Example sentences of "[noun] at the [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | and erm , it is therefore in those circumstances foolhardy in my opinion to carry on with the British Assessment Programme at the present rate when the effects on our roads are likely to be so drastic |
| 2 | You know , the one who feeds to routine , sleeps through the night at a fortnight old , gains weight at the average rate and does n't get a spotty face the day before he 's due to have his photo taken . |
| 3 | If they start to fall beneath their percentile band then they are not growing or gaining weight at the expected rate and it is important to try to determine why this is happening . |
| 4 | This week they will be advertising for one or two extra staff and anticipate moving to bigger premises by the end of the summer , if business continues to boom at the same rate , possibly in the Manningtree area . |
| 5 | All three groups of hamsters increased their body weights at the same rate during the study and there were no differences in final mean body weights between the groups . |
| 6 | She ran a caravan site and rented out grazing and stables at the lowest rate in the neighbourhood — naturally ! |
| 7 | He was paid 700 ostmarks a month ( $385 at the official rate ) and given free lodging in a three-room flat shared with seven other Vietnamese . |
| 8 | If incapacity for work continues thereafter , a person can obtain invalidity benefit at the higher rate of £43.60 plus £26.20 for an adult dependant and £8.95 for each child . |
| 9 | If you become unemployed , you draw unemployment benefit at the same rate as retirement pension , but there is no increment for those weeks . |
| 10 | Customers are being urged to demand compensation for blunders at the same rate as the charges on their accounts . |
| 11 | Other cattle came to Scotland from Hamburg , Oldenburg and Denmark at the average rate of 2,600 per annum between 1857 and 1870 . |
| 12 | There is festering resentment in dark green quarters over what is seen as Julia 's reluctance to state baldly that there is no such thing as a green product , or that continued consumption at the present rate can only lead to us all dying in some particularly horrible way . |
| 13 | If the government then levies a tax on the use of capital in the X sector at the same rate , this means that the choice of factor intensity in that sector is the same as if the factor prices were w and r . |
| 14 | It may raise its rate , thereby ‘ sanctioning ’ the market 's anticipation or it may resist the rise by continuing assistance at the original rate . |
| 15 | And the Plaintiff claims the said sum of [ £250.00 ] together with interest pursuant to s 69 of the County Courts Act 1984 at the rate of 15 per cent per annum from the [ First day of October 1991 ] [ the date upon which payment became due ] to the date hereof [ £3.70 ] and continuing hereafter at the daily rate of [ £0.1027 ] until the date of judgment or sooner payment . |
| 16 | Once you are comfortable reading at a certain pace , you can begin to move the pointer a little more quickly ; your eyes will soon grow used to travelling along the lines at the new rate . |
| 17 | On Friday they met in a mosque with the men from Zliten , demanded 6000 dinars ( £11,800 at the then official exchange rate , £6500 at the going rate in the free market ) , and received assurances of payment . |
| 18 | To take an oversimplified example : if an investor buys marks at three to the pound , and the pound falls until it is valued at just two marks , every pound of the original stake will be worth £1.50 at the new rate . |
| 19 | 1.3 ‘ Net receipts ’ means payments due and actually paid and received by the Publisher arising from the sale or exploitation of the Video and converted into sterling at the current rate of exchange existing at the date of receipt in the United Kingdom |
| 20 | 1.3 ‘ Net receipts ’ means payments due and actually paid and received by the Publisher arising from the sale or exploitation of the Video and converted into sterling at the current rate of exchange existing at the date of receipt in the United Kingdom |
| 21 | This will be the case if , for example , you are asked to perform the same job at the same rate of pay but at a different office or factory and the move is catered for by a mobility clause in your contract . |
| 22 | Individuals can get tax relief on contributions at the highest rate of tax they pay . |
| 23 | married women and widows who pay NI contributions at the reduced rate and for whom you hold a valid certificate . |
| 24 | To qualify , you must be paying , or have told the DHSS you intend to pay , national insurance contributions at the full rate . |
| 25 | Finally , you will note that the motion provides that membership at the reduced rate will not be a fiscal drag on the union . |
| 26 | If we continue to emit greenhouse gases at the current rate , more and more ecosystems and species will be in grave danger " . |
| 27 | It is obvious that the aggregate demand for consumption goods must Brow at the same rate as the production of such commodities if equilibrium is to be maintained ; but there is an inherent drive within the capitalist system to reduce the amount of variable capital advanced or employed for the purchase of labour-power as a proportion of the total capital advanced . |
| 28 | If , after all these deductions , your net gains during the full financial year total more than £5,800 , capital gains tax is due on the surplus at the same rate as your income tax payments . |
| 29 | This is because St James 's Church was not listed as a building of architectural or historic interest after it was declared redundant and thus the cost of the building work would attract Value Added Tax at the standard rate . |
| 30 | If the owner is abroad , the agent will also collect tax at the standard rate of 25 per cent , which will be deducted from your monthly rent cheque . |