Example sentences of "[vb -s] as [pron] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 Mortality rates among the adult working population parallel the progressive incidence of illness that occurs as one moves down the social hierarchy .
2 The presence of Free Presbyterians increases as one moves up the party hierarchy .
3 Its defence mechanism is not rapid reproduction like the greenfly , instead it surrounds itself with the familiar frothy blob of air bubbles that it forms as it spits out the sap it has taken from the plant — instead of spitting it back into the plant .
4 Through each point on the c 1 c 2 curve in Fig. 8–3 we can draw a line with slope ( ) , noting that r falls as we move up the curve .
5 Nigel : ‘ It beats as it sweeps as it plugs up the hole in the ozone layer ? ’
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