adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
rate
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Yet the jobless rate is falling sharply.
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The jobless rate is expected to be an average 8. 25 percent, up from an earlier forecast of 8 percent.
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In Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire the jobless rate is three times as high as 1990.
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The jobless rate for managers and professionals stands at about 2. 5 percent.
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The jobless rate , which averaged 9. 5 percent in 1995, is expected to be little changed in 1996.
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The jobless rate dropped to 8. 1 percent, the lowest in five years, the Bureau of Statistics today reported.
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The jobless rate a month ago was 8. 6 percent.
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Four years ago, when Ohio voted against incumbent Bush, the jobless rate in the state stood at 7 percent.
total
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The Liberal Democrats have stated they would cut the national jobless total by 400,000 within a year.
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Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats agree that radical measures are needed to stem the growing jobless total .
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This would save up to £3 billion at a time when the jobless total is soaring.
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Because they are now paid by the Department of Energy, they have been removed from the jobless totals .
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According to the Unemployment Unit's calculations including them takes the jobless total to more than three million.
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The unadjusted jobless total increased by 78,726 last month to 3,062,065, the highest since April 1987.
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Britain's jobless total will top three million around Christmas and carry on rising into the New Year.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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jobless workers
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Jobless youths are a major cause of concern.
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the jobless rate
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The bill would allow the jobless to collect 4 to 20 weeks of additional benefits.
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The factory closure will leave 3,000 workers jobless .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats agree that radical measures are needed to stem the growing jobless total.
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It would have meant seven hundred vacancies and work for the jobless .
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The jobless rate a month ago was 8. 6 percent.
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The jobless rate dropped to 8. 1 percent, the lowest in five years, the Bureau of Statistics today reported.
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The Liberal Democrats have stated they would cut the national jobless total by 400,000 within a year.
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When he left office, the jobless rate was a record 12 percent.
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Young women, fine; and no doubt plenty, in these jobless times, would volunteer.