7 sentences with 'rates'
Example sentences and phrases with the word rates and other words derived from it.
• « The lava flowed at different rates, so that the surface cooled first, while the underlying igneous mass continued to bubble. This led to the formation of cavities, which are called "jameos" when they collapse. »
• « Analysis of birth rates suggests that infanticide was common, and that girls were often left to die because of a general preference for boys and because the dowry the girl was required to provide at marriage was an onerous expense to the family. »
• « Gutenberg's printed illustration became a crucial element in the dissemination of information because literacy rates were still low in general; however, even when people could not read, they could still look at illustrated pamphlets and posters. »
• « The loans France desperately sought had to be found from private banks, merchants and wealthy individuals, and the interest rates it was forced to pay were very high. »
• « Amidst the misery of working-class life, or in terms of rising rates of drug use and alcoholism, many people came to fear that certain destructive traits were not only flourishing in Europe, but were being transmitted. »
• « Thus, there was a great fear that the masses of the weak and unintelligent could spread their weakness through high birth rates, while the intelligent and able were simply overwhelmed. »
• « Also, as the American intervention had demonstrated in the First World War, all combatants in the Second World War recognised the key role of industrial production itself. The winner of the war would not only be the side that struck first and hardest, but the side that could keep producing weapons and equipment at the highest rates for the longest time. In that sense, industrial capability was as important as combat capability. »