Example sentences of "[noun pl] be 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 | All the lead from the roof had been stolen by official vandals , and bushes were growing through the floor of the entrance hall . |
| 4 | In particular , an awareness of environmental risks is growing amongst the financial institutions , as well as insurance companies and lawyers . |
| 5 | The filaments are growing on the surface of fractured globular brittle vein hydrocarbon ( bitumen ) from the Needle 's Eye , south-west Scotland . |
| 6 | FEARS are growing for the safety of a teenager who disappeared on her way home from school a week ago . |
| 7 | FEARS are growing for the two-man crew of a missing fishing boat , after wreckage from the vessel was found by coastguards . |
| 8 | FEARS are growing for the safety of a 33year-old woman missing from her home since Friday . |
| 9 | Cause in the summer when the traffic lights are changing the trees are growing over the ones this side |
| 10 | Mature beech trees were growing from the dry moat 's bed . |
| 11 | One is a scene apparently in a vineyard , since grapes are growing on the vine stems . |
| 12 | The numbers are growing as the demand ever increases . |
| 13 | These twisted , stunted pines are growing at the extreme limits of their tolerance . |
| 14 | We can estimate when equation ( 1 ) will be applicable when crystals are growing in the boundary layer by an approximate analysis of local conditions . |
| 15 | Grass and weeds are growing onto the footway and making it impossible for parents with pushchairs to use if . |
| 16 | In the 1950s West European economies had already recovered from the war , trade amongst all advanced states was growing in the 1960s and Western trade expansion was helped by the ‘ Kennedy Round ’ of tariff reductions involving Europe and North America . |
| 17 | It seemed indeed that the numbers of low-paid unskilled jobs were growing with the advance of mechanization . |