Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [art] [adj] rate " in BNC.

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1 It should be possible to agree a fixed rate repayment for a couple of years , and many companies offer special rates for first time buyers .
2 So we can write Nominal interest rate = Real interest rate + Expected inflation rate In practice , it is not possible to observe the expected rate of inflation so , for simplicity , the real interest rate is often defined as the nominal interest rate minus the actual inflation rate over a relevant period .
3 The Japanese Foreign Minister , Michio Watanabe , told Akashi that the government was prepared to pay a higher rate for refugee resettlement and for economic reconstruction operations , both of which were separate from the UNTAC budget .
4 At the same time , if discount houses ran the risk of borrowing at a new higher MLR they would try to borrow more money at call and would be prepared to pay a higher rate of interest to do so .
5 This year , Britain 's main trading partners are likely to have an average rate of less than 3% .
6 It has not been possible to determine the non-submission rate for Scottish geology , but discussions with senior staff suggest that the rate is not as high as in other disciplines .
7 However , if two crewmen are slain , the remaining crewman will be unable to maintain the normal rate of fire .
8 However , if two crewmen are slain , the remaining crewman will be unable to maintain the normal rate of fire .
9 Flat rate farmers will be able to charge the flat rate addition when selling zero-rated agricultural produce to VAT-registered traders .
10 If UK flat rate farmers sell agricultural produce to a VAT-registered trader in another member state , they will be able to charge the flat rate addition .
11 The charity is able to recover the basic rate tax ‘ deducted ’ and the donor can , if appropriate , obtain higher rate tax relief on his payment .
12 Investors will not be able to fund , for example , the upgrading of the West Coast Main Line and Great Western electrification and they must be able to achieve a reasonable rate of return on their investment .
13 But how is it possible to reconcile a variable rate of capital formation with a fixed stock of capital ?
14 To allow for those contingencies I think it right to allow the commercial rate for the twenty eight hours per week in inverted commas , parental care , rather than a discounted rate .
15 It was a clear part of the unions ' pay tactics that groups with a claim to public sympathy , like the health workers , were put in front to establish a going rate .
16 FAR Eastern hotel group Mandarin Oriental has a corporate rate scheme for small companies .
17 But the pressures on the growing small firms from the different elements of the ‘ people gap ’ could make it difficult to maintain the recent rate of expansion .
18 It was made very clear in chapter 1 that , in determining the yields required on investment , it is possible to formulate the required rate of return according to the level of the corporate group addressed .
19 Late in 1990 , being anxious to combat a high rate of burglary and robbery in parts of North London , the police resorted to an unorthodox stratagem .
20 Increases necessary to meet the new rate demands were limited to 15 per cent each year for smaller businesses and 20 per cent each year for larger businesses .
21 Despite this application of man power , it was not possible to achieve the same rate of progress as had been made in the Lowlands .
22 Among the adoptees themselves the most highly creative showed an excessive rate of mental illness — as much as 30 per cent .
23 In Aikin v Macdonald ( 1894 ) 3 TC 306 , the trustees received £100 and were liable to pay the basic rate of tax .
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