Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] at [art] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier this month , people were reported to be dying at the rate of 30 a day from hunger and the effects of Serb shelling . |
| 2 | At one point earlier this month townspeople were reported to be dying at the rate of 30 a day from shellfire and starvation . |
| 3 | Right , let's move on to the last session , where we 're going to be looking at the rate books . |
| 4 | Mr Lamont forecasts that the economy will be growing at the rate of three per cent per year in 12 months ' time ; he would have carried more conviction , if he had not made the same ‘ jam tomorrow ’ forecast a year ago . |
| 5 | At one stage the waters of Oulton Broad were reported to be rising at a rate of eight inches an hour . |
| 6 | My time is extremely valuable , and I am not going to be kept waiting here while people like patients take up five or 10 minutes when I shall not be earning at a rate that would put the salary of Members of Parliament to shame . |