Example sentences of "[ex0] [vb -s] [be] growing [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There has been growing speculation that the airline intends to transfer its Heathrow shuttle service from Aldergrove to the harbour route .
2 Alongside this , there has been growing awareness of the plasticity of the nervous system and of the extent to which the ‘ hard-wiring ’ of the wetware of the brain is itself modulated by the brain 's own experience .
3 There has been growing concern among Polynesians about radioactive pollution of the area .
4 Over the past year or so , there has been growing concern about the number of cheques being stolen in the post .
5 Lothian Regional Council has recognised that , in recent years , there has been growing concern about the problem of violence to employees who work in direct contact with the public .
6 In recent years there has been growing concern about the effects of alcohol and discussion of the most effective forms of treatment response for excessive alcohol use .
7 There has been growing concern about patients who are compulsorily detained in hospital as a result of being found unfit to plead or legally insane .
8 During the last few years there has been growing concern over the effects of sharp regional variations in house prices on the mobility of labour .
9 Even in Saudi Arabia there has been growing antagonism to the presence of non-Muslim forces there and to the war .
10 With the emergence of chronic unemployment in the British economy in recent years , there has been growing interest in the performance of the interwar economy , when unemployment remained persistently high .
11 Over recent decades , there has been growing recognition that communication based on people 's background , culture and basic knowledge is a critical component of any development project , and that it must be systematically planned , budgeted for and evaluated .
12 Clearly in the last twenty years there has been growing controversy about fundamental aspects of policing , unprecedented in this century .
13 In recent years there has been growing attention to the effects of different types of employment regulation on the structure of labour markets and performance of employment relations .
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