Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] faster [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that means it is the turn of the guard 's watch to go faster than the driver 's . |
| 2 | There are a number of reasons for expecting the prices of index futures to adjust faster than the spot price , i.e. the market index . |
| 3 | And the cost of houses rose faster than purchasing power in most countries during the 1970s , so the gap between need and availability has grown even greater . |
| 4 | As Chief Constable of Gloucestershire Mr Pacey lead a force where car crime rose faster than anywhere else in Britain . |
| 5 | Speed limiting devices to stop cars going faster than 70mph and lorries more than 60mph could be fitted to try to cut fuel consumption . |
| 6 | One of the key features of contemporary ocean shipment is that many of the vessels travel faster than the airmailed ocean bill of lading . |
| 7 | The agreed national rural electrification programme proceeded faster than planned , and by 1958 72 per cent of farms were already connected . |
| 8 | And if you go and have a look at the tables , you find that Abbey Life actually makes your money grow faster than a lot of other insurance companies . |
| 9 | ‘ But why did the keys fall faster than the paper ? ’ |
| 10 | Mostly these were on the west coast where glaciers moved faster since the snowfall was heavier near the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 11 | If you increase the amount of reward the rats run faster than rats that have always received the large reward and if you decrease it the reverse happens ; the rats run more slowly than those that have always had the small reward . |
| 12 | However , in the non-thermonuclear fusion process above , a neutron emitted in the direction of the moving deuteron will have a higher energy than one emitted in the opposite direction , much as an object thrown from a moving vehicle travels faster when thrown forwards . |
| 13 | Although consumption grew faster than output leading to a rapid expansion of imports , the generally improving terms of trade rendered the trade gap small . |
| 14 | Also , some lines sink faster than others , so choose one type for legering and another for float fishing . |
| 15 | On the one hand , if the chosen index rises faster than rents , or if rents fall , the tenant may find himself paying a rent in excess of the market rent ; on the other hand , if rents rise faster than the chosen index , the landlord may find himself receiving an uneconomic return from his property . |
| 16 | Last year costs climbed faster than revenues ; this year they may well do so again . |
| 17 | Well-laid plans are all very well , but things beyond the control of economists or politicians can make one country 's reform happen faster than another 's . |
| 18 | Since the period in question has been one of economic growth , and since it is argued that the demand for temporary workers grows faster than the demand for labour as a whole in periods of rising economic activity , our findings are particularly noteworthy . |
| 19 | Since one of these — the LFS — spans a period of economic growth , and since it is argued that the demand for temporary workers grows faster than demand for labour as a whole in periods of rising economic activity , this finding is particularly striking . |
| 20 | Not like the population grows faster than the food so |
| 21 | ‘ His faculties seem to expand every day , ’ Dorothy wrote in early March ; ‘ he composes with much more facility than he did , as to the mechanism of poetry , and his ideas flow faster than he can express them . |
| 22 | Even before these improvements take effect , though , we are finding that claims have in recent years increased faster than premiums . |
| 23 | The result is that GaAs based circuits work faster than silicon . |
| 24 | Thus it is possible for a particle to travel faster than light . |
| 25 | Payment of salaries and pensions was 221,600 million roubles in arrears , and half the population was said to be on or below the monthly minimum consumption level ( set in June at 2,150 roubles ) , as prices for goods and service rose faster than wages and food production fell by 23 per cent . |
| 26 | Of course , the same was said of Bob Tway when he won four in 1986 ( including one that Norman should have won ) and that notion disappeared faster than Lord Lucan . |
| 27 | He should remember that export volumes of manufactured goods grew faster than in the United States throughout the 1980s , that manufacturing grew faster than in France or Italy during the 1980s , and that Britain exports a larger proportion of its national product than Japan , a point recognised by even the Scottish National party . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're saying that in a building — a skyscraper , say — on the top floor , the clocks go faster than those on the ground floor ! ’ |
| 29 | Things move faster than they used to . |
| 30 | MUCH AS he has been donning the hornrimmed glasses and adopting his Clark Kent persona of late , Curtly Ambrose has few equals when it comes to persuading a cricket ball to move faster than a speeding bullet or leap tall batsmen in a single bound . |