Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] growth " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a stepping stone in my spiritual growth . |
| 2 | Some countries enhance their economic growth rates by acquiring some factor endowments outside their national frontiers , e.g. use of specialised labour or importation of capital equipment . |
| 3 | The undertaking was the dream of Yoshikuni Kamichika , its president , who , on a visit to Holland had been impressed at the way the Dutch had managed to retain an ecological balance despite their economic growth . |
| 4 | The structure of the economy is clearly the basis on which to build a classification of the countries of the world in terms of their economic growth , or lack of it . |
| 5 | The aim is to analyse a problem which economic growth alone has failed to cure — and to consider possible new forms of public action . |
| 6 | The Emperor provided the will and the authority ; Haussmann carried out the schemes for which the stability of the regime , linked to its economic growth and prosperity , provided the money . |
| 7 | The 1972 Oxford survey investigated how far these patterns had changed in the post-war period with all its economic growth and social reform . |
| 8 | Also , the inability of Britain to sustain its economic growth from about 1870 onwards was partly explained by inadequate state welfare protection for its citizens . |
| 9 | A thriving plants depends as much on root vitality as on the good health of its top growth . |
| 10 | The outcome of patients who had completed their linear growth ( defined by attainment of Tanner stage 5 pubertal development and less than 1 cm of growth in 12 months ) at the time of the study was also reviewed . |
| 11 | Although their linear growth improved ( change in SDS for height=+0.87 ( 0.93 ) , 10 of the 17 had final heights below the third centile ( SDS for ultimate height=-1.94 ( 0.93 ) ) . |
| 12 | In 1971–76 their overall growth rate was already considerably in excess of that for the rest of Britain , but subsequently the gap has widened , particularly since 1981 . |
| 13 | The stress laid by profiles on a comprehensive statement of achievement , much of it in prose , is presented as an argument for their value in acknowledging success and encouraging pupils in their development in particular subjects as well as in their personal growth . |
| 14 | Some believe that new plants flourish if their early growth coincides with the growing of a new moon . |
| 15 | Moreover , the effect occurred in the early post-mixing period and mainly in the 0–4 age group , in keeping with findings in rural new towns in their early growth period . |
| 16 | However , he makes the point that the faithfulness of a church can not be determined on its actual growth , because that is determined by a range of contextual factors outside of the control of the congregation . |
| 17 | There was also a struggle for premises : we were meeting in a home which limited growth and every door we tried to open remained tightly shut . |
| 18 | Although other idealistic communities were already being established in America at that period , few who saw the Pantisocratic scheme in its early growth were ever convinced that it could succeed . |
| 19 | If planted along contours , the grass , which is unpalatable to livestock except in its early growth stages and thrives even in arid areas , will rapidly form easily managed hedges that act as a wind-break as well as a trap for eroded soil particles . |
| 20 | Much of its early growth came from jute replacement in carpet backing and from the replacement of wood in the materials handling and furniture sectors . |
| 21 | The final offshore scheme comes from Abbey Life , though the investment guarantees on its Global Growth and Security Trust are far more limited . |
| 22 | In 1667 the Marquess of Worcester , as Constable of St Briavels and Warden of the Forest of Dean , was ordered to revive the Forest courts there and to see that the Forest laws were obeyed : their discontinuance had brought about ‘ great destruction of timber and retardment of its future growth ’ . |
| 23 | In other ways , too , the early nineteen thirties marked a period of hesitancy and some pessimism within the District both over its future growth and even its survival . |
| 24 | They also form the basis on which future growth can be built . |
| 25 | Even-more significant for their future growth , Merton has expanded the field of candidates open to them by being able to search globally , as a member of Transearch , a group of internationally affiliated consultancies in fifteen major business centres . |
| 26 | Lindsell agrees that C&P 's 11 businesses [ see separate list overleaf ] are in several cases mature and that assessment of their future growth potential has to take account of this . |
| 27 | This is not to deny that the purpose of teaching is the education of children , but to stress the crucial relationship between a teacher 's professional development and his or her personal growth . |
| 28 | Italy 's growth is also expected to slow , to around 1.5% this year , while forecasters have pencilled in 2.5% for Spain — barely half its average growth over the past four years . |
| 29 | In an effort to reduce it , the government increased interest rates , which restricted growth to an estimated 6.5 per cent in 1990 , almost a full percentage point down from the 1989 figure . |
| 30 | Consequently , Britain had to hold its overall growth at a correspondingly proportionate level below the growth of its leading competitors [ Thirwall , 1982 ] . |