Through careful nurturing over the years, this collection has grown significantly to approximately 8,000 pieces in 2010.

In such societies rugby, like many other sports before it, is becoming an expression of national achievement and therefore the subject of careful nurturing.

They hoped that declining farm employment in some communities might be offset by the careful nurturing of knowledge-intensive industries.

That level of anger needed reasons, and a long and careful nurturing, both of which required previous acquaintance.

Some take a bit longer to develop their star power, after careful nurturing by their teams.

This together with creative learning methodologies and careful nurturing provided by the teachers, facilitate the children to be primed for the primary years programme.

Ten seasons of careful nurturing and grooming have finally brought him here, to perhaps the crossroads of his career as a big league pitcher.

Even though the poinsettias are cut back, summered outdoors and given careful nurturing, they never really look that great next year.

But Van Dusen felt that with careful nurturing he might have a best seller on his hands.

Indeed, many shows in recent years have broken through after some careful nurturing.