casualty rate

collocation in English

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casualty
noun
uk
/ˈkæʒ.ju.əl.ti/us
/ˈkæʒ.ju.əl.ti/
a person injured or killed in a serious accident ...
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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 ofcasualtyandratefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But he asserted that the persecution of priests was intense, thecasualtyratehigh, and the clergy's freedom of action limited.
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That is why thecasualtyrateis so high amongst motor cyclists.
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The changes in thecasualtyratein the districts where this experiment was tried were rather remarkable.
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Thecasualtyratefor each class of vehicle is rising.
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That is disgraceful, when one considers the roadcasualtyrateamong children and young people.
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On the other side is the need for road safety, and for public expenditure to be saved by a lowering of thecasualtyrate.
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There is another question that also gets on their nerves—the idea of an acceptedcasualtyrate.
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We know that the roadcasualtyratein this country is still far from satisfactory.
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This force had a very highcasualtyrate.
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Bearing in mind that thecasualtyrateis highest amongst the 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds, this is a worrying situation.
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Had the civil emergency caring services been better equipped, thecasualtyratewould have been much lower.
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Thecasualtyratein these co-partnership schemes has been extremely high.
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That is a very highcasualtyrateindeed.
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There is no clear indication that the change in the speed limit for heavy goods vehicles had any effect on thecasualtyrateper vehicle.
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In built-up areas in 1957 and 1958 thecasualtyrateper vehicle licence was higher than in the earlier years, except for 1955.
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Thecasualtyratein naval flying is invariably higher early in a commission than it is later.
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In view of the highcasualtyrateof aircrew in jet aircraft will he make strenuous efforts to see that the men are properly fed?
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The term "averagecasualtyrate" is defined as the number of persons injured per hundred million vehicle-miles of travel.
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In this period the fatalcasualtyrateper hundred million vehicle miles was 6·8, compared with 8·6 in the comparable period in 1966.
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To our astonishment, we found that the dangerous explosives played only a negligible part in thecasualtyrate.
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