Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] rate as [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | At present the ice sheet is believed to be replenished by snow fall at about the same rate as ice melts or is lost into the sea . |
2 | Operating system revenues were up $1.8m to $61.7m , though revenue growth has not increased at the same rate as unit volumes shipped because of volume discount schedules . |
3 | In the range £20 — £39 a clear majority of people were taxed on goods , many not owning any land at all , and since personal property at this level was insufficient to confer gentry status , members of the group occupied an intermediate position , lacking on the one hand the landed property necessary for gentlemen ; they were , on the other hand , judged competent to pay tax at the same rate as gentlemen , making them men of undeniable substance in comparison with the rank and file of country folk . |
4 | If you become unemployed , you draw unemployment benefit at the same rate as retirement pension , but there is no increment for those weeks . |
5 | In other words , the real cost of employing labour rose at the same rate as productivity — over 3 per cent a year ( figure 8.3 ) . |
6 | In a organ size is increasing roughly at the same rate as body size : the slope of the continuous line thus is about 1 , which denotes isometry , rather than allometry . |