Example sentences of "[adj] than [art] [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | This protection is paid for by chargepayers in areas which would otherwise have charges lower than the average rate bill per adult . |
| 2 | These increases were significantly more rapid than the general rate of inflation but , as we have argued ( pp. 31–4 , above ) they were entirely desirable . |
| 3 | The University will do its best to avoid large increases and guarantees that for students on course , fees will not rise by an amount larger than the annual rate of academic inflation . |
| 4 | The 200 must be perceived as a refined car , if Rover is to justify charging slightly more than the going rate for its class . |
| 5 | For the following nine seasons the club has guaranteed not to increase these season ticket prices by more than the annual rate of inflation . |
| 6 | The rate multiplier is set each year in England and Wales by central government and can not rise by more than the annual rate of inflation . |
| 7 | The result of such practice may often be that the actual operative working on site receives substantially less than an economic rate for individual tasks , with resultant bad feeling and possibly bad workmanship . |
| 8 | Since some proportion of interest recipients would not be liable for tax , the composite rate is always less than the standard rate . |
| 9 | In 1980 the government raised various benefits , including those for the sick and the unemployed , by 5 per cent less than the current rate of inflation , though the abatement was restored in 1983 when the benefits were made subject to tax . |
| 10 | The new curve is shown by the dashed line ; and at the previous equilibrium output , , firms are either making less than the normal rate of profit ( if the tax is levied on quasi-rents generated by existing capital ) or are finding that replacement investment ( if the tax is levied on the purchase of capital equipment ) is not profitable . |
| 11 | Alternatively , the rate of marine erosion at the base of the cliffs may be less than the general rate of subaerial denudation over the whole cliff . |
| 12 | This curious misuse of language means that if you book a spot at anything less than the top rate , some time in advance , the station can re-sell it , at a higher rate , to anyone who wants it , at any time before the cancellation date . |
| 13 | As was seen in Part I , while some claimants would qualify for the ordinary rate of benefit , others would be eligible for the long-term rate , which for a married couple was valued at 25 per cent higher than the ordinary rate . |
| 14 | Instead of being as high or even higher than the overall rate of self-employment , the rate of self-employment amongst temporary workers is only half that for all workers . |
| 15 | the rate of inflation for the health service tends to be higher than the overall rate of inflation . |
| 16 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |
| 17 | THE SAFETY NET : In the first year of the new system ( 1990–1 ) an area safety net will protect areas in which the community charge ( on the Government 's assumption about spending would otherwise be more than £25 higher than the average rate bill per adult in 1989–1990 ( plus an allowance for inflation ) . |
| 18 | In the same way , only when the marginal rate of tax is higher than the average rate , will the average rate rise as income rises , and the tax be progressive . |
| 19 | Thus after year six , your monthly payments are higher than the standard rate demands . |
| 20 | Only when it was discovered that some men , formerly working on the surface , were working in canteens on the lowest male rate — higher than the female rate — did the union begin to campaign for equal pay for the women . |
| 21 | ‘ Looking after ’ their workers most definitely does not mean paying higher than the prevailing rate of wages , but it does imply a genuine concern for their employees ' welfare ( including help with personal and domestic problems ) , the provision of decent housing facilities and frequent individual acts of generosity like small gifts on family birthdays and at Christmas , the allowance of various perquisites and even the provision of occasional ‘ treats ’ like harvest suppers and days out at local agricultural shows . |
| 22 | Relatedly , it afforded the wife no financial privacy ( except by couples opting to be taxed as two single persons , which ‘ paid ’ financially only if the loss of the husband 's allowance could be compensated for by a lower amount of income subject to a tax band higher than the basic rate ) . |
| 23 | To conclude : we have found that the industrial co-operative , in a market economy , is a fully effective form of organisation for production or provision in the United Kingdom as in other liberal democracies ; that there is no necessary reason to attach to it limitations of size or kind ; and that the general adoption of the form would import into the national economy such a structural change as is urgently needed to resolve the problem , ominous and intractable , of securing near-full employment without inflation at other than an insignificant rate . |
| 24 | In these circumstances it is tempting to look at incorporation so that each partner 's ‘ take ’ from the business in the form of salary is limited to an amount that avoids tax being paid at any rate greater than the basic rate of 25% . |