Example sentences of "[noun pl] are growing [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Simultaneously , calls are growing for the introduction of a new rouble backed by gold , akin to the Chervonets , a monetary unit brought in by Lenin in 1922 as part of his Economic Policy which permitted a measure of private enterprise .
2 No wonder calls are growing for the show to be put out of its misery once and for all .
3 The filaments are growing on the surface of fractured globular brittle vein hydrocarbon ( bitumen ) from the Needle 's Eye , south-west Scotland .
4 FEARS are growing for the safety of a teenager who disappeared on her way home from school a week ago .
5 FEARS are growing for the two-man crew of a missing fishing boat , after wreckage from the vessel was found by coastguards .
6 FEARS are growing for the safety of a 33year-old woman missing from her home since Friday .
7 Cause in the summer when the traffic lights are changing the trees are growing over the ones this side
8 One is a scene apparently in a vineyard , since grapes are growing on the vine stems .
9 The numbers are growing as the demand ever increases .
10 These twisted , stunted pines are growing at the extreme limits of their tolerance .
11 We can estimate when equation ( 1 ) will be applicable when crystals are growing in the boundary layer by an approximate analysis of local conditions .
12 Grass and weeds are growing onto the footway and making it impossible for parents with pushchairs to use if .
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