Example sentences of "[subord] at [art] [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | Total business declined in the first quarter , although at a slower rate than at any time over the past year . |
| 2 | None the less , what the United States data imply is that the upward trend in recorded crime is in the same direction as actual victimization , although at a slower rate . |
| 3 | ( Some nuclei that are not aligned with the field also take part in fusion reactions , although at a slower rate . ) |
| 4 | The company has dropped strong hints to union leaders that the current programme involving cuts of 24,000 over the next year will be followed by a further rundown , although at a lower rate . |
| 5 | One could speculate that behaviour would continue to improve , although at a decreasing rate , with it perhaps approaching a plateau somewhere below the optimum ; one might also want to speculate that there would be different plateaus for different people — reflecting the ‘ fact ’ that some individuals are better decision-makers than others . |
| 6 | Another scale of wholesale charges for unused equipment is also useful for people who like a particular product so much that they genuinely want to buy it for themselves , albeit at a preferential rate . |
| 7 | With year-end gearing under 5 p.c. , spending on marketing and product development this year will rise as a proportion of sales , albeit at a slower rate than in 1991 . |
| 8 | Happily , Fraser himself is making progress , albeit at a gentle rate . |
| 9 | Exports rose by 9 per cent in 1989 ( albeit at a lower rate than the 14 per cent recorded in the previous two years ) , to $110,000 million ( fob ) and imports by 8 per cent , thus leaving a commercial balance of $28,000 million . |
| 10 | Yet the bosses ' bonanza has continued , albeit at a reduced rate , into the recession . |
| 11 | It is known that forage grass species can grow , albeit at a reduced rate , at chilling temperatures , and that this ability shows ‘ wide ecotypic and genetic variation , which is of potential value in the production of varieties with growth cycles matched to the climate in their area of cultivation ’ . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , if incidence starts to fall while outcidence remains stable , prevalence continues to rise , albeit at a decreasing rate , and begins to fall only when incidence drops below the level of outcidence . |
| 13 | Art , being the alter-ego of Religion , reflects this trend , albeit at an intensified rate . |
| 14 | Between 1957 and 1967 eight times as many such collections appeared as in the previous decade , and thereafter the flow continued , if at a slower rate . |
| 15 | In broad terms , our membership of the European Economic Community was likely to quicken the pace of technical and economic change in the industry , thereby causing a further contraction of the labour force and a further substitution of capital for labour , though at a slower rate than in the previous decade . |
| 16 | For the decade 1975–84 , the OECD ( Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ) reported for the UK a decrease in total manufacturing output of 4.3 per cent , while virtually all the other major industrial nations increased their output ( though at a lower rate than before 1975 ) — Japan by 61.4 per cent , the USA by 41.6 per cent , Italy by 22.1 per cent , and West Germany by 16.0 per cent . |
| 17 | On the subject of Curtis Cup selection , she says : ‘ Oh , that 's a long way off , ’ though at the present rate of progress , it may not be as distant a prospect as she thinks . |