Example sentences of "grow at an alarming [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lynda Warren , author of the report , said : " This industry has grown at an alarming rate , in a complete policy vacuum . |
| 2 | If anything was growing at an alarming rate , it was the network of railway lines running out of the centre of London to outlying suburbs . |
| 3 | In rich societies , on the other hand , most people do have enough discretionary income left ( or have easy access to credit ) after they have paid for their food and shelter , though the numbers who do not appear to be growing at an alarming rate in some rich countries ( as the growth of homelessness in the United States and the United Kingdom seems to suggest ) . |
| 4 | Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it 's growing at an alarming rate . |
| 5 | The poverty figures are still growing at an alarming rate . ’ |
| 6 | The creature grows at an alarming rate , then escapes and cuts a swathe of destruction as it moves through the southern Italian countryside . |
| 7 | Their gig attendances grew at an alarming rate and occasional support spots to The Fall were no longer a viable notion . |