Example sentences of "[be] [verb] at an [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to avoid this obviously ridiculous result , the German scientist Max Planck suggested in 1900 that light , X rays , and other waves could not be emitted at an arbitrary rate , but only in certain packets that he called quanta . |
| 2 | After this ‘ completion period ’ ( of four years from the granting of outline planning permission or three years in the case of full planning permission ) , the charge was to be imposed at an annual rate of 30 per cent of the capital value of the land . |
| 3 | It is possible for indirect taxes to be levied at an even rate across all goods and services ; a sales tax with a single rate of , say , 5 per cent , or value added tax , are examples . |
| 4 | In rich societies , on the other hand , most people do have enough discretionary income left ( or have easy access to credit ) after they have paid for their food and shelter , though the numbers who do not appear to be growing at an alarming rate in some rich countries ( as the growth of homelessness in the United States and the United Kingdom seems to suggest ) . |
| 5 | The decision to dynamite the rock , using five tons of explosives , was taken last week after it was found to be moving at an accelerated rate . |
| 6 | Wicker waste paper baskets and bathroom sponges are guaranteed to be disintegrated at an alarming rate if left in the open . |
| 7 | Right we can supply bank information for instance we can supply you with the balance , erm we should be able to let you know what sort of standing orders there are , erm but that would be charged at an extra rate because |
| 8 | For net investment to increase , demand must be increasing at an increasing rate . |
| 9 | Luxemburg suggested that , whilst leaving only one half of the surplus-value to be consumed unproductively , the other half should be accumulated at an increasing rate of organic composition of capital ; that it should rise progressively from 5 : 1 to 6 : 1 to 7 : 1 , etc . |
| 10 | If your father dies and you are helping your widowed mother with these matters , you can assure her that not only will she not lose her own retirement pension , but that it may be paid at an increased rate after her husband 's death . |