Example sentences of "[vb -s] at a rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , an NHS general practitioner now prescribes at a rate of £100000 a year , and it is likely that referrals and use of other hospital services may amount to £200000 a year — these add up to £12m over 40 years . |
| 2 | Secondly because the system is so basic in operation the processing occurs at a rate faster than a human writes . |
| 3 | ‘ Vehicular traffic light signal ’ is defined as follows : ‘ Three lights shall be used , one red , one amber and one green … the lamp showing the amber light shall be capable of showing a steady light or a flashing light such that it flashes at a rate of not less than 70 nor more than 90 flashes per minute etc . |
| 4 | Second , he assumes that the natural level of output grows at a rate which for any individual country is a constant over time but which may differ between countries . |
| 5 | The number of false positives ( FP ) generated by grid referencing and requiring subsequent PCR is a function of the number of true positives ( P ) , and of the distribution of those positives , but will maximally increase according to the equation FP=PP , meaning that the overall screening load increases at a rate 2n+3+ ( PP ) , and the screening multiple by n/2n+3+ ( PP ) . |
| 6 | As already stated , well beyond cut-off their attenuation increases at a rate of 20n dB per decade of frequency . |
| 7 | Remember that the money stock expands at a rate determined , ceteris paribus , by the flow of net new bank lending and assume that the demand for bank lending is inversely related to the rate of interest charged on that lending . |
| 8 | It will charge interest on the cash amounts it advances at a rate similar to that for an overdraft . |
| 9 | It operates at a rate of 0.45-litre ( 0.8pt ) per stroke , and will fit in to the standard 2in ( 50mm ) BSP neck of 205-litre ( 45gal ) barrels . |
| 10 | In his gruelling work schedule , sixty-year old Garrett continues at a rate that would tax many men half his age . |
| 11 | Erm , grant comes at a rate of fifty per cent that have accepted it as expenditure . |
| 12 | Probability of life arising on a planet ( in , say , a billion years ) , if we assume that life arises at a rate of about once per solar system . |
| 13 | Probability of life arising on a planet if life arises at a rate of about once per galaxy . |
| 14 | At greater distances , because of the decline in strength of the dipole field , co-rotation is partially lost and the sheet rotates at a rate between that of co-rotation and the far lower rates required by gravity at these distances from Jupiter . |