at a rate of knots

She backed at a rate of knots, her heart slamming.

At a rate of knots, I make no doubt.

But we're losing old pubs at a rate of knots and someone has to breathe new life into them.

We caught them at a rate of knots.

The contrast is that these Pacific rim countries are investing in tomorrow at a rate of knots.

So was Mary - still whizzing helplessly backwards, at a rate of knots.

This is lucky, because Uganda's trees are being felled at a rate of knots.

Either way, it was big and brutal and coming straight at her at a rate of knots.

I am a Windows fan, and can tell you that it runs applications at a rate of knots most folks just aren't accustomed to.

A signpost on the left-hand side of the road seemed to be rushing towards us at a rate of knots.

Across the world, marine ecosystems are being depleted at a rate of knots in order to satisfy the demands of a global consumer society.

'Making for the thorn at a rate of knots.'

Now, she started immediately, running sweetly, and I knew with satisfaction that once we were in the water we could get away at a rate of knots.

He rushed through the underworld below the Westway at a rate of knots, his route violent and oscillating.

Dan had tendinitis, Tord was always ill, and my voice and mental health were deteriorating at a rate of knots.

There was no visible turbulence in the water although the whales were moving at a rate of knots which few of man's submarines can equal when submerged.

Restrictive practices, which Clasper had fought so hard to introduce, were being discarded at a rate of knots in the quest to increase efficiency, output and earnings.

Jörg Müller then passed teammate Dirk to take the lead and then pulled away at a rate of knots.

He gulped some coffee, fisted more food into his mouth, the plateful of sausages, eggs and fried potatoes disappearing at a rate of knots.

Away from the hot-spots, stylish new properties, of the type that would not have been built four or five years ago, are proliferating at a rate of knots.

At 4:06pm on 28 Jan 2011, zzgrark wrote: I burn through loads of books at a rate of knots.

Thompson then had the rest of the pack close up on him, whereas Giovanardi and Tarquini continued to drive away at a rate of knots.

Greek, French, Maltese, Armenian, Italian and other ethnic minorities were busy leaving the Levant at a rate of knots.

And lastly, we cannot talk of tolerance when mosques are springing up at a rate of knots in Europe, but the same cannot be said of Christian churches in Islamic countries.