Example sentences of "grow at an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the physically gifted and superhumanly green-fingered Daisy Gamble ( Barbra Streisand ) sings ‘ Hurry , It 's Lovely Up Here ’ , the flowers on the roof of her apartment block , mostly tulips grow at an alarming yet beautiful rate , conveying a sense of freedom brimming over with life . |
| 2 | In 1979 , the World Bank published a glowing report , Romania : Industrialization under Socialist Planning , which claimed , on the basis of official Romanian government figures , that in the quarter century between 1950 and 1975 , the Romanian economy had grown at an average compound annual rate of over 9% . |
| 3 | In the previous four years GNP had grown at an average rate of about 3 per cent per annum which was lower than the preceding years and unemployment had reached a peak of 8.3 per cent in 1970 . |
| 4 | If the first two years of the Thatcher Government are excluded — when the Government managed to achieve a negative rate of growth — the British economy has grown at an average rate of 3 per cent . |
| 5 | Lynda Warren , author of the report , said : " This industry has grown at an alarming rate , in a complete policy vacuum . |
| 6 | Sales of X-Windows software and X-terminals are still booming , according to the X Business Group , which estimates growth in the X-terminal business at around 100% , while sales of PC X-server products are growing at an astonishing 300% ( UX No 398 ) . |
| 7 | In spite of this German industry expanded rapidly : between 1870 and 1913 the UK economy was growing at an annual rate of about 2.2 per cent ; the French economy at 2.6 per cent ; the US economy at 3.2 per cent ; and the German economy at a staggering 4.3 per cent . |
| 8 | Once Korn/Ferry 's annual fee income — growing at an annual rate of 30% — had overtaken that of Heidrick and Struggles by 1978 and Boyden by 1979 , they sought overseas expansion . |
| 9 | With the South Korean economy growing at an annual rate of 3.1 per cent during the third quarter of 1992 , the lowest recorded level of growth since 1981 , the state of the country 's economy was the key issue of the election campaign . |
| 10 | If the economy is not growing at an annual rate of 3 per cent by the middle of 1994 as the Chancellor 's Budget arithmetic assumes , revenues will be less buoyant and the spending on welfare will be greater than forecast . |
| 11 | The Indian software industry is growing at an average rate of 35 per cent a year . |
| 12 | Sausalito , California-based design automation specialist Autodesk Inc , which has its UK base in Guildford , Surrey , has entered the home computer market with the launch of a new range of computer-aided design modules for Do-it-Yourself enthusiasts , interior and exterior designers as well as small business home renovation contractors : ‘ The Home Series ’ comprises four modules — one for designing landscapes , one for bathrooms , one for kitchens , and one for general home improvements ; the software was released in the US 18 months ago , and into Australia and the Benelux countries between six and nine months ago , but is now available in the UK via Solihull , West Midlands-based distributor , Force 2 International Ltd , at £60 per module including value-added tax ; the decision to release into the UK was taken after research from Banner & Co indicated that the UK home computer market was growing 25% per year , and a study by market research company , Jordans , indicated that the UK DIY market was growing at an average 3% ; according to marketing communications manager Karen Hiscock , ‘ the time was right ’ because people now want to do more with their personal computers than just play games or use the things as word processors . |
| 13 | In this context Japan 's overwhelming dependence on imported oil set off the most severe economic recession since World War II and GNP actually fell by 1 per cent in 1974 after growing at an average rate of nearly 10 per cent in the previous six years . |
| 14 | If anything was growing at an alarming rate , it was the network of railway lines running out of the centre of London to outlying suburbs . |
| 15 | In rich societies , on the other hand , most people do have enough discretionary income left ( or have easy access to credit ) after they have paid for their food and shelter , though the numbers who do not appear to be growing at an alarming rate in some rich countries ( as the growth of homelessness in the United States and the United Kingdom seems to suggest ) . |
| 16 | Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it 's growing at an alarming rate . |
| 17 | The poverty figures are still growing at an alarming rate . ’ |
| 18 | This market is currently valued at $6,500m worldwide and is expected to grow at an aggregate annual rate of 13% . |
| 19 | Bamboo grows at an amazing pace . |
| 20 | ‘ The US economic recovery is well on its way , as long as the Fed makes sure that the money supply grows at an appropriate pace , ’ said Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady . |
| 21 | The creature grows at an alarming rate , then escapes and cuts a swathe of destruction as it moves through the southern Italian countryside . |
| 22 | Membership grew at an astonishing pace , reaching close to 30,000 in the late 1970s . |
| 23 | London grew at an astonishing rate , from about 60,000 in 1500 to approximately 200,000 in 1600 and to an enormous 575,000 in 1700 , by which time it was probably the largest city in Europe . |
| 24 | According to Blecher , ‘ Per capita grain production grew at an average annual rate of 3.7 per cent from 1978 to 1984 , compared to 1.2 per cent during the previous thirteen years ’ ( Benewick and Wingrove 1988 : 100 ) . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The comparative performance of the French economy may be judged more or less favourably , depending on the criteria and the time-frame used , but over the decade of the 1960s as a whole it grew at an annual rate that matched or surpassed the record of most of France 's main trading partners . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The bank 's deposits grew at an explosive rate from £8m in 1891 to £67m by 1908 . |
| 29 | However , most of the next decade was a testimony to the wisdom of the Bretton Woods arrangements since international trade grew at an unprecedented rate . |
| 30 | During the century after the Restoration rural industries such as framework knitting and nailmaking grew at an unprecedented rate and the industrial towns flourished as never before . |