Example sentences of "[verb] at an [adj] pace " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes your heart beat at an invigorating pace . |
| 2 | And given that total hardware sales plummeted by 19.4% to $5,740m in the quarter , keeping the overall decline to 7% was an achievement in itself , even if within a quarter or three , turnover can be expected to start declining at an accelerating pace . |
| 3 | And given that total hardware sales plummeted by 19.4% to $5,740m in the quarter , keeping the overall decline to 7% was an achievement in itself , even if within a quarter or three , turnover can be expected to start declining at an accelerating pace . |
| 4 | Bamboo grows at an amazing pace . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | We worked at an unheard-of pace . |
| 7 | When I got to know the two men well I got a visual image of these judgements — Lenin , solid and stocky , advancing at an even pace , and the slight figure of Bukharin galloping off in front , but always needing to feel Lenin 's presence . |
| 8 | During those infant years school and home life progressed at an unremarkable pace . |
| 9 | Over the third quarter of this year , he told parliament , output by Soviet industry had risen at a rate of one per cent while wages were soaring at an annual pace of 15 per cent . |
| 10 | He appreciates their design features : what a kangaroo gains and loses by moving in leaps , why horses change gait , why it is harder to walk quickly than to jog at an easy pace . |
| 11 | Membership grew at an astonishing pace , reaching close to 30,000 in the late 1970s . |
| 12 | Language learning progresses at an easy pace , with plenty of reinforcement and revision to ensure lessons are thoroughly learnt . |
| 13 | While internal change proceeded at an unprecedented pace , Alia also sought to open the country to wider foreign contacts . |
| 14 | Commentary should be delivered at an even pace , without over-emphasis , and completely free of ‘ fluffs ’ such as mispronounced words , hesitations and other departures from perfection . |
| 15 | And so Beth allowed herself to be taken at an awkward pace along the wharf and on to where David and Cissie were saying their final farewells . |
| 16 | There continues to exist an element of uncertainty as all EC member countries are not at the same level of preparedness to proceed at an identical pace towards the final stage of European monetary unification . |
| 17 | In agreement with Hickson , Jacques organised the activities as though the rural areas scheme had been formally introduced and with the enthusiastic commitment of Hampden Jackson , Poole and Douglas-Smith , WEA provision in Norfolk and Essex expanded at an unprecedented pace throughout the war . |
| 18 | THERE 'S been a revolution in media over the last few years and it 's going to continue at an ever-increasing pace for sometime to come . |
| 19 | ‘ If you ran a mile race , you would go off fairly quickly then settle at an even pace before building up towards the end . |
| 20 | The first , golden rule is that children do not learn at an even pace . |
| 21 | Participants listened to the story read at an even pace of around 120 words per minute and had to write down all the errors they could detect as they heard them or insert the missing word . |