Example sentences of "than [adv] [art] rate [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Prior to World War I , infant mortality rates in the workhouses were more than double the rate for the entire population .
2 For the year , revenues were $140m , up 10% , more than double the rate of growth of the workstation market as a whole ; profit and loss details were not given .
3 On housing , I have increased Scottish Homes ' grant in aid next year by £27 million compared with 1991-92 planned expenditure — excluding repayments to the national loans fund — more than double the rate of inflation .
4 The annual growth in the number of patients treated , at 1.9 per cent per year , was more than double the rate of growth in spending ( Robinson 1991 ) .
5 It 's up to one pound eighty two , an increase of eight per cent , more than double the rate of inflation .
6 Italy 's prices went up 14% last year , more than twice the rate of inflation .
7 CHOSEN Heritage , the pre-planned funeral specialists , have commissioned a comprehensive survey of funeral prices , showing that last year the amount spent on funerals increased by more than twice the rate of inflation .
8 Rail fares are to increase by up to nine point four per cent , more than twice the rate of inflation .
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