Example sentences of "[verb] at an [adv] [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem of the trade balance is caused by the fact that imports have risen at an even faster rate , a most unusual phenomenon during such a severe recession . |
| 2 | The only certainty in today 's fast-moving home entertainment industry is that advances in product technology will occur at an even faster rate . |
| 3 | In that most cultivated of species , cultural changes proceed at an exceptionally high rate , and affect nearly all components of behaviour . |
| 4 | Her eyes were rolling with terror as she began to struggle to free herself from the tenacious , sucking mud — struggles that only served to hasten the process and cause her to sink at an even greater rate . |
| 5 | In the coming two years sales are targeted to continue at an even faster rate , contributing an extra 9.5 billion to the Exchequer by April 1988 . |
| 6 | What remained of woodland by the end of the medieval period was devoured at an ever increasing rate . |