Example sentences of "[verb] been growing for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concern has been growing for some time now , voiced not only by the media but also by some high-powered academics , ex-civil servants and former senior government statisticians , that official information which should be wholly objective is being distorted , suppressed or otherwise interfered with to serve the political ends of the government . |
| 2 | Political pressure has been growing for the Queen to pay . |
| 3 | The power of Chaos had been growing for some years . |
| 4 | Pressure had been growing for a change of leadership since the failure of Peres to form a government in April [ see pp. 37391-2 ] . |
| 5 | As the miners ' issue has developed , demands have been growing for Michael Heseltine 's resignation . |