Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [art] [adj -er] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a biological catalyst , a catalyst being something that encourages a chemical reaction to proceed at a faster rate than it would do normally . |
| 2 | However , it has been judicially observed that the objection to a rent representing a percentage of the tenant 's turnover is that , if the price of a commodity rises at a faster rate than the cost of living , pressure is likely to develop on dealers in that commodity to reduce their margin of profit or rate of commission ( Naylor v Uttoxeter UDC ( 1974 ) 231 EG 619 per Brightman J ) . |
| 3 | While the country 's heritage vanished at an ever-faster rate , our town centres would sprout cosmeticized precincts and flower boxes and hold congratulatory receptions . |
| 4 | It has so far only managed to produce a sample P5 running at 40MHz — just two thirds of the 66MHz speed Intel intended — and can not get the thing to work at a faster rate . |
| 5 | It is probably significant that manufacturing employment fell at a slower rate in the North than in the South from 1984 to 1987 , and was estimated to have increased from 1987 to 1989 . |
| 6 | With emissions of oxides of nitrogen increasing at a faster rate than sulphur dioxide emissions , nitric acid will increase in relative importance in its contribution to acid precipitation ( Lewis and Grant , 1980 ) . |
| 7 | In every case the estimate of β was markedly higher for the period closer to delivery , i.e. volatility declines at a faster rate in the fifty days just before delivery . |
| 8 | There is , however , separate evidence which shows that the Jovian interior is indeed hot , namely , that Jupiter radiates energy to space at a greater rate than that at which it absorbs energy from the Sun . |
| 9 | Subjects seemed to provide No responses slower than giving Yes responses initially , but No response reaction time increased at a greater rate tending to converge with reaction time for Yes responses in larger memory sets of about four digits onwards . |