Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] at a [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | The limpet , like Neopilina , produces shell at an equal rate right round the circumference of the mantle and so builds a simple pyramid . |
| 2 | If the terms of redemption merely provided for their redemption at par , their holders would be highly vulnerable ; for if interest rates fell since the date of issue it would clearly pay the company to redeem them and to borrow money at a lower rate of interest than the fixed dividend . |
| 3 | Even in the early days , when wage differentials between the two cities were not great , the Edinburgh compositors were considered by their Glasgow colleagues to be lacking in spirit : " The printers [ i.e. compositors ] of Edinburgh had the unenviable reputation of being willing to accept work at a reduced rate in almost any town in the United Kingdom before 1840 . " |
| 4 | When executive search consultants leave or retire , they are forced to sell back the equity to other partners who , on election to the partnership , are encouraged to purchase stock at an agreed rate . |
| 5 | Fuel is needed if you want to stay in the air because the Epical engines consume fuel at an alarming rate . |
| 6 | In very few seasons , the practice of jumping off mountains with a ram-air parachute in tow , and prolonged descents with steerable harness has accelerated design at a rapid rate . |
| 7 | In fact , the SDDR , upon which work has progressed well and speedily — it is all part of the relief road system round the city — has started to discharge traffic at a great rate on to the A6 at Oadby , which is seeking to percolate further south on the A6 or further east towards the A47 . |
| 8 | At the end of February Greenspan remained optimistic and committed to maintaining interest rates when revised figures for real growth in GNP in the final quarter of 1989 showed growth at an annual rate of 0.9 per cent rather than the estimated 0.5 per cent . |
| 9 | If , for example , a haulage company wished to acquire a Volvo heavy goods vehicle as an addition to its existing mixed Meet of lorries , it would be given time — say , three years — to repay the sum borrowed , paying interest at a commercial rate each month for 36 months . |
| 10 | It may also provide a signal to alter glial cell metabolism when neurons release glutamate at a high rate . |
| 11 | Human activities are increasing the concentration of substances such as oxides of nitrogen , oxides of hydrogen , chlorine and bromine , to the extent that , through catalytic cycles , these substances may be removing ozone at a faster rate than it is being produced . |
| 12 | Having already paid for my return ticket I was cross at having to buy another one , and even more upset at having to pay extra for the one-way ticket and convert sterling at an unfavourable rate . |
| 13 | Offshore non-trading companies are exempt from corporation tax , but may waive their exemption and pay tax at an agreed rate . |
| 14 | The answer is that a reaction will take place at an appreciable rate only if there is a specific enzyme that speeds it up . |
| 15 | Young Londonderry men are committing suicide at a higher rate than almost any other group of people in the United Kingdom . |
| 16 | In 1978 it was claimed that these devices could not produce electricity at a cheaper rate than 20 pence per kilowatt hour ( as opposed to the Central Electricity Generating Board 's 2.7 pence per kilowatt hour ) but this has now been reduced to 10 pence per kilowatt hour while Dr Salter maintains that the Duck could achieve 4 pence per kilowatt hour . |
| 17 | One of the first indications that this belief would have to be abandoned came when calculations by the British scientists Lord Rayleigh and Sir James Jeans suggested that a hot object , or body , such as a star , must radiate energy at an infinite rate . |
| 18 | Few men could fail to shed weight at a satisfactory rate on a daily allowance of 1,500 calories . |
| 19 | However , the change is taking place at a differential rate which seems to be related to the relative prestige of the various media . |
| 20 | Hick made a break through into this problem as he proposed that in making choice reactions , subjects gain information at a constant rate . |
| 21 | At the lime that it was published , the report received a great deal of attention since it coincided with the brief economic boom of 1971 — 2 and workers were leaving agriculture at an alarming rate . |
| 22 | If the reconnection were to take place at a steady rate , the ion energy would show a continuous latitudinal dispersion . |
| 23 | A 20Mb/second SCSI-2 interface connects the host system and the array , allowing backup to take place at a sustained rate of 3.5Gb per hour . |
| 24 | He was shipping water at a furious rate and could plainly see that he was drowning . |
| 25 | Shares up to 10 per cent of the stock capital may be issued bearing interest at a predetermined rate and the holder of such share may exercise all shareholders ' rights , including the right to receive dividends . |
| 26 | Whereas in a normal year the king 's usual revenue barely met his obligations , in years of hostility expenditure outran income at an alarming rate . |
| 27 | But a body with a particular temperature must emit radiation at a certain rate . |