Example sentences of "[noun] have been growing [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since early April , tension had been growing between Tito and the Western Allies over Tito 's claim that the whole of the area of north-east Italy known as Venezia Giulia should become part of a " Greater Yugoslavia " . |
| 2 | Doubts had been growing over Merseyside 's ability to gain Objective One status and the estimated £1bn package of EC grants it could bring . |
| 3 | As the miners ' issue has developed , demands have been growing for Michael Heseltine 's resignation . |
| 4 | C. As a port , Bristol has been growing in size and trade . |
| 5 | All these trees had been growing on peat do you see , and the peat was dry . |
| 6 | Such conclusions had been growing in force in American higher education for many years , and especially since the investigation carried out by Harvie Branscomb , librarian of Duke University , in the later 19305 at the request of the Association of American Colleges . |
| 7 | 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 ? |