Example sentences of "[noun sg] rates [coord] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the general meeting of 13 February mentioned above , and on advice from STA headquarters , conveyed by the ETS secretary John Common , the men voted to return to work on " the November conditions " , that is with an extra 2s 6d on the stab rate ( to bring it up to the Glasgow figure ) plus some concessions on overtime , but no joy on piece rates or on the question of hours . |
| 2 | Most economists would agree that a single European currency , which would also imply a European Central Bank to control it , would encourage trade thanks to the absence of uncertainty in relation to exchange rates and to the elimination of transactions costs inherent in dealing in a multiple of currencies . |
| 3 | We have also presented two examples of how rational expectations introduce testable restrictions : in the first we examined the relationship between the spot and the forward exchange rates and in the second we examined the implications for the term structure of interest rates . |
| 4 | Exchange differences arising from the restatement of opening balance sheets of overseas subsidiaries at year-end exchange rates and from the translation of the results of those subsidiaries at average exchange rates are dealt with through reserves , net of exchange differences on related currency borrowings . |
| 5 | Most black elders in Britain today maintain themselves either on the level of income support rates or below the poverty level . |
| 6 | As for the detailed number criteria there is little reference at this stage to likely success rates or to the difficulty factors which are associated with variation in success rates . |
| 7 | In return for the risk we undertake , which clearly a contingency fee basis gives rise to , I would expect KPMG Peat Marwick be appointed auditors to the Group and to any Newco , on the understanding that our fee will be consistent with market rates and with the audit fee which the target has borne . |
| 8 | On the figures he gave , it is an open question whether foreign bankers will want to finance the continuing borrowing requirement at existing interest rates and at the existing parity of sterling . |