Example sentences of "growth in [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 She believes that the sudden growth in women 's writing and the interest in issues relating to women was largely owing to the rise of the companionate marriage .
2 Women did find a new means of articulating their experiences by publishing , yet it is a mistake to believe that the huge growth in women 's writing went hand in hand with equally momentous shifts in attitudes toward marriage .
3 But even up to the age of 30 the growth in women 's wages is only 35 per cent compared to 90 per cent for men .
4 This growth in women 's propensity to take paid work probably has both economic and social origins , but our analyses of fertility suggest that it is not an important explanatory factor in the ‘ baby bust ’ .
5 The appearance of women at Russian stations has to some extent been matched by a growth in women 's employment in railways elsewhere .
6 The same growth in women 's employment at stations took place in France and Germany .
7 The neglect of the needs of those disabled after retirement age is excused by reference to the growth in pensioners ' incomes in recent years which , of course , overlooks the acute poverty among older people with disabilities and the fact that the growth in incomes has been concentrated among better-off pensioners .
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