Example sentences of "been growing [noun] " 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 also been growing evidence , members were told , of underage drinking in certain areas of the town , coupled with joy-riding . |
| 4 | Even in Saudi Arabia there has been growing antagonism to the presence of non-Muslim forces there and to the war . |
| 5 | There has been growing concern among Polynesians about radioactive pollution of the area . |
| 6 | Over the past year or so , there has been growing concern about the number of cheques being stolen in the post . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Yeah , just as a , as a side issue , I am interested that they 've been growing plum tomatoes because each year I hear of more and more people growing plum tomatoes successfully in this country and while we are just on the subject of diseases and things to control them , you may remember that a few weeks ago we were giving advice on how we should dispose of waste garden chemicals and , and we said you ought to pour it down an outside drain . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | For more than 40 years , Don Williams has been growing Christmas trees at Leigh Sinton farms near Malvern . |
| 14 | Since the mid-1970s there has been growing recognition that residential care can only be effective when it is part of a package aimed at helping the family as a whole , and where parents are involved in all aspects of the care process . |
| 15 | Despite the setbacks before the Uprising there had been growing recognition of PLO leadership in the territories . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Clearly in the last twenty years there has been growing controversy about fundamental aspects of policing , unprecedented in this century . |
| 18 | This section is mainly concerned with the initial stages of rising capital for Eurotunnel but in recent months there have been growing doubts about the financial viability of the project . |
| 19 | His design of mill may have been original , but others had long been growing rape-seed in East Anglia and milling rape-seed around London . |
| 20 | Norman Brackley 's family have been growing Sweetpeas for 4 generations . |
| 21 | 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 . |