Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] at [art] [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roberts , using statistics for 1960 , 1970 and projected for 1980 , shows how in six of the largest Latin American countries , Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Mexico , Peru and Venezuela , the urban population has grown at a faster rate than has the total population ( Roberts 1978 ) . |
| 2 | International factoring has grown at a faster rate than domestic factoring over the past five years but still remains only a small fraction of domestic business . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Lynda Warren , author of the report , said : " This industry has grown at an alarming rate , in a complete policy vacuum . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Between 1985 and 1990 , however , the number of people aged over 85 supported in residential care by local authorities has declined at a slower rate than that for all people aged 65+ . |
| 8 | It 's paid at a reduced rate for the period of the suspension . |