Sentence examples for rate slightly from inspiring English sources

And there is some evidence that MCTs do increase the metabolic rate slightly.

The activity should be vigorous enough to increase the heart rate slightly and get a bit sweaty.

Consumer prices rose by 2.1% in the year to December, a rate slightly above the Bank of England's 2% target.

Spain's GDP rose by 0.9% in the third quarter, reducing its year-on-year growth rate slightly, to 4.1%.

After he pointed that that he was making all his payments promptly, the company cut his rate slightly, to 19percentt.

The United Nations estimates that the world's current population, 6.2 billion, is growing at an annual rate slightly over 1.2percentt, producing some 77 million people.

Under the deal, lawmakers have agreed to a spending rate slightly higher than the current one, despite a call by some conservative Republicans for a lower one.

The Capitals are 2 for 7 with a man advantage in the series, an efficiency rate slightly higher than their league-leading 26.8 percent during the regular season.

In Asia, shares fell after China's central bank raised a key interest rate slightly for the first time in nearly five months.

This growth was largely the result of migration from other states; the birth rate was slightly above, and the death rate slightly below, the national average.

Being Greek, with a tax rate slightly lower than France's, was like wielding a credit card you never expected to pay off.