Example sentences of "were [verb] at the same rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advancing edge or step is now twice the normal height and so would require twice the amount of new material if it were to advance at the same rate as the other layers . |
| 2 | Both beams were yellow , and they were arriving at the same rate . |
| 3 | I mean , surely the English hens were laying at the same rate as they did in peacetime ? |
| 4 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
| 5 | In our study , gender was taken account of in the selection of workshops : we studied workshops with men only , with women only , workshops where men and women did the same work and were paid at the same rate , and those where the sexes did different jobs and men were paid more than women . |