Example sentences of "was [verb] at [art] rate of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall its exclusively lead-free diet was consumed at the rate of 10.2mpg , even with a thirsty catalyst as standard . |
| 2 | The headlines had already been written when Eddy and Boornazian suggested that the Sun was shrinking at a rate of 0.1 per century . |
| 3 | After two control periods of one hour each , during which water was absorbed at a rate of 104 ( 14 ) ( mean ( SEM ) , n=15 ) and 94 ( 15 ) ml/30 cm/h , respectively , three different doses of cholera toxin ( 6.25 µg , 12.5 µg , 25 µg ) were administered by bolus into the lumen of the jejunum . |
| 4 | Before his £1.3m move from Notts County last season , Johnson was scoring at a rate of two goals every five matches but he claimed : ‘ It 's early days for me . |
| 5 | ‘ Those who had followed Peel with open eyes ( to abolish protection and destroy his own party ) … had done so because population was growing at the rate of 300,000 per annum . |
| 6 | Eventual payment was promised at the rate of 5Op per deal , but this proved pie in the sky . |
| 7 | Acid was perfused at a rate of 5 ml/minute for five minutes in eight subjects and for 30 minutes in 12 subjects . |
| 8 | The ileal loop was perfused at a rate of 1.0 ml/minute by a peristaltic pump ( Watson-Marlow , Inc , Marblehead , MA ) ; experiments started with 30 minutes equilibration followed by three hours during which samples of ileal effluent were collected every 10 minutes . |
| 9 | The difficulties of persuading a businessman to take on the running of such an ailing industry — it was losing at a rate of £2m. a day — and handle its relationship with the Government and the unions was exacerbated by the comparatively low salary on offer . |
| 10 | The new Kuwaiti dinar was set at a rate of US$1.00=KD0.2857 , the rate applicable before the Aug. 2 Iraqi invasion . |
| 11 | Initial oven temperature was 150° which was maintained for eight minutes ; afterwards , it was increased at a rate of 3 °/minute; up to 210°C . |
| 12 | The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) reported at the end of September 1989 that seasonal ozone depletion over Antarctica ( believed to be caused primarily by chlorofluorocarbons — CFCs — see p. 36785 ) was increasing at the rate of 1.5 per cent a day ; the depletion largely occurred on a seasonal basis , with the ozone being replenished during summer months . |