I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
growing/mounting concern
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Growing concern has been expressed over the pollution of the North Sea.
growing/mounting criticism
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The government was faced with mounting criticism at home and abroad.
growing/mounting excitement
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The children waited with growing excitement.
growing/mounting opposition (= opposition that is increasing )
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There was growing opposition to the war.
growing/mounting unrest
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Rocketing unemployment led to growing unrest in the country.
growing/mounting/rising panic (= increasing panic )
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She quickly packed a bag, trying all the time to control her mounting panic.
growing/rising/mounting anger
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There is growing anger among drivers over the rise in fuel prices.
increasing/growing/mounting/rising tension
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There are reports of increasing tension in some areas.
increasing/mounting anxiety
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There is mounting anxiety about the rise in violent crime.
increasing/mounting pressure
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There was increasing pressure on the Chancellor to cut petrol tax.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Amid mounting excitement, an official came forward to announce the result of the election.
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Another year of mounting losses proved too much for Pepperdine's basketball coach.
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He struggled on in the face of mounting debts,
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The decision has been the cause of mounting tension in the capital.
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The fighting capped weeks of mounting tensions in the area.
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the nation's mounting foreign debt
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There are reports of mounting violence in the village tribes.
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What are the reasons for mounting unemployment in the Arab countries?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A mounting clip is available for fixing the alarm in larger openings.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
criticism
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The response to mounting criticism is to reorganise or complain of lack of resources.
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The government's response to mounting criticism was to crack down on the principal advocates of reform.
debt
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They shouldn't fall into the Spurs trap of mounting debts and asset-stripping sales of star players.
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Arthur Davidson has closed his London antique shop of that name under pressure of mounting debt .
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With no money being deposited into his bank account, John's overdraft began to reflect mounting debts .
evidence
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The government was persistently unwilling to amend Poor Law principles to take account of the mounting evidence of extensive involuntary unemployment.
pressure
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Together, the Doctor and Bishop scrambled through the inner door against the mounting pressure of air.
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We expect to find it increasingly difficult to do so at short notice because our budgets are under mounting pressure .
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Heseltine came under mounting pressure to stand in the forthcoming leadership election.
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It was also the result of mounting pressure from the late 1870s for more humane treatment of the aged.
tension
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You can feel the tension mounting .
■ VERB
face
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Now he faces the bill and mounting costs.
feel
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As for myself, I was feeling a mounting confidence in my capabilities - I was of use.
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She felt his excitement mounting , and to accommodate him, she screamed.
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She felt a mounting sense of triumph at taking money home to Paul.
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You can feel the tension mounting .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The engine is supported by four rubberized mountings.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Faults were discovered in the mountings on the crash barriers around the top deck of the car park in July.
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I wince every time I watch a two-stroke apparently trying to tear itself from the mountings.