Sentence examples for fierce rate from inspiring English sources

In the 1870s a fierce rate war took place between the Erie, the Baltimore and Ohio, the Grand Trunk, the New York Central, and the Pennsylvania railroads, ending in bankruptcy for the Erie.

Right now, with the bottom-third (or so) of the labor force in a mix of freelance, hourly, or contract employment (if employed at all), startups are competing for labor at a fierce rate.

ACE, which is run by Guy and Alexander Dellal, the son and grandson of property investor "Black Jack Dellall, backed Chappell's takeover with the consortium Retail Acquisitions before buying an office block from BHS and loaning the retailer money at such a fierce interest rate that it was known by management as the "Wonga" loan.

The Quadrantid shower, with a brief but fierce peak rate of 130 meteors per hour, is the most intense annual show.

That means you are looking at a fierce tax rate, approaching 50% for some people (including state taxes and the effect of a perverse federal law having to do with itemized deductions).

No: massive debt and fierce interest rates meant an all-in deficit of about 16%.

With a flat birth rate and fierce competition from Gerber, Playtex and the handful of big companies that make bottles, sippy cups and assorted infant sundries, upstarts have their work cut out for them.

The trailer features big names like Neil Patrick Harris, Adam Lambert and Khloe Kardashian flaunting their fierce sides as they rate the queens in this season's weekly challenges.

But in India, fierce competition has kept rates low and profits tiny.

But during the final days of negotiations over Dodd-Frank, amid fierce lobbying by the rating agencies, lawmakers abandoned the plan.

(Neil Genzlinger) 'A Fierce Green Fire' (No rating, 1 41) This documentary by Mark Kitchell about the history of the environmental movement, based on Philip Shabecoff's book, is fairly drab despite some celebrity narrators.