1.   But as they become more of a force in public policy and are quoted with growing frequency in the popular press, bioethicists themselves are coming under scrutiny.

2.   Chinese officials clearly have been aggravated by the growing frequency of the flights.

3.   Day-care centers are using them with growing frequency to monitor what goes on in their classrooms and who is picking up which kid at the front desk.

4.   Scattered protests and other disturbances have been reported with growing frequency.

5.   U.N. equipment, including weapons, is stolen with growing frequency.

6.   While blackouts of such magnitude remain rare, Brazil is facing the loss of power in its industrial heartland with growing frequency.

7.   With the growing frequency of foreign officials on buying trips here, the Boneyard sometimes take on the air of an international used jet sale.

8.   With growing frequency, however, public schools offer services to the home-schooled.

9.   With growing frequency, university presidents and hospital executives have turned to Republican Gov. Weld for help.

10.   Yet the aging lines are rupturing with growing frequency, often polluting soil, creeks and underground water supplies.