Example sentences of "grow [adv prt] in the shadow " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only gradually did it dawn on those responsible that vigorous and determined nationalist organizations had grown up in the shadow of the Japanese , that these movements had flourished exceedingly in the vacuum left by the collapse of Japanese power , and that if the colonial regimes were to be reconstituted it could only be by force . |
| 2 | He was an unhappy personality , who had obviously grown up in the shadow of his father and had decided that the assumption of a totally aggressive demeanour was the only way of maintaining a personality of his own that would be distinct from that of his famous , indeed most famous — parent . |
| 3 | He respected Marshal Tolonen greatly ; had grown up in the shadow of the old man . |
| 4 | Growing up in the shadow of Olivier had already left its mark on Richard professionally . |
| 5 | ‘ An entire generation of Filipinos grew up in the shadow of dictatorship , ’ wrote Sheila Coronel of the Manila Times . |
| 6 | The European Community grew up in the shadow of the Atlantic alliance . |
| 7 | The child Nizan grew up in the shadow of death . |