Example sentences of "[verb] at an [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | DNA and protein were mixed at an approximate ratio of 2:1 . |
| 2 | Inflation was estimated to increase at an annual rate of 4.5 per cent for 1990 , according to the OECD World Economic Outlook . |
| 3 | I can tell him , however , that over the 1980s GDP per head in this country rose at an average rate of nearly 2 per cent . |
| 4 | Revised figures show that Britain 's GDP rose at an annual rate of 1.4% in the first quarter , up from the original estimate of 1.1% . |
| 5 | Prices rose at an annual rate of 4% last month , up from 3.8% in April and their quickest pace of increase since March last year . |
| 6 | In Keynesian economics , this increase in aggregate demand occurring at an initial state of full employment will simply raise prices : there will be no output response even in the short run . |
| 7 | The ozone layer is located at an average height of 12 kilometres above the earth 's surface an it screens us from 99% of the harmful ultra-violet radiation coming from the sun . |
| 8 | This enabled them once again to draw up a profile of those high-risk subjects who developed schizophrenia , which turned out to be similar to that reported at an earlier stage of the research . |
| 9 | Alternative arrangements can be developed and their performances assessed , and areas of possible problems can be identified and alleviated at an early stage of the design . |
| 10 | The beginner should be looking at an initial purchase of one sail to allow them to learn in light winds of up to force two . |
| 11 | When I write again in twelve months ’ time I shall be extremely disappointed if , world events permitting , we have not met our targets and are not looking at an improved set of results . |
| 12 | In contract Mr does not count hours , but arrives at an overall figure of seven thousand five hundred pounds . |
| 13 | Consumer prices had accelerated at an annualized rate of 5.5 per cent in January 1990 , and the visible trade surplus in 1989 was the lowest recorded for 10 years . |
| 14 | In the previous four years GNP had grown at an average rate of about 3 per cent per annum which was lower than the preceding years and unemployment had reached a peak of 8.3 per cent in 1970 . |
| 15 | If the first two years of the Thatcher Government are excluded — when the Government managed to achieve a negative rate of growth — the British economy has grown at an average rate of 3 per cent . |
| 16 | M4 , the best measure we have , has risen at an annual rate of around 18 per cent , and even this year it has continued to rise at that rate . |
| 17 | OPTIONS : Any regiments of Dwarfs may be equipped with either spears at an additional cost of +1 point per model , or crossbows , at an additional cost of +3 points per model . |
| 18 | After this ‘ completion period ’ ( of four years from the granting of outline planning permission or three years in the case of full planning permission ) , the charge was to be imposed at an annual rate of 30 per cent of the capital value of the land . |
| 19 | Look at an actual example of disjuncture between politics an ideas , although very different from the ones analysed by Anderson . |
| 20 | The power will be supplied at an estimated cost of around US$0.05 per kilowatt hour — competitive with fossil fuel power and considerably cheaper than nuclear power , which continues to provide much of the country 's electricity from a number of ageing reactors , including those at Chernobyl . |
| 21 | I thought that this was a painting I should n't discuss with Lili , but only when I had walked to the end of the gallery to look at an innocuous picture of a group of long-haired sheep did I ask myself what Robert had been doing in Marie Claire 's bedroom . |
| 22 | In spite of this German industry expanded rapidly : between 1870 and 1913 the UK economy was growing at an annual rate of about 2.2 per cent ; the French economy at 2.6 per cent ; the US economy at 3.2 per cent ; and the German economy at a staggering 4.3 per cent . |
| 23 | Once Korn/Ferry 's annual fee income — growing at an annual rate of 30% — had overtaken that of Heidrick and Struggles by 1978 and Boyden by 1979 , they sought overseas expansion . |
| 24 | With the South Korean economy growing at an annual rate of 3.1 per cent during the third quarter of 1992 , the lowest recorded level of growth since 1981 , the state of the country 's economy was the key issue of the election campaign . |
| 25 | If the economy is not growing at an annual rate of 3 per cent by the middle of 1994 as the Chancellor 's Budget arithmetic assumes , revenues will be less buoyant and the spending on welfare will be greater than forecast . |
| 26 | The Indian software industry is growing at an average rate of 35 per cent a year . |
| 27 | In this context Japan 's overwhelming dependence on imported oil set off the most severe economic recession since World War II and GNP actually fell by 1 per cent in 1974 after growing at an average rate of nearly 10 per cent in the previous six years . |
| 28 | The primary purpose of the GSP is to produce a comprehensive database on the concentration of up to 30 elements in stream sediments ( or soil samples in the absence of drainage ) collected at an average density of I per km² ; throughout Great Britain . |
| 29 | A survey by Hay Management Consultants estimates that boardroom pay in Britain was still rising at an annual rate of 10–14% in the last six months of 1990 , although profits had long been tumbling . |
| 30 | Average base pay was rising at an annual rate of 7.3 p.c. in February but recession , the reduction in working hours and bonuses meant the increase in total pay was down to 6½ p.c. although still comfortably ahead of inflation . |