Example sentences of "[vb past] at [art] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in 1983–7 the real ( volume ) increase in funds first fell to zero , then fell absolutely , then rose at a rate lower than 1 per cent — that is less than the increasing trend to an ageing population required to sustain standards ( Kings Fund Institute , 1988 ; Owens and Glennerster , 1990 ) . |
| 2 | Throughout the nineteenth century output per person grew at a rate of 1.5 per cent per annum . |
| 3 | Spatially , this will be expressed in further counterurbanization and as Bradshaw and Blakeley ( 1979 , 27 ) point out : ‘ the rural areas [ of California ] grew at a rate nearly double that of the state as a whole ’ between 1970 and 1976 . |
| 4 | Wilkinson looked at the rate at which starved vampires lose weight . |
| 5 | Bone loss on the mandible proceeded at a rate of 2 mm per hour , resulting in erosion of the inferior border and loss of the incisor ( Fig. 1.8h ) . |
| 6 | Each trial consisted of a visual warning ( two arrowheads indicated the subject should attend to a particular area of the screen ) , a series of digits ( varying in length from 1 to 6 digits ) presented at a rate of 1.2 seconds per digit , a gap of 2 seconds , and finally a probe digit . |
| 7 | The government 's programme for 1992 aimed at a rate of gross domestic product ( GDP ) growth of 6.5 per cent , a reduction in the rate of inflation to 6-7 per cent and a strengthening of the country 's external payments position . |
| 8 | Second , we examined bcl-2- transfected and untransfected parental ( pt ) and cells for their rates of oxygen consumption ( as previously described ) and found that the and /bcl-2 cells respired at a rate less than 3% of that of the pt cells . |
| 9 | If inflation continued at the rate of 5% per annum , then by 1 January , 1992 each £100 original nominal value of the bond would be worth £110.25 and the interest due thereon in that year would be £2.205 . |
| 10 | She backed at a rate of knots , her heart slamming . |
| 11 | The general public was to be able to use the royal posts on certain of the roads out of London ; there were to be fixed rates of postage ( to defray the cost of salaried postmasters ) ; and horse posts ( which were to travel at the rate of 120 miles in twenty-four hours ) were substituted for foot posts ( which travelled at the rate of 16 or 18 miles a day ) . |