Example sentences of "growing at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the preternatural green light she watched oak and elm slide into vision , growing at a fantastic pace , their branches reaching , entwining . |
| 2 | Experiments illustrated in figure 1 on fires in a storage of goods on pallets in open racks showed that in three minutes after ignition , the flames were growing at a dangerous rate , and that after eight minutes the flames had encompassed the whole height of the racking ( 18 m ) and were producing large volumes of acrid smoke . |
| 3 | Both imports and exports were shown to be growing at a similar rate . |
| 4 | Both imports and exports were shown to be growing at a similar rate . |
| 5 | ‘ In 1346 the population of Europe comprised eighty million people , and was growing at a rapid rate . |
| 6 | Communication by electronic means is growing at a rapid rate throughout industry and government organisations . |
| 7 | In spite of this German industry expanded rapidly : between 1870 and 1913 the UK economy was growing at an annual rate of about 2.2 per cent ; the French economy at 2.6 per cent ; the US economy at 3.2 per cent ; and the German economy at a staggering 4.3 per cent . |
| 8 | Once Korn/Ferry 's annual fee income — growing at an annual rate of 30% — had overtaken that of Heidrick and Struggles by 1978 and Boyden by 1979 , they sought overseas expansion . |
| 9 | With the South Korean economy growing at an annual rate of 3.1 per cent during the third quarter of 1992 , the lowest recorded level of growth since 1981 , the state of the country 's economy was the key issue of the election campaign . |
| 10 | If the economy is not growing at an annual rate of 3 per cent by the middle of 1994 as the Chancellor 's Budget arithmetic assumes , revenues will be less buoyant and the spending on welfare will be greater than forecast . |
| 11 | The Indian software industry is growing at an average rate of 35 per cent a year . |
| 12 | In this context Japan 's overwhelming dependence on imported oil set off the most severe economic recession since World War II and GNP actually fell by 1 per cent in 1974 after growing at an average rate of nearly 10 per cent in the previous six years . |
| 13 | If anything was growing at an alarming rate , it was the network of railway lines running out of the centre of London to outlying suburbs . |
| 14 | In rich societies , on the other hand , most people do have enough discretionary income left ( or have easy access to credit ) after they have paid for their food and shelter , though the numbers who do not appear to be growing at an alarming rate in some rich countries ( as the growth of homelessness in the United States and the United Kingdom seems to suggest ) . |
| 15 | Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it 's growing at an alarming rate . |
| 16 | The poverty figures are still growing at an alarming rate . ’ |