Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] at [det] rate " in BNC.

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1 In this case at any rate the conclusion is clear .
2 We were short anyway , always are , and I thought , right Connie , I 'll know where you are this afternoon at any rate .
3 Er , I should also re , remind you so my brief informs me , of the no smoking rule , which was adopted at last year 's er , A G M , and which means there 's no smoking er , in this room at any rate , and certainly not during the meeting .
4 While classics , for example , are considered essentially upper- or upper-middle-class disciplines , engineering ( in this country at any rate ) has long been considered a subject suitable for aspirant working-class men .
5 er in , in this country at any rate .
6 Not this time at any rate .
7 There is a unity about the fictional world of Lawrence Durrell , but , to this reader at any rate , a meretricious one .
8 They were warned of the danger of giving credit — or too much credit at any rate — to mostly illiterate other ranks who were here today and gone tomorrow , and allowing them to run up debts which they had not the slightest chance , or intention , of paying .
9 We 'll keep you going all afternoon at this rate , wo n't we Ian .
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