Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] faster [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kustar' system , which recovered much faster than heavy industry , had 122 arteli in the city in 1922 . |
| 2 | Overall , therefore , hourly productivity probably rose significantly faster than yearly productivity , though measuring hours of work is difficult , especially in the self-employed sector . |
| 3 | Librarians point out that for their part they receive fewer volumes for their money , since the prices of books over the same period have risen distinctly faster than retail prices as a whole . |
| 4 | The slight variation of the longitudinal velocity in Fig. 21.19(b) , as indicated by the spacing of dye patches , implies that fluid close to the wall is moving much faster than average . |
| 5 | No , they wo n't be moving away faster than light is travelling because the theory of relativity says that nothing can move faster than light , but there are certainly things which may be happening now which we shall not learn about for thousands of millions of years because they are so far away . |
| 6 | The figures confirm a trend reported in a study by NASA , the US space agency , in April , which showed that the ozone layer over much of the United States was also being depleted much faster than expected . |
| 7 | It burnt much faster than expected . |
| 8 | It burnt much faster than expected . |
| 9 | As it was , the proletariat grew considerably faster than total employment . |
| 10 | Moreover , the overhang of unsold properties is evaporating much faster than expected . |
| 11 | Jo 's talking even faster than usual , shows she 's still feeling a bit down . |
| 12 | Attendance plummeted as projected crowds dissipated even faster than popular fervour for Expo itself . |
| 13 | The Director of Naval Intelligence , Rear Admiral John Inglis , was particularly anxious to know more about the Ordzhonikidze 's propeller design since the ship was able to travel much faster than British naval experts had calculated . |
| 14 | A fifth of England could be built on by the middle of the next century , according to a report from the Council for the Preservation of Rural England ( CPRE ) , which finds that countryside is disappearing much faster than official figures suggest . |
| 15 | If she stayed in England with him , she 'd learn much faster than shovelling horse-shit in New Zealand and being made to get up early in the morning . |
| 16 | Her heart beating much faster than usual , her face much paler , she turned and high-stepped through the undergrowth towards the path along which the signpost pointed . |
| 17 | Cold-adapted collembola may metabolize slightly faster than temperate species ; in laboratory stocks of C . |