Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] at [art] [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the first two years of the Thatcher Government are excluded — when the Government managed to achieve a negative rate of growth — the British economy has grown at an average rate of 3 per cent . |
| 2 | Lynda Warren , author of the report , said : " This industry has grown at an alarming rate , in a complete policy vacuum . |
| 3 | M4 , the best measure we have , has risen at an annual rate of around 18 per cent , and even this year it has continued to rise at that rate . |
| 4 | Business starts continue at a high rate , with more than 1,000 per week throughout the spring and summer under enterprise allowance alone . |
| 5 | Britain 's reported current-account deficit has run at an annual rate of £20 billion ( $34 billion ) in the first two months of this year , equivalent to 4% of GDP — even bigger than America 's . |
| 6 | A turning point may be reached if income starts to rise at a decreasing rate ; investment will start to fall and as soon as the fall in investment exceeds the rise in consumption , income will start to fall . |
| 7 | ‘ If the number of candidates keeps rising at the present rate ’ , he said , ‘ then by the year 2010 the entire population of the world will have a SCOTVEC National Certificate ! ’ |
| 8 | Many academic research projects take years to complete ; a scheme designed to support them must thus be future-proof — and this in a world where technology continues to mutate at an alarming rate . |
| 9 | For a while Glass found it difficult to find people to perform his work , so he formed his own ensemble ( which continues performing at a prodigious rate ) . |
| 10 | It may increase slightly but if fertility continues to decline at the present rate that is unlikely . |
| 11 | The estimated cost of the Channel tunnel continues to rise at an alarming rate , to the distress of both shareholders and the company 's bankers . |
| 12 | Many beginners find it difficult , at first , to remember the Japanese phrases , but within the first few months of practice the language barrier begins to fade at a rapid rate . |
| 13 | As growing organisms incorporate radio-carbon and after death of the organism the trapped radio-carbon begins to decay at a known rate with half lost after 5730 years , it is possible to indicate when death occurred . |
| 14 | From about 1850 , it begins to decline at an increasing rate up to the present day ( figure 2.5 ) . |
| 15 | It 's paid at a reduced rate for the period of the suspension . |