growing sense
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrowingandsense
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growing
adjective
uk/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Given that local farmers' response to the first two phases of reform had been characterised by agrowingsenseof ambivalence this seemed unlikely.
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The separate essays compose an intellectual journey and reflect agrowingsenseof oeuvre.
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It was bedevilled by unemployment, social exclusion and agrowingsenseof precariousness and inequality.
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The issue emerged in the 1980s out of the history/narrative debate and agrowingsenseof discontinuity with the past and its traditions.
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In the present case, it would appear that 'inflation' in democratic desirability stems, in part, from agrowingsenseof the suitability of democracy.
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Second, there is agrowingsensethat language teacher education programs have failed to prepare teachers for the realities of the classroom.
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There is agrowingsense, however, that the situation may be more complicated.
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The nineteenth century witnessed agrowingsenseof pessimism amongst reformers about the effectiveness of orphanages as institutions for raising children.
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In sum, despite thegrowingsenseof openness and change and despite efforts and inroads that have been made, the journey ahead is still long.
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The anticipated possibilities that could be accrued through experience were often in conflict with agrowingsenseof the complexity, multiplicity, and obscurity of experience.
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This concern was fuelled by agrowingsensethat the emergent system of credit and commerce was under increasing threat.
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He also insists on thegrowingsenseof the role of the state which had implemented other social programmes and had more funds at its disposal because of income tax.
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Regional and local government institutions took on greater importance and contributed to thegrowingsenseof a purpose that transcended ethnic and religious particularity.
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If readers of drama had some reason to feel agrowingsenseof the genre's worth, consumers of news publications often felt the opposite about their reading material.
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We hear a lot about thisgrowingsenseof unity.
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Outside there is agrowingsenseof fear and despair.
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We welcome its formation, which reflects agrowingsenseof regional solidarity.
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All that leads to agrowingsenseof insecurity in the workplace.
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Catch them later, persuade the young to leave street corners and watch thegrowingsenseof identity, pride and self-respect and of motivation.
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Recently, however, there have been many signs of agrowingsenseof realism regarding pay settlements in the private sector.
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