Sentence examples for high rate officials from inspiring English sources

Last month, the water authority, which also provides water to parts of Northern Virginia, acknowledged having found elevated lead levels in two-thirds of the 6,118 houses it tested last year, an extremely high rate, officials said.

PAGE A12 HOPING SHIP KEEPS TOWN AFLOAT As Rhode Island struggles with one of the nation's highest unemployment rates, officials in Newport, and elsewhere in the state hope that turning a giant steel hull in the city's harbor into a tall ship will create jobs, attract tourists and spur interest in the state's maritime history.

Hospitals are also seeing "very high" rates of admissions, officials said.

Guards at federal prisons also are calling out at high rates, with union officials at 10 prisons contacted by the Washington Post this month saying the number of employees skipping work has doubled.

Nearby residents fear that the landfill was linked to a high rate of birth abnormalities, but state officials said last week that they could not pinpoint a cause.

However, North Korea experts have said that the high rate of fatal road accidents involving officials could also be due to the country's poor quality roads or the tendency of officials to drive intoxicated after attending exclusive parties.

Before this provision, customers had little ability to prevent a carter from automatically renewing a hauling contract, often at higher rates, county officials and small carters say.

Brazilian industrial output was stronger in August than in July but remained weaker than it was in August 2002 because of high interest rates, official data showed.

The Caesarean section rate in the United States reached 32 percent in 2007, the country's highest rate ever, health officials are reporting.

Health|Caesarean Births Are at a High in U.S. Caesarean Births Are at a High in U.S. The Caesarean section rate in the United States reached 32percentt in 2007, the country's highest rate ever, health officials are reporting.

The Government is complicit here: high rates of invalidity keep official unemployment figures low.