Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the tropics , however , environmental change is occurring at an unprecedented rate where deforestation is creating local and , in all probability , global environmental problems since the demise of tropical rainforests in particular may well be contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect ( section 5.3.1 ) . |
| 2 | This sea-floor spreading , as the phenomenon is known , is happening at an impressive rate : near the Galapagos Islands the sea-floor is expanding at eight inches a year ; down by Easter Island , by nine inches . |
| 3 | The Indian software industry is growing at an average rate of 35 per cent a year . |
| 4 | Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it 's growing at an alarming rate . |
| 5 | Thus , it is not surprising that interaction between the two can result in cumulative movements in income for example , if income is rising at an increasing rate , both investment and consumption will be rising , causing further rises in income in the next period . |
| 6 | Membership of most of the UK 's conservation and environment organisations is expanding at an unprecedented rate , according to a survey conducted by BBC Wildlife . |
| 7 | Russia 's inflation is running at an annual rate of 2,500 per cent . |
| 8 | In June 1873 , the STC reported that it was " scarcely possible " to speak with confidence of the numbers employed , " perhaps they may reach 50 [ overall ] … but the number is increasing at an alarming rate " . |
| 9 | Car use is increasing at an alarming rate . |
| 10 | Violent crime is increasing at an alarming rate , and more and more of our members are at risk of becoming victims . |
| 11 | Welcome back : Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate and urgent action is needed to protect it for future generations . |
| 12 | In its report titled the Lost Land published today , it claims our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate . |