Example sentences of "increase at an [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inflation was estimated to increase at an annual rate of 4.5 per cent for 1990 , according to the OECD World Economic Outlook . |
| 2 | indeed , was beginning to increase at an alarming rate — the resources to meet the challenge were simply not to hand . |
| 3 | For net investment to increase , demand must be increasing at an increasing rate . |
| 4 | 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 " . |
| 5 | Car use is increasing at an alarming rate . |
| 6 | Violent crime is increasing at an alarming rate , and more and more of our members are at risk of becoming victims . |