Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] arms race " in BNC.
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| 1 | The electronic and acoustic weapons systems of bats , which we discussed in Chapter 2 , have all the finely tuned sophistication that we expect from the end-products of a long arms race . |
| 2 | From my present point of view the question of whether the manufacturers on opposite sides of a human arms race are enemies of each other or identical with each other is irrelevant , and interestingly so . |
| 3 | In the case of a biological arms race , on the other hand , we can usually see only the end-products . |
| 4 | It is obvious , when you come to think about it , that my picture of an ever-advancing arms race was too simple in at least one respect . |
| 5 | In the case of an asymmetric arms race , between a lineage of weapons and the specific antidotes to those weapons , it is the one-to-one correspondences that , over the successive ‘ generations ’ , lead to ever greater sophistication and complexity . |
| 6 | Already the Americans are working on improved versions of the original cruise missiles , and this continuous East-West jockeying for supremacy looks like developing into a full-blooded arms race . |
| 7 | The key comparison here involves the areas of sympatry , which allows us to catch a glimpse of the dynamics of evolution and to test the view that cuckoos and hosts are engaged in a coevolutionary arms race , with cuckoos being one step ahead in areas of recent sympatry . |