Example sentences of "are [verb] at a [adj] rate " in BNC.
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1 | More evidence of the worldwide decline of coral has emerged from Florida , where researchers who have been monitoring the health of the reefs since 1976 report that they are dying at a rapid rate . |
2 | Accelerated by the current economic recession , old manufacturing industries are disappearing while the new information technology based industries are developing at a high rate . |
3 | Would this lead to the principle of differentiation being accepted but used for different purposes , so that the goals of interest groups , rather than social welfare , dictate which commodities are taxed at a lower rate ? |
4 | Amounts over this are taxed at a single rate of 40 per cent . |
5 | Where the publications are a supply for acquisition , the recipient subscriber will account for VAT in its member state although such publications are zero-rated in the UK , in other member states they are taxed at a reduced rate , and in Denmark they are taxed at 25% ! |
6 | The holder of the share or bond receives a stream of ( expected ) payments that are discounted at an appropriate rate over the remaining life of the security . |
7 | To solve the problem , pulses are produced at a precise rate of 32,768 per second ( 32.768kHz ) by means of a crystal controlled oscillator . |
8 | Fossil fuel reserves are depleted at a frantic rate and materials are squandered to manufacture throw-away products for the short-term profit maximisation of a rapacious economic system . |
9 | Your payments are fixed at a specific rate , but you are charged at a variable rate . |
10 | Your payments are fixed at a specific rate , but you are charged at a variable rate . |
11 | In the private service sector , where trade unions are less active , temporary workers often do not receive the same level of fringe benefits as permanent workers ; and in some organisations and industries they are paid at a lower rate — for example the statutory minimum rather than a higher , collectively bargained rate — than are comparable permanent workers [ see Chapter 7 ] . |
12 | ‘ Every member of the Hindu community is deeeply saddened by what has happened , things are escalating at an alarming rate , ’ said Bob Patel , a president of the burnt-out temple . |