Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [to-vb] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In consultation with colleges in 1989 , we planned the changeover to the new system over three years and three batches , providing , we hoped , a timetable which was not too rushed but which at the same time allowed centres to progress at a pace which met their candidates ' needs . |
| 2 | It is clear that Jupiter radiates energy to space at a rate somewhere between 1½ and 2½ times the rate at which it absorbs energy from the Sun . |
| 3 | He claimed that the government was forcing Petrobrás to run at a loss in order to keep petrol prices and thus inflation down . |
| 4 | To allow pupils to progress at a pace suited to their own particular aptitudes , they are taught French in sets based on their ability in the subject . |
| 5 | Each curricular area has a carefully planned programme of work designed to enable pupils to develop at a pace and at a level suited to their age and ability as we feel it is imperative that children experience success in whatever they do . |
| 6 | Status would allow operators to see at a glance which items of safety-related equipment were in proper working order . |
| 7 | Bearing in mind the need to keep the business rate down , has my hon. Friend had time to glance at a pamphlet entitled ’ The Citizens ' Charter ’ , written in 1921 by one Herbert Morrison , then secretary of the London Labour party , which states that the best way to improve local services is to increase competition ? |
| 8 | If you need to put in caveats , do so , and if you need time to look at a document , say so . |