Example sentences of "[verb] at an alarming [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | indeed , was beginning to increase at an alarming rate — the resources to meet the challenge were simply not to hand . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , therefore , import penetration increased from the mid 1960s onwards and then moved at an alarming rate in the early 1970s . |
| 3 | Lynda Warren , author of the report , said : " This industry has grown at an alarming rate , in a complete policy vacuum . |
| 4 | Many academic research projects take years to complete ; a scheme designed to support them must thus be future-proof — and this in a world where technology continues to mutate at an alarming rate . |
| 5 | If anything was growing at an alarming rate , it was the network of railway lines running out of the centre of London to outlying suburbs . |
| 6 | In rich societies , on the other hand , most people do have enough discretionary income left ( or have easy access to credit ) after they have paid for their food and shelter , though the numbers who do not appear to be growing at an alarming rate in some rich countries ( as the growth of homelessness in the United States and the United Kingdom seems to suggest ) . |
| 7 | Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it 's growing at an alarming rate . |
| 8 | The poverty figures are still growing at an alarming rate . ’ |
| 9 | The creature grows at an alarming rate , then escapes and cuts a swathe of destruction as it moves through the southern Italian countryside . |
| 10 | With 40 million people starving and infant mortality rising at an alarming rate , doctors must start pressurising governments and banks to stop this spiral of deprivation and environmental degradation in which the world 's poorest countries are trapped . |
| 11 | Managers came and went at an alarming rate ; there was Board Room take-over ; gates began to dwindle and the Palace were candidates for relegation from well before Christmas . |
| 12 | Their gig attendances grew at an alarming rate and occasional support spots to The Fall were no longer a viable notion . |
| 13 | Wicker waste paper baskets and bathroom sponges are guaranteed to be disintegrated at an alarming rate if left in the open . |
| 14 | His shoulders sloped at an alarming angle so that he looked like a pyramid wearing a hat . |
| 15 | In June 1873 , the STC reported that it was " scarcely possible " to speak with confidence of the numbers employed , " perhaps they may reach 50 [ overall ] … but the number is increasing at an alarming rate " . |
| 16 | Car use is increasing at an alarming rate . |
| 17 | Violent crime is increasing at an alarming rate , and more and more of our members are at risk of becoming victims . |
| 18 | Fashions change at an alarming rate and at any given time experts hold differing views . |
| 19 | During this period of contraction , both passenger and freight services were withdrawn at an alarming rate , being substituted by short-lived bus services and road freight transport . |
| 20 | SALARIES for university law teachers have slipped so badly and professional salaries risen so dramatically that experienced staff are being lost at an alarming rate , the Committee of Heads of University Law Schools reported this week . |
| 21 | The estimated cost of the Channel tunnel continues to rise at an alarming rate , to the distress of both shareholders and the company 's bankers . |
| 22 | Paul calls his children the Tribbles , after the small furry creatures that make strange cooing noises and seem to reproduce at an alarming rate . |
| 23 | Welcome back : Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate and urgent action is needed to protect it for future generations . |
| 24 | In its report titled the Lost Land published today , it claims our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate . |
| 25 | Jobs are now disappearing at an alarming rate . |
| 26 | It 's right that Joe Hawkins and Allen 's other legendary aggro merchants should now be given a new lease of life , and Allen is absolutely sure of his books ' continued relevance : ‘ The doubts and problems which confronted yesteryear 's skinheads have multiplied at an alarming rate in today 's world . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |