Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] [adv] faster [subord] " in BNC.

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1 The slight variation of the longitudinal velocity in Fig. 21.19(b) , as indicated by the spacing of dye patches , implies that fluid close to the wall is moving much faster than average .
2 A fifth of England could be built on by the middle of the next century , according to a report from the Council for the Preservation of Rural England ( CPRE ) , which finds that countryside is disappearing much faster than official figures suggest .
3 And , just like a spent rocket , the plummet to earth is happening even faster than the upward rise .
4 The water from the lower source is emitted sufficiently faster than the main flow that it forms a turbulent jet .
5 Describing the market as ‘ unquenchable ’ , UK managing director of Precision Visuals , Nick Lewis , says the European market is growing proportionately faster than that in the US .
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