Example sentences of "[vb past] at an [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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% . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But curiously enough , such articulate recognition of the educational significance of the manyattas was exceptional , though administrators often behaved and wrote in ways which hinted at an implicit acknowledgement of the similarity between what went on in a Masai manyatta and what went on in the English boarding schools they had themselves attended . |
| 7 | The decline was mainly due to lower non-oil imports , which fell at an annual rate of 14% between the fourth quarter of 1990 and the first quarter of this year . |
| 8 | The output of goods and services declined sharply in the fourth quarter ; preliminary estimates suggested that gross national product ( GNP ) in the quarter fell at an annual rate of 2.1 per cent ( after adjustments for inflation and seasonal factors ) , the sharpest fall since the third quarter of 1982 when GNP fell at an annual rate of 3.2 per cent . |
| 9 | The output of goods and services declined sharply in the fourth quarter ; preliminary estimates suggested that gross national product ( GNP ) in the quarter fell at an annual rate of 2.1 per cent ( after adjustments for inflation and seasonal factors ) , the sharpest fall since the third quarter of 1982 when GNP fell at an annual rate of 3.2 per cent . |
| 10 | The leading sector , in terms of annual growth , had been data-processing equipment , which grew at an annual average of 30 per cent in real terms . |
| 11 | In the fourth quarter of 1992 , the economy grew at an annual rate of 4.7% , which gave a roseate glow to Bill Clinton 's first few weeks in office but always looked too good to last . |
| 12 | These policies were incorporated into the Fifth Plan , formulated in 1964 and 1965 , which aimed at an annual rate of growth of profits of 8.6 per cent between 1964 and 1970 . |
| 13 | Ageing machinery that opens or teases wool , a ‘ fearnought ’ , has also been moved away from the blend bins and a new one inserted at an earlier stage of production . |
| 14 | Her face lit up with a delighted smile as she gazed at an abandoned plate of half-eaten sandwiches on a nearby table . |
| 15 | Total output as measured by real gross national product ( GNP ) expanded at an annual rate of only 0.5 per cent in the final quarter , the smallest rise since mid-1986 , but an unexpected increase of 2.5 per cent in orders for durable goods made it difficult to formulate firm economic forecasts . |
| 16 | President Arístides Maria Pereira announced at an extraordinary congress of the PAICV on July 26 , 1990 , that he was stepping down as party leader as a first step towards the ending of one-party rule , declaring that the President had to be above party politics . |
| 17 | I had been used to analysing speech — such as in a radio discussion — which ran at an average rate of 300 syllables a minute , depending of course on such variables as personality and regional accent ( for some accents are spoken much more rapidly than others ) . |
| 18 | Between April and June 1971 speculation against the dollar ran at an annual rate of $14 billion . |
| 19 | In particular , the report highlighted ( i ) the low inflation ( which in June stood at an annualized rate of 3.3 per cent , lower , for the first time since 1973 , than that in Germany — 3.5 per cent in June ) ; ( ii ) the successful containment of the adverse effect of 1990 oil price rises ; and reduced public expenditure ; and ( iv ) lower VAT and company taxes . |
| 20 | Fiscal reform , considered vital to improving the budgetary position and reducing inflation ( which in August stood at an annualized rate of 1,055.4 per cent ) , was also a priority . |