Example sentences of "grew at [art] [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sales rose 11 p.c. to £314m in 1991 and profits grew at the same rate , to £13.4m before taxation . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The bank 's deposits grew at an explosive rate from £8m in 1891 to £67m by 1908 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Their gig attendances grew at an alarming rate and occasional support spots to The Fall were no longer a viable notion . |