has shown that while it is a safe and effective cessation method , the absolute rate of abstinence after one year was only 17% , which is lower than the success rate using nicotine gum in conjunction with behavioural therapy . |
| 6 | In this simple approach to open.loop control there are three basic control functions : ( a ) stepping rate : sets the motor speed , which must be less than the start/stop rate , ( h ) phase sequencing : ensures that the motor phases are excited in the order corresponding to the required direction of rotation , ( c ) step counting : records the number of steps taken by the motor and inhibits the step commands when the target position is attained . |
| 7 | If the expected rate of inflation is higher than the break-even rate of inflation , investors will prefer the index-linked bond . |
| 8 | The important point to note is that with all discount securities the yield is always greater than the discount rate ; i.e. , from ( 4.10 ) , r > d . |
| 9 | So I says to Pete , right , start as we mean to go on , I refuse to pay any more than the cleanup rate . |
| 10 | In our patients stone recurrence was 5.7% at one year which is somewhat lower than the recurrence rate observed by the Munich group : 11% at one year and 15% at two years . |
| 11 | The recurrence rate in the corrosive group , however , decreased over time , and after 12 months it was significantly ( p<0.001 ) lower than the recurrence rate in the first six months . |
| 12 | Have Ministers considered taxing people who accommodate students as a business the universal business rate rather than the property rate , and whether that might be a way of avoiding any burden falling on students ? |
| 13 | In the late 1980s , teacher drop-out was around 20 per cent a year , higher than the drop-out rate among pupils . |
| 14 | Then there are loans , at 3 per cent less than the market rate , from the local Coal and Steel Community fund for firms that create jobs for examiners . |
| 15 | The draftsman should ensure that any licence fee or sub-rent is taken into account in the calculation of the tenant 's turnover ; indeed , he may think it appropriate to cover the contingency that the tenant grants a licence of part of the demised property at less than the market rate . |
| 16 | The implied interest rate charged by the Bank on loans to the discount houses will usually be higher than the market rate on bills . |
| 17 | They found that a tax allowance variable played a far more important role than the interest rate in affecting investment . |
| 18 | These two reasons — the public sector 's ability to spread risk more thinly and the lower after-tax interest rate relevant to resources displaced from private consumption — justify the use of a public sector discount rate that is a little lower than the interest rate inclusive of tax and risk at which private firms must borrow . |
| 19 | So , an ‘ epidemic ’ of heroin use occurs when incidence rises ( above the normal , endemic level of use ) and continues to rise at a rate higher than the outcidence rate . |
| 20 | Such a bond is likely to be called when the market rate of interest is lower than the coupon rate on the bond . |
| 21 | In developed countries , the birth rate fluctuates much more than the death rate ( due to social and economic changes ) and is the major cause of difficulty in population projection . |
| 22 | In 1989 the broad money supply increased by 74,300 million forints or 12 per cent , which was 7 per cent lower than the growth rate of the nominal GDP , indicating the extreme monetary rigour of the Central Bank . |
| 23 | Four judges then tried to match the reported dreams with the topics , identifying between 5 and 9 of the 29 target suggestions , at barely more than a chance rate . |