Example sentences of "have been growing [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Political pressure has been growing for the Queen to pay . |
| 2 | Her salary has been growing to the point where she feels she can afford to buy a home and it promises to climb much further over the next few years . |
| 3 | iXOS , founded in 1988 by Hans Strach Zimmerman , formerly with Siemens AG , and Eberhard Faerber , founder of Peripherie Computer Systeme GmbH , is a privately-held company that has been growing at a rate of 50% per year , and employs 110 staff . |
| 4 | iXOS , founded in 1988 by Hans Strach Zimmerman ( ex Siemens ) and Eberhard Faerber ( founder of PCS Computer Systems ) , is a privately-owned company that has been growing at a rate of 50% per year , employs 110 staff . |
| 5 | Although doubts may have been growing about the Woodvilles ' ultimate intentions , there are no signs that anyone else was contemplating direct action against them — or that the family had yet done anything to warrant it . |
| 6 | Although doubts may have been growing about the Woodvilles ' ultimate intentions , there are no signs that anyone else was contemplating direct action against them — or that the family had yet done anything to warrant it . |
| 7 | Tension would then have been growing by the hour , and it must have been hard indeed for the men to keep themselves from being overstressed by apprehension and excitement . |
| 8 | ‘ Democracy Wall ’ soon became a popular venue for those with grievances and a focus for the dissent that had been growing under the surface for years . |
| 9 | Pressure had been growing for a change of leadership since the failure of Peres to form a government in April [ see pp. 37391-2 ] . |
| 10 | European overlordship , however , was to prove incompatible with the notions of Arab nationalism that had been growing since the end of the nineteenth century ; and it was no surprise that this would become apparent first in the most advanced country in the region , Egypt . |
| 11 | As his sword went back for his final sweep the sullen glow that had been growing in the doorway of the Broken Drum flickered , dimmed , and erupted into a roaring fireball that sent the walls billowing outward and carried the roof a hundred feet into the air before bursting through it , in a gout of red-hot tiles . |
| 12 | Those biomek filaments have been growing into the tank , you know . |