Example sentences of "[noun sg] grew at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Membership grew at an astonishing pace , reaching close to 30,000 in the late 1970s . |
| 2 | In the fourth quarter of 1992 , the economy grew at an annual rate of 4.7% , which gave a roseate glow to Bill Clinton 's first few weeks in office but always looked too good to last . |
| 3 | However , most of the next decade was a testimony to the wisdom of the Bretton Woods arrangements since international trade grew at an unprecedented rate . |
| 4 | During the century after the Restoration rural industries such as framework knitting and nailmaking grew at an unprecedented rate and the industrial towns flourished as never before . |
| 5 | According to Blecher , ‘ Per capita grain production grew at an average annual rate of 3.7 per cent from 1978 to 1984 , compared to 1.2 per cent during the previous thirteen years ’ ( Benewick and Wingrove 1988 : 100 ) . |