Sentence examples for formidable rates from inspiring English sources

It is worth noting that a central observation in Argentina's relative decline is that it was accompanied by a strong reduction in private investment: from the formidable rates of capital accumulation pre-1913 financed primarily by foreigners to the dismal later performance.

Drilling for oil was going on at a formidable rate, with 3,099 oil rigs operating in this country, according to figures from Baker Hughes.

In 1981, an awful year in which high wages and low productivity meant labour was being shed at a formidable rate, and unemployment rose to more than three million.

Nevertheless he still kept up a formidable rate of output, using the Cambridge to London train journeys as an opportunity to spend time talking with his research students (whose fares he would naturally pay) about their research projects.

Macao is accumulating capital at a formidable rate.

The parallel operation of many millions of glomerulus/nephron units allows formidable filtration rates, amounting to 170 liters of primary filtrate/day in a healthy human adult.

But although China invests at a formidable pace, it also saves at a prodigious rate.

For a long time the company had a formidable "win rate", securing 70% of the contracts it bid for.

The soft-yolked Scotch egg with mustard sauce was a hearty addition to the drinks, but perhaps not enough of a base to sustain a formidable dramming rate.

As sceptics like to point out, his formidable popularity rating, in percentage points, almost matches the price of oil, in dollars per barrel (now about $74).

As Sweden's population has aged 18% of Swedes today are over 65 and retired, compared with 14% in 1970 the country's economic performance has languished, with its once-formidable growth rate falling well below the OECD average over the last two decades.