Example sentences of "[noun] has been growing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Jennifer in recent months has been growing through a difficult spell in the growing up process , particularly mentally . |
| 2 | C. As a port , Bristol has been growing in size and trade . |
| 3 | However , during the same period the Japanese economy has been growing at about 3% per year . |
| 4 | Over the past fifteen years concern has been growing over the environmental effects and social costs of ‘ acid rain' . |
| 5 | Concern has been growing for some time now , voiced not only by the media but also by some high-powered academics , ex-civil servants and former senior government statisticians , that official information which should be wholly objective is being distorted , suppressed or otherwise interfered with to serve the political ends of the government . |
| 6 | Political pressure has been growing for the Queen to pay . |
| 7 | The buzzard population in the province has been growing over the last few years and is believed to currently stand at 650 . |
| 8 | Her salary has been growing to the point where she feels she can afford to buy a home and it promises to climb much further over the next few years . |
| 9 | Fortunately , technical developments have ensured that the increase in computing power per unit cost has been growing at about an order of magnitude every 6 years over the last three decades . |
| 10 | For who within the service is seeking or is willing to dismantle these units whose power and autonomy has been growing in strides since the Royal Commission of 1960 and the subsequent Police Act of 1964 first created the amalgamated giants ? |