Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] [adj] rate and " in BNC.
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| 1 | By subjecting the specimen to a tensile force applied at a uniform rate and measuring the resulting deformation , a curve of the type shown in figure 13.6 can be constructed . |
| 2 | Business therefore expanded at a great rate and labour was not as well organised or well informed as it is today . |
| 3 | In rural Wales , for example , taking 1938–39 as the year of the ‘ peak ’ network , considerable decline may be seen in route mileage in the first decade up to 1949 , although this did not occur at a constant rate and varied considerably in the north and south of Wales , and according to the specific operating companies considered . |
| 4 | It is this age group which is now growing at the fastest rate and the support of the sometimes frail ‘ old ’ is an important policy issue . |
| 5 | The hardware platforms on which this software runs are also improving at a similar rate and , as they are not proprietary , it is possible for the user to upgrade at will rather than when the developer demands . |
| 6 | The difficulty with this anemone is that once established it reproduces at a tremendous rate and literally swamps the aquarium with large numbers of offspring . |
| 7 | A male , therefore , feeding at the same rate and converting energy into gametes at the same rate as a female , can produce gametes at a much higher rate . |
| 8 | Because incense burns at an even rate and without flame , it is well suited for measuring the division of the religious day and for other purposes . |
| 9 | Fossil fuel reserves are depleted at a frantic rate and materials are squandered to manufacture throw-away products for the short-term profit maximisation of a rapacious economic system . |
| 10 | However , by using a good catalyst a reaction can be run at a high rate and at a lower temperature , thus saving energy . |
| 11 | During the century after the Restoration rural industries such as framework knitting and nailmaking grew at an unprecedented rate and the industrial towns flourished as never before . |
| 12 | Their gig attendances grew at an alarming rate and occasional support spots to The Fall were no longer a viable notion . |
| 13 | Medical care will continue to develop at a dazzling rate and London has the chance to be in the forefront of international medicine once again . |
| 14 | Fashions change at an alarming rate and at any given time experts hold differing views . |
| 15 | Note that if you take Kugelbaum 's football and let all the pentagons expand at the same rate and at the expense of the Ts until every T has shrunk to a point you will be left with a regular dodecahedron , having 12 pentagonal faces . |
| 16 | With regard to UK source income it was accepted , because the income arose in the United Kingdom , that the trust was liable to tax at the basic rate and the additional 10 per cent rate ( p474(h) ) . |
| 17 | Welcome back : Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate and urgent action is needed to protect it for future generations . |
| 18 | Of these claims , 1535 ( 77.2% ) were paid at the higher rate and 453 ( 22.8% ) at the lower rate paid for visits done by deputising services . |
| 19 | On September 21 , 1945 , he wrote to the defendants saying that rent must be paid at the full rate and claiming that arrears amounting to £7,916 were due . |
| 20 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
| 21 | If unavoidable delays do occur the operative should be paid at the basic rate and the hours excluded from bonus calculations . |