Example sentences of "have been growing [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Farmer Rob Keene has been growing pumpkins for five years , and he 's seen sales rocket . |
2 | It is enough that there should have been growing pockets of households within the income range £50 to £200 a year , sufficient to have amounted to around 15 per cent of the population in 1750 and 20 to 25 per cent by 1780 . |
3 | Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between . |
4 | In recent years there had been growing calls for a reform of the federal system of government , which it was argued led to costly duplication between federal , state and territorial authorities . |
5 | There had been growing demands for Yeltsin to resign as Prime Minister . |
6 | There have been growing fears that aluminium could be responsible for causing the disease , with leading experts calling for reductions in the metal in drinking water . |
7 | Since the 1960s there have been growing suspicions that Alzheimer 's disease ( a form of senile dementia ) is associated with high levels of aluminium . |
8 | Terrapins have been left here and in similar ponds around the country by bored pet owners for years , but the numbers have been growing thanks to children who have tired of the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle craze that led them to buy terrapins in the first place . |
9 | The Dockerty family have been growing hops since Tudor times and know a thing or two about them . |