adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
age
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The threshold for childless couples under pensionable age was 57 percent above income support levels.
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To qualify for the higher limit, disablement must occur before reaching pensionable age .
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All people of pensionable age have a right, under the Supplementary Benefits Act 1966, to a guaranteed income.
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By the 1890s civil servants had become obliged to retire on reaching pensionable age .
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It applies only to those reaching pensionable age since April 1978 and will not reach full maturity until 1998.
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The number of those over pensionable age will be far higher in the next century than it is today.
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Raising the pensionable age , however, was not enough to meet the Treasury's requirements.
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In 1963 my father died at the age of sixty-one, four years short of his pensionable age.
pay
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The scheme provides a pension on retirement linked to final pensionable pay near that time.
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For 40 years' membership, members receive a pension of two thirds pensionable pay near retirement.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All people of pensionable age have a right, under the Supplementary Benefits Act 1966, to a guaranteed income.
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By the 1890s civil servants had become obliged to retire on reaching pensionable age.
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For 40 years' membership, members receive a pension of two thirds pensionable pay near retirement.
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It applies only to those reaching pensionable age since April 1978 and will not reach full maturity until 1998.
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Nursing in public hospitals was also pensionable , while the more prestigious voluntary hospitals were early pension providers.
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The maximum pension will now be 20 percent, rather than 25 percent of average pensionable earnings.
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This may reflect the fact that they are not in pensionable service with their employing organisation.
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To qualify for the higher limit, disablement must occur before reaching pensionable age.