Example sentences of "have grown to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This issue has become particularly important in recent years as the volume of Third World debt has grown to unmanageable proportions ( see Ch. 29 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ It is unfortunate that so little is known of Carlisle , Luguvalium ( Carvetiorum ? ) , although it seems to have grown to considerable size and may have exceeded 70 acres ( 28 ha ) . ’ |
| 3 | It all underlined what I 'd always believed — that Famlio had grown to big , scattered and over-confident , and could be eluded by someone who was small , concentrated and clever . |
| 4 | After several years , when they have grown to full size , they start to swim back to the rivers in order to spawn . |
| 5 | Some of the Scourie trout , released into small lochs as tiny fish , have grown to enormous size and are known affectionately by name : Ethel , stocked by Stan Tuer when she was a modest girl of five inches , now estimated to weigh at least 5lb ; Arthur , estimated to weigh 6lb . |