Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] faster [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In every case the estimate of β was markedly higher for the period closer to delivery , i.e. volatility declines at a faster rate in the fifty days just before delivery .
2 It has so far only managed to produce a sample P5 running at 40MHz — just two thirds of the 66MHz speed Intel intended — and can not get the thing to work at a faster rate .
3 In the 1993 edition of its US Industrial Outlook , the Commerce Department in Washington is predicting that book sales will grow at a faster rate in 1993 than they did in 1992 , says BP Report .
4 Roberts , using statistics for 1960 , 1970 and projected for 1980 , shows how in six of the largest Latin American countries , Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Mexico , Peru and Venezuela , the urban population has grown at a faster rate than has the total population ( Roberts 1978 ) .
5 International factoring has grown at a faster rate than domestic factoring over the past five years but still remains only a small fraction of domestic business .
6 First , air traffic in the Asia-Pacific region is growing at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world .
7 The result is that once those who are unable to purchase have negotiated their way through the labyrinthine and highly variable eligibility rules to achieve a place on a council housing waiting list , they join a queue which is growing at a faster rate than addition to the council housing stock and which in some cases even exceeds the total number of families housed by the district council .
8 But it was in the late Hellenistic period , as Aphrodisias developed from a temple site into a fullyfledged city and favoured ally of Rome , that marble began to be extracted at a faster pace .
9 One mechanical method of damping the single-step response is to introduce additional viscous friction ( torque proportional to speed ) , so that the rotor oscillations decay at a faster rate ( Kent , 1973 ) .
10 The second half was played at a faster pace and in the 65th minute Dromara went further ahead with a well taken goal by Johnstone following a fierce attack on the home goal .
11 They toured with another Leeds ' band , Age Of Chance , who were breaking at a faster pace than themselves .
12 However , it has been judicially observed that the objection to a rent representing a percentage of the tenant 's turnover is that , if the price of a commodity rises at a faster rate than the cost of living , pressure is likely to develop on dealers in that commodity to reduce their margin of profit or rate of commission ( Naylor v Uttoxeter UDC ( 1974 ) 231 EG 619 per Brightman J ) .
13 Not only that , but the beams appeared to be coming at a faster rate now — more than once a second .
14 They would therefore be bunched up and arrive at a faster rate .
15 It also had an upgraded processor , Intel 8086 , which was a more capable version of the 8088 , and , incidentally , was capable of being run at a faster speed — although it was n't .
16 Media-only appointments increased at a faster rate than those involving creative and full service during the year .
17 Without ever approaching that with the metropolis in magnitude , coastal trade between provincial ports probably increased at a faster rate .
18 This proceeded at a faster pace in services than in industry .
19 Thus , when the UK figure rises the Scottish figure will also rise but at a higher rate and likewise decrease at a faster rate when the UK figure falls .
20 Household formation is increasing at a faster rate than the population as a result of smaller families , increase in the divorce rate and longer life spans .
21 With emissions of oxides of nitrogen increasing at a faster rate than sulphur dioxide emissions , nitric acid will increase in relative importance in its contribution to acid precipitation ( Lewis and Grant , 1980 ) .
22 Branson , he argued , was attempting to expand at a faster rate than the resources of the company allowed .
23 It is a biological catalyst , a catalyst being something that encourages a chemical reaction to proceed at a faster rate than it would do normally .
24 Duties are changing and accumulating at a faster rate than they can be successfully discharged .
25 But broadcasting costs are more volatile than other costs and also rise at a faster rate so that even a licence fee increase which keeps up with general costs is an actual real decrease in its total value .
26 Pulse-producing species improve the definition of their electrical picture as they home in on prey by clicking at a faster rate .
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