Example sentences of "be [verb] [art] [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is the latter , then we are seeing a constant rate of rape over the last decade but where women are more willing to make legal complaints and the police and courts not willing to convict other than a very small increase in the number . |
| 2 | In most cases Members are offered a cheaper rate to attend events and are given preferential admittance over non members . |
| 3 | Ski survey readers have been offered a reduced rate at the Aviemore Highlands , a 4* luxury hotel in the town centre ( with a skibus stop right outside ) . |
| 4 | And at Pilkingtons , if employees are paying a fixed rate of interest on their old mortgage and can not obtain such favourable terms on a new mortgage , the company makes annual lump sum payments in arrears amounting to the difference paid in interest on the capital sum outstanding on the original mortgage at the time of transfer . |
| 5 | Check regularly with your society to make sure you are getting the best rate of interest on the type of account you have . |
| 6 | According to their calculations , they are asking a fair rate . |
| 7 | The client must be told the hourly rate charged and the extent of the mark-up for skill , care and attention . |
| 8 | When it returns to ‘ normal ’ ( probably because short rates rise , which they now show signs of doing ) , Mr Giordano reckons that the Treasury will be paying an overall rate just 75–100 basis points above bill rates . |
| 9 | In that budget speech Sir Geoffrey Howe stated : ‘ Our long-term aim should surely be to reduce the basic rate of income tax to no more than 25 per cent . ’ |
| 10 | Under the terms of your mortgage , you will probably have to tell the lender that you have taken a tenant , and may then be charged a higher rate of interest . |
| 11 | With both types , the lenders have your new home as security , but since they 're taking a bigger risk than normal , you can expect to be charged a higher rate of interest . |
| 12 | Please remember , however , that if you exceed the agreed amount or overdraw your account without prior arrangement , you will automatically be charged a higher rate of interest on the excess or on unauthorised amounts . |
| 13 | If it 's disallowed then erm they would have their entitlement in that they would be paid a reduced rate during the period of the susp , er of the disallowance . |
| 14 | Since it would be a temporary work programme , and not a training scheme , these ‘ intermediate workers ’ would be paid the weekly rate for the job , minus the pay for the day spent searching for an alternative form of employment . |
| 15 | Students in possession of any Morrissey records are charged a higher rate of interest on their college loans • A hitman is hired to hit the Hit Man and Her as well as all the bloody dancers ( especially that git who 's been wearing the same crappy wig for the last five mindbendingly-dull years ) . |
| 16 | For the advisory service clients are charged a flat rate of £250 annually and higher dealing costs . |
| 17 | Users are charged a flat rate for this committed information rate , although the service supports sustained bursting above this level , up to the full access channel capacity , at no extra cost . |
| 18 | Company cars were charged a double rate and — a master stroke — cars with four or more occupants were allowed in free . |
| 19 | Although you pay less interest in the first years of a deferred interest mortgage , you are being charged the prevailing rate during the deferred term . |
| 20 | This is a tradition in the Royal Navy when a ship 's being re-commissioned the youngest rate and the Captain 's wife cut a ceremonial cake cake using the Captain 's sword |
| 21 | The prospective crew of the Belgic had refused to sign on unless seamen were paid a minimum rate of £pound12 and firemen £pound12.10s with proportionate increases for petty officers and a consolidation of bonuses . |
| 22 | So far as the economic cost is concerned , unemployment represents a waste of resources and means that the economy is producing a lower rate of output . |
| 23 | Where the aim of the calculations is to estimate the potential rate of genetic change , total variance in breeding success is clearly the relevant measure to use . |
| 24 | Another use of the DCF method is to establish the maximum rate of interest a company can afford to pay to borrow the capital needed for the investment . |
| 25 | Another use of the DCF method is to establish the maximum rate of interest a company can afford to pay to borrow the capital needed for the investment . |
| 26 | In this latter event , unless he is to receive a reasonable rate of interest on the monies outstanding , the monies received on repayment of the charge could be worth very little in purchasing power by the time they are received . |
| 27 | One way of removing this restrictive assumption is to assume a constant rate of growth ( g ) of dividends into the future . |
| 28 | In strict cash terms she is paying a higher rate on her mortgage than her savings are earning . |
| 29 | For example , if the current one-year rate is rs 1 = 6.5 per cent and the market is expecting the one-year rate in a year 's time to be = 7.5 per cent , then the market is expecting a 100 investment in two one-year bonds to yield 100 ( 1.065 ) ( 1.075 ) = 114.49 after two years . |
| 30 | ‘ The Government 's objective is to keep the underlying rate of retail price inflation within the range of 1 to 4 per cent . |