Example sentences of "[be] rising in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that this is partly due to the fact that incomes have been rising in real terms , so that people feel able to take on an increased burden of debt . |
| 2 | Furthermore , since the Korean War , military expenditure has , by and large , been falling as a percentage of GDP and material living standards have been rising in most capitalist economies . |
| 3 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman is aware of the fact that unemployment has been rising in most European Community countries and that it is higher than it was a year ago in every EFTA and G7 country . |
| 4 | Within the major firms this stock has been rising in some cases at over 20% per annum , and has proved to be a very good investment in spite of not being on the market . |
| 5 | Jack Cade 's rising in 1450 , which affected mainly Kent and various neighbouring counties , was a far more serious affair , and had repercussions over a much wider area . |
| 6 | ROBERT JONES has done more than enough to eclipse the new Moon that is rising in Welsh rugby . |
| 7 | Tension was rising in that city ; so was the militancy . |
| 8 | Indeed , the influence of women writers at the time was rising in many areas , as Fanny Burney 's Evelina ( 1778 ) and Hannah Cowley 's dramatic works placed them in the forefront of contemporary literature . |