Example sentences of "continues [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It then continues to squint at the water , weaving slightly with endearing cross-eyed concentration . |
| 2 | Many academic research projects take years to complete ; a scheme designed to support them must thus be future-proof — and this in a world where technology continues to mutate at an alarming rate . |
| 3 | Nor is Roddick fearful that she will be unable to ensure that the most suitable people are recruited to join The Body Shop as it continues to grow at such a fast pace . |
| 4 | There has been a small reduction in cigarette smoking , to 1,008 per capita ; military spending fell in 1990 and figures for 1991 were expected to show a further decline ; and significantly smaller quantities of ozone-depleting chemicals are being produced ; but , disturbingly , grain production has fallen while population continues to grow at record rates . |
| 5 | The motor eventually reaches a maximum operating speed , which , as in the open-loop case , is dictated by the motor and load torque/speed characteristics , and continues to run at this speed until the target position is approached . |
| 6 | Even if output continues to decline at a similar pace in this quarter before it picks up in the next ( as most forecasters expect ) , the total peak-to-trough decline will look much shallower than the 2.7% average drop in GNP during the eight recessions since the second world war . |
| 7 | It may increase slightly but if fertility continues to decline at the present rate that is unlikely . |
| 8 | Some tracks are littered with hundreds of carcasses signifying an immense extension of the famine if the remaining livestock continues to die at this rate . |
| 9 | According to Professor Charles Boudouresque of Marseilles University , " the Mediterranean faces an ecological disaster if the seaweed continues to proliferate at its present rate " . |
| 10 | The estimated cost of the Channel tunnel continues to rise at an alarming rate , to the distress of both shareholders and the company 's bankers . |
| 11 | So , an ‘ epidemic ’ of heroin use occurs when incidence rises ( above the normal , endemic level of use ) and continues to rise at a rate higher than the outcidence rate . |