Example sentences of "they [verb] at [art] [adj] rate " in BNC.

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1 Furthermore , the wages of artisans , although they moved at a different rate , followed the same general pattern of increasing real values at approximately the same dates .
2 In warm weather they reproduce at a prodigious rate , smothering not only waterlilies , but other succulent aquatics and causing widespread disfiguration of flowers and foliage .
3 One reason for them being so common is that they reproduce at a high rate , and their high reproduction rate is one of the main topics of this chapter .
4 And that means they arrive at a slower rate ! ’
5 They marched at a tremendous rate in all sorts of uniforms — one of them had amazing cherry-red trousers — and all their clothing was marked with big red patches .
6 The demand curve for sterling will shift to the left and the supply curve will shift to the right until they intersect at the fixed rate of exchange .
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