Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] the rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the scale of the increase might come as a surprise : on the 21-week agreement 10p a week extra pushing up the rate of charge from 26. 1 per cent to 72.5 per cent for example , or on the 15-week agreement 1 p a week extra almost doubling the rate . |
| 2 | Several mentioned that in recent years the rate of voluntary leaving had decreased so that they were no longer able to rely upon increasing or slowing down the rate of recruitment to maintain their labour forces at the desired level . |
| 3 | They have developed a means of cutting down the rate at which water passes through their systems and out through pores ( stomata ) in their leaves . |
| 4 | The mathematical principles of determining where the rate of change is maximal are , for mathematicians , very straightforward . |
| 5 | Really , he says , people do n't notice V A T so much , others believe income tax will have to take some of the strain , but not by putting up the rates , that would be too blatant . |