Example sentences of "[noun pl] has grown [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 However , its use in a wide variety of disciplines has grown dramatically in recent decades , to the point where it seems not only to be facilitating what was done before , but to be creating new possibilities .
2 The number of drama teachers in schools has grown rapidly for years .
3 The use of CDs has grown rapidly in recent years .
4 However , in recent years the number and diversity of these studies has grown substantially to such a point where evidence from America , Japan , Europe and Australia all point to a link between moderate drinking and a significant reduction in death rates from heart disease * .
5 The range of articles produced on the home and export markets has grown considerably in recent years .
6 The number of students on advanced further education courses has grown steadily since the beginning of the decade so that in 1981–2 there were almost 14,000 students on advanced courses , more than two-thirds of the almost 20,000 who are presently accommodated by the University of Wales .
7 On another level , for example , the size of office premises has grown tremendously over the years . ’
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