Example sentences of "[pron] [be] growing in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was growing in emotional courage , and I had the rather wry thought that Leslie would have been proud of me . |
| 2 | We will continue to pursue policies designed to alleviate social needs , to promote equity of treatment and to widen the sense of common purpose which is growing in the Province . |
| 3 | The T-cut brief , inspired by swimming trunks , is a shape which is growing in popularity , as is the longer-line short . ’ |
| 4 | Public prosecutor Andrei Makarov declared afterwards that it had been significant " not so much because it punished Ostashvili , but because it brought to light the forces standing behind this small figure and exposed the fascism which is growing in society " . |
| 5 | The performance is part of a small opera festival , now in its fourth year , which is growing in popularity and reputation . |
| 6 | There was a delicious smell wafting from a pink hyacinth which was growing in a glass on the table at his side . |
| 7 | He is the supreme Teacher for Christians who are growing in grace and in knowledge of their Lord . |
| 8 | It 's a great inner joy to feel that you 're growing in grace . |
| 9 | Although at times her behaviour can be challenging , she is growing in confidence and is lively and chatty , with a great sense of humour and imagination . |
| 10 | Now , after years of self-doubt , she was growing in confidence and beginning to shed the tensions of her formative years . |
| 11 | While Edinburgh itself was growing in importance as a centre of government , the temporary residence was refashioned into a palace . |
| 12 | It was noted in this context that , despite Kaifu 's political problems , the LDP itself was growing in strength . |
| 13 | So something was growing in the garden after all ! |
| 14 | For slowly , half-consciously , but inexorably , there was growing in her mind the conviction that she would have to leave home . |
| 15 | The plants from countries with hot dry summers tend to put their roots down very deeply into the soil , especially if they are growing in rocky soil on exposed " hillsides , so containers with as much depth as possible are advisable . |
| 16 | It is frequently said that most herbs do best if they are growing in well-drained soil , somewhat short of plant food , and in a position which is sunny and sheltered . |
| 17 | It 'll be necessary for all of us to go back and look at those very very carefully and to think to what extent they address the kinds of problems that we can actually see developing , the kinds of things which we are fighting our way away from in the statutory services and yet might find that they are growing in an uncontrolled way in the development of the private sector . |
| 18 | The new pool owner will almost certainly feel some concern for the waterlilies during the winter but , providing they are growing in a suitable depth of water , they will overwinter perfectly . |
| 19 | That type of putting back into a business context , is something which er we need to help the business come to terms with while they are growing in this new scheme of procuring work in a more formal and structured way . |
| 20 | After the cool period , treat the bulbs exactly as if they were growing in compost . |
| 21 | For even if the Danes say Yes to the treaty ( see next article ) , worries about it are growing in three European countries that have hitherto been staunchly pro-European . |
| 22 | It 's growing in a mental |
| 23 | Even in the prenatal period the fetus is communicating that it is growing in size ; and in the later months of pregnancy that it is capable of movement . |
| 24 | With the stake firmed in the hole , hold the tree up with a simple string loop , and plant it just as you would for a bush — except that , without the bud to go by , you will have to look carefully for the soil ‘ tide mark ’ where it was growing in the nursery and finish off to that height , with the standard stem about 1½–2 inches ( 4–5cm ) from the stake . |
| 25 | I only once went into his garden , a beautifully kept one , even in war-time , when he kindly picked a bunch of tulips for me and showed me some new potatoes he was growing in pots in the greenhouse . |
| 26 | By the time we were enquiring for the Hacienda Lucinda he was growing in my mind as something wholly evil , as deformed and monstrous as Victor Hugo 's hunchback of Notre Dame without the saving grace of simplicity . |