Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] at [art] [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mowing can usually be done less regularly during September as the grass starts to grow at a slower rate . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It may increase slightly but if fertility continues to decline at the present rate that is unlikely . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | From about 1850 , it begins to decline at an increasing rate up to the present day ( figure 2.5 ) . |