clearance rate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofclearanceandrate
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clearance
noun
uk/ˈklɪə.rəns/us/ˈklɪr.əns/
the process of removing waste or things you do not want from ...
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rate
noun[C]
uk/reɪt/us/reɪt/
the speed at which something happens or changes, or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a ...
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(Definition ofclearanceandratefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Itsclearanceratefalls with age and so elderly patients need a reduced dose.
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Some offences, such as resisting arrest, occur only in the presence of a police officer which ensures a 100%clearancerate.
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This had the effect of raising theclearancerate, and the practice was so widespread that it seems likely that it occurred in other areas as well.
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Consequently, in ruminants theclearancerateand half-life of glucose and insulin may not be affected to a measurable extent as it occurs in humans and other non-ruminants.
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The three or four dayclearancerateis very slow by international standards.
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The slumclearancerateof subsidy is vital to that authority to enable it to proceed with the task of clearing slums.
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What is the averageclearancerateunder the new scheme compared with that under the old?
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I am quoting in each case the average annualclearanceratefor the years 1959–61 and the average annual aim of each town over the years 1963–67.
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I can tell him that over the past four months 2,000 cases have been cleared and that theclearancerate will accelerate further at the end of the holiday season.
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The mean elimination rate appears to be between 11 and 21 mg per hour, but numerous recent studies have confirmed the extreme variability of the bloodclearancerate.
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We were glad to hear that in the cities which he mentioned, and in other cities, the slumclearancerateis to be doubled or trebled.
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One police force may appear to have a much betterclearanceratebecause of its calculation methodology.
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In general, crime rates and clearance rates are now being accorded less and less weight as evidence in their own right.
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Comparisons were made according to the numbers of reported offences, and the crime and clearance rates.
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Primidone and the other enzyme-inducing anticonvulsants can cut the half-life of antipyrine roughly in half (6.2 1.9 h vs. 11.2 4.2 h), and increases theclearancerateby almost 70%.
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Furthermore, detectives are often under considerable pressure to improve on existing clearance rates, and so cases can be pursued aggressively to the limits of, and even beyond, this enabling context.
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Use of scintigraphy for the determination of mucociliary clearance rates in normal, sedated, diseased, and exercised horses.
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It is this 'confession culture', coupled with a desire to obtain better and better clearance rates, which underlies much of the police's success in clearing crime.
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Flexible deployment of staff is aimed particularly at maintaining satisfactory clearance rates during peak periods.
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