Example sentences of "[adv] [adj -er] rate [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Wales the amount of development plan grants paid for drainage increased 3.5 times , and for grassland improvement 3.2 times , between 1979/80 and 1982/83 compared with a rise of 74% for farm buildings ( the latter then attracting a much lower rate of grant ) . |
| 2 | Or if you have a number of outstanding debts , such as credit card charges and hire purchase deals , a remortgage can pay them all off at a much lower rate of interest to help you reduce your outgoings . |
| 3 | The catch was that the cost per copy assumed a much larger rate of copying than actually took place in the business . |
| 4 | As the Investors Chronicle of 18 September pointed out , most building societies do not tell their savers when one of their accounts ceases to be marketed to new investors , even if the existing investor could obtain a much better rate of interest by switching to another account with the same society . |
| 5 | Hawaii has exhibited a much faster rate of construction , but its volcanism will be short-lived as it will be carried away from its magma source by plate motion . |
| 6 | After much haggling , approval was only obtained for those four out of the seven sets which could meet the much higher rate of return which would henceforth be applied to BR investment . |
| 7 | The finding that the gastrin concentration is similar in the H pylori positive and negative uraemic patients , despite the much higher rate of ammonia production in the former , is further evidence against the hypergastrinaemia being due to bacterial ammonia production . |
| 8 | Young people have a much higher rate of suicide , smoking , and accidental death . |
| 9 | Not only had a much slower rate of fall , but are actually detached nineteen ninety one from what we know has been happening . |
| 10 | If you want to attract people to an event you will get a certain response by direct invitation , but a much greater rate of success when your members are saying : ‘ I 'm going to a terrific do . |
| 11 | As Table 8.3 and Figure 8.3 show the most dramatic changes were the enlargement of field size and the loss of hedgerow trees , with a much greater rate of change in the arable areas in order to take advantage of large modern machinery . |
| 12 | The United States , or to be more precise , US capital , was clearly gaining if it could borrow at 1½ per cent and invest in setting up or buying businesses in Europe , which would earn a much greater rate of profit . |
| 13 | They pay a slightly lower rate of interest on money at call than they earn by discounting bills . |
| 14 | In addition , Britain 's total housing stock has increased by 2 million units in the past 12 years — a far higher rate of increase than that of the population as a whole . |
| 15 | Is he also aware that bloodstock is subject to a far higher rate of VAT than in this country in France or in Ireland ? |
| 16 | ‘ The British diet has started to change , but a far greater rate of progress can be achieved if we now shift to a positive message about what to eat , rather than going down the old road of saying do n't eat certain foods . |
| 17 | The result — a rather higher rate of completion of power stations and higher spending four or five years later in the mid-1950s — was welcomed by the Electricity Division , but it annoyed the Treasury and caused political embarrassment for the Government ( which had been promising restraint in the public sector ) . |
| 18 | Take out £15,000 or more and you 'll benefit from an even lower rate of interest ( APR 19.7% variable ) . |
| 19 | As I said , whether mental confusion equals dementia , what exact degree of dependency what degree of confusion , what degree of dementia , this does n't tell you but what it does do is help to give us a picture of what is happening , not just in the local authority sector which we 've heard from , not just in the voluntary sector , which we 've heard from , but , if this is to be believed , by an even greater rate of increase in the private sector . |
| 20 | Women who were currently taking the pill or who had stopped taking it in the last 12 months had a significantly lower rate of endometriosis than those who had stopped for longer periods . |
| 21 | In the laboratory , males had a significantly slower rate of growth , but still matured earlier than females . |