Example sentences of "has grown [prep] [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 Even during the recession , trade has grown through keen pricing and friendly personal service .
3 The problem has grown with modern energy-saving building techniques , which re-circulate used air and help to spread any micro-organisms present .
4 The traditional form of interaction with the user is purely through dialogue in which written messages present him with immediately available choices , or ask him to supply values for parameters in the program ; this approach has grown from individual tutorial CAI .
5 ‘ It has grown from local roots , with local volunteers and funding which makes it responsive and resilient .
6 ( 1983 ) have found a relative shift of manufacturing industry from highly urbanized to rural regions across the entire European Community , and Bradshaw and Blakeley ( 1983 ) have pointed out three significant trends in the US rural economy : first , that agriculture is no longer the dominant employer ; second , that manufacturing employment has grown in rural areas ; and third , that services have expanded to employ nearly 60 per cent of the rural labour force and to provide the new basic economy for the growing rural population .
7 Pressure for the conversion or redevelopment of historic houses and estates in financial difficulties has grown in recent years and is causing concern to those wishing to preserve the traditional countryside .
8 I want to suggest that there are three areas in which our understanding of writing has grown in recent years .
9 England team manager , Keith Fletcher , said : ‘ I 'm delighted for him and it is noticeable how his confidence has grown in recent weeks .
10 The range of courses presently available , both advanced and non-advanced , has grown in piecemeal fashion , largely in response to the technological revolution which British agriculture has achieved over the last 30 years .
11 According to Johansson , government planners typically assess how energy demand has grown alongside economic growth .
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