Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] at an " in BNC.

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1 Over this period the stock of such investments has expanded at an average annual compound rate of just under 19% .
2 Yields have remained at an average of more than 2.6 tonnes a hectare .
3 The problem of the trade balance is caused by the fact that imports have risen at an even faster rate , a most unusual phenomenon during such a severe recession .
4 Some of these changes seem to occur at an early stage of the neoplastic process .
5 It 's right that Joe Hawkins and Allen 's other legendary aggro merchants should now be given a new lease of life , and Allen is absolutely sure of his books ' continued relevance : ‘ The doubts and problems which confronted yesteryear 's skinheads have multiplied at an alarming rate in today 's world .
6 Consumer prices had accelerated at an annualized rate of 5.5 per cent in January 1990 , and the visible trade surplus in 1989 was the lowest recorded for 10 years .
7 Many severely handicapped children do die at an early age through natural causes , but at least the parents can feel that they did everything they could for the child when it was alive .
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