Example sentences of "[noun sg] continue [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of living continued to rise in wartime . |
| 2 | Kossoff 's work continues to decline in value : having previously changed hands in the London trade for around £20,000 , the beautiful ‘ Pauline II ’ coloured chalk and charcoal ( lot 22 ) was bought for a bargain £3,200 ( $4,800 ) by another London dealer . |
| 3 | The boy continued to stand in front of Alice , where he had been placed . |
| 4 | There was a sense in which both Whigs and Tories made the Revolution , and could claim it as their own ; but because of the compromises which had to be worked out , both were left feeling dissatisfied with the eventual outcome , something which helps to explain why partisan strife continued to grow in intensity after 1689 . |
| 5 | The visual system is complete at birth , although the eye continues to grow in size until adolescence . |
| 6 | The salon Nautique continues to increase in importance as a major international exhibition ; its steady development reflects the growing importance of yachting as the basis for a major European industry . |
| 7 | His parliamentary role continued to grow in importance : in early 1678 he chaired committees of the whole House on supply and on ways and means . |
| 8 | Erm , the oil company continue to invest in capital expenditure , as it should do and er , most of that is spent between services , drilling and , and radar and at , Tussauds we continue to invest er , Alton Towers has got er , the Ghost House opening today and the Runaway Train and we were finishing off the Marylebone Road project , which is a very big , big project involving er , re the complete refurbishment er , new shops and a view right there in the basement . |
| 9 | The Investors in People initiative launched last year continued to grow in activity . |
| 10 | There may be pragmatic merit in this , but the position continues to abound in anomaly . |
| 11 | The market continued to prosper in trade and custom in this form until the outbreak of the second war . |
| 12 | The plant continued to run in warm-up mode while the federal government attempted unsuccessfully to persuade North-Rhine Westphalia to reconsider . |