Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | The February index shows the increase in total earnings at management level down from an annual rate of 8.3 p.c. in December to 7 p.c. , from 7 p.c. to 5.6 p.c. at clerical level and from 7.4 p.c. to 6.8 p.c. among operatives . |
| 2 | In February 1989 inflation was down to a monthly rate of 3.6 per cent compared with 28.8 per cent in December 1988 and 37 per cent in January 1989 , but accelerated sharply over the following months , reaching a monthly rate of 53.55 per cent by December . |
| 3 | This rapid response is followed by a region of creep , A to B , initially fast but eventually slowing down to a constant rate represented by the section B to C. When the stress is removed the instantaneous elastic response OA is completely recovered and the curve drops from C to D , i.e. the distance . |
| 4 | Haddad said that the aim would be selective growth with the co-operation of business and labour ; the government would be pleased , he said , if it could bring inflation down to an annualized rate of 60 per cent . |
| 5 | So competition for markets from the cheaper products made on newly installed machinery would hold price increases down to the existing rate . |
| 6 | It will bob up and down at a higher rate . |
| 7 | Our UK customers first began to look shaky and soon afterwards began to shut down at an alarming rate . |
| 8 | But with the industry in recession , and record sales dropping , the hitherto dependable cashflow was trickling down at an alarming rate . |
| 9 | Reaction to their two recently-rescued Sam Powell ales , formerly brewed by the Sam Powell Brewery in Newtown , Powys , is also very encouraging , with repeat orders coming in at a good rate . |
| 10 | We found that the wound margin moves in at a steady rate of 10–15μm per hour , and the wound is closed within 18 to 24 hours . |
| 11 | Less than 36 hours after the discovery of the body , facts were coming in at a fair rate , though it was still not possible to decide which were relevant and which not . |
| 12 | Towards the end of 1989 film and TV scripts were flooding in at an unprecedented rate , spurred on by her successful debut live tour , the incredible success , even by her standards , of her second album ‘ Enjoy Yourself ’ which entered the British LP charts at number one on its first day of release in October that year and the much-anticipated release of The Delinquents . |
| 13 | There 's been talk of seventeen and a half per cent being added to food , to public transport and to books and its now believed that VAT on domestic fuel , which was to have been introduced in stages may come in at the full rate in the spring . |
| 14 | Admission rates were £4 for adults , £concessionary , with further concessionary rates of £10 for a family ( 2+2 ) and a ‘ bring a pensioner ’ scheme whereby anyone bringing a pensioner ( or a child ) could get in at the concessionary rate . |
| 15 | ‘ Otherwise , if they keep coming in at the same rate , Hong Kong will be totally swamped and will not be able to cope . |
| 16 | The steel tracks ground along at a steady rate , flattening glorious highly-finned autos , scattering pedestrians and levelling lampposts . |
| 17 | Attempts to lower unemployment by means of a boost to monetary demand will work through into an increasing rate of inflation because of sticky prices and wages and increasing expectations of inflation ( i.e. there is an absence of a money illusion ) . |
| 18 | Changing over to the full rate ? |
| 19 | As a general rule , the younger you are , the more likely you are to benefit from changing over to the full rate . |
| 20 | Smaller animals tend to have higher metabolic rates , just as the engines of small cars tend to turn over at a higher rate than those of larger cars . |
| 21 | Young Ian Fletcher scored two touchdowns from full-back , and Dave McKee , Stuart Munro and Trevor Carmichael had the others , as West kept the scoreboard ticking over at a steady rate throughout the match . |
| 22 | A large enzyme pool turning over at the same rate as a small one would produce more new enzyme , which would result in a greater amount of enzyme being available for secretion . |
| 23 | We set off at a rattling rate , presumably to put some distance between us and the dozens of others still ponderously selecting items of clothing from their car boots , and I commenced my belligerence with a few barbed remarks about the pace-setting . |
| 24 | New sub-disciplines are taking off at an extraordinary rate , associated in particular with the integration of computer systems into society 's systems of communication , management and finance . |
| 25 | Occasionally , hormonal disturbance , particularly of the thyroid gland , may lead to a slowing down or speeding up of the metabolic rate . |
| 26 | Well obviously that factor er was considered carefully by the Ministry of Defence before our Secretary of State agreed that we could safely defer the in service date for Eurofighter two thousand and adjust the the er replacement plan er back in December ninety two , so we have looked at what is the current rate of consumption of airframe life on the jaguar er what can be done economically and sensibly to keep it flying safely and effectively into the next century and er we have come to the conclusion that we have a viable plan here which can tie up with the planned rate of delivery to service of Eurofighter two thousand . |
| 27 | Similarly , those unemployed claimants drawing income support have found that their benefit , up to the standard rate of unemployment benefit , is liable to taxation . |
| 28 | In Abbel Mr Justice found it appropriate for the plaintiff quote , to recompense his parents up to the commercial rate for one full time carer , unquote . |
| 29 | The US economy grew by over 2 per cent last year , with growth in the final quarter revised up to an annual rate of 4.75 per cent . |
| 30 | The human race is eating them up at a staggering rate . |