Example sentences of "[v-ing] at an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the tropics , however , environmental change is occurring at an unprecedented rate where deforestation is creating local and , in all probability , global environmental problems since the demise of tropical rainforests in particular may well be contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect ( section 5.3.1 ) . |
| 2 | By searching for flashes repeating at exactly the same rate as the radio pulses , they were able to investigate much fainter pulsations than if they had been looking for pulses occurring at an unknown rate . |
| 3 | In Keynesian economics , this increase in aggregate demand occurring at an initial state of full employment will simply raise prices : there will be no output response even in the short run . |
| 4 | The ley starts from a wayside cross next to a crossroads , goes through Saintbury Church , noted for its pagan survivals , through a Bronze Age round barrow , a Neolithic long barrow sited in the middle of an Iron Age fort , through a Saxon pagan cemetery , and an eighteenth-century beacon tower , ending at an ancient farmstead , Seven Wells — which was the subject of a fictional book on witchcraft by Hugh Ross Williamson entitled The Silver Bowl . |
| 5 | This sea-floor spreading , as the phenomenon is known , is happening at an impressive rate : near the Galapagos Islands the sea-floor is expanding at eight inches a year ; down by Easter Island , by nine inches . |
| 6 | Did you start painting at an early age ? |
| 7 | Did you start painting at an early age ? |
| 8 | Witnesses in the car said Williams had not been driving at an excessive speed and had not been distracted in the moments before the car went out of control , said Mr Hardy . |
| 9 | If the National Health Service Management Executive was to tackle this issue it might find that it was pushing at an open door . |
| 10 | They are pushing at an open door , we in the industry are already working for change . |
| 11 | It 's become unfashionable because the media is now looking at an alternative scapegoat for the problems the Conservative Party , that 's why it 's a reason and what is arising from the Labour leadership at the moment is purely an attempt to placate the media . |
| 12 | generally you 're looking at an eighteen month 's sales period |
| 13 | One class , after looking at an old muster roll and hearing how men in their county were called up to fight in the militia , made a cut-out army of 150 cardboard soldiers . |
| 14 | ‘ Sweetie , you are looking at an old moose who just ca n't figure out where he took the wrong trail and he 'll never get back up that hill again . |
| 15 | She was forty-six : her face was unlined , her hair still golden without grey in it , her body trim , very trim , yet he seemed to be looking at an old woman . |
| 16 | Children are sometimes told ‘ it is rude to stare ’ , but cat-lovers often forget this rule when they are looking at an approaching feline . |
| 17 | The beginner should be looking at an initial purchase of one sail to allow them to learn in light winds of up to force two . |
| 18 | When I write again in twelve months ’ time I shall be extremely disappointed if , world events permitting , we have not met our targets and are not looking at an improved set of results . |
| 19 | An Indian lady from India sits in reception looking at an Indian film magazine and listening to Indian music . |
| 20 | A chance meeting at an international conference on prison security in Stockholm led to Latvia getting the blessing of a Scottish Office minister for assistance from the Scottish Prison Service towards reform of their penal system . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The Indian software industry is growing at an average rate of 35 per cent a year . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |