Example sentences of "growing up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is the biggest of all seals , growing up to 14 feet long and a weight of two and a half tonnes . |
| 2 | This is a small , oval shaped wrasse , with only the largest of male specimens growing up to 14 centimetres in length . |
| 3 | This tall plant , growing up to 2 metres , is often accompanied by the even taller giant knotweed ( P sachalinense ) . |
| 4 | Your child poses no risk to other children and is able to go to nursery , playgroup or school and enjoy growing up with other children as much as his or her health allows . |
| 5 | ‘ Many are mostly torn apart growing up with two cultures and trying to reconcile themselves to both . ’ |
| 6 | Playing with other children , joining group activities , spending time in the park and playground — they 're all important parts of growing up for pre-school children . |
| 7 | When age and period interact , we may assume we are dealing with the unique experiences of a generation growing up under particular conditions . |
| 8 | It is hard for black youngsters , growing up in poor areas where few people have jobs , to see that ‘ making it ’ requires hard work and discipline . |
| 9 | It lends itself quite suitably to the UK sporting scene which is populated by many black sportsmen growing up in broken homes , settling on the side of the mother and eventually seeing the father as an anathema , as did Repton heavyweight Ray Tabi : |
| 10 | Today , rambutans ( Nephelium lappaceum , Sapindaceae ) are distributed this way , growing up around deserted encampments of forest people in the Malay Peninsula , and several other fruits gathered there can only be swallowed as the flesh is either difficult to remove or the seeds are too fiddly to extract ( as in blackberries , blackcurrants and tomatoes in modern society sewage farms raise good tomato plants ) : for example the mata-kuching ( Dimocarpus longan ) and the rambai ( Baccaurea motleyana , Euphorbiaceae ) . |