Example sentences of "generation [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evolution of V40 from V2 took about 100 test-tube transfer ‘ generations ’ ( of course , many actual RNA-replication generations go on between each test-tube transfer ) . |
| 2 | As the generations go by , under the assumption of blending inheritance , variation is bound to become swamped . |
| 3 | It manifestly is n't true that variation disappears as the generations go by . |
| 4 | The nonrandom survival and reproductive success of individuals within the species effectively ‘ writes ’ improved instructions for survival into the collective genetic memory of the species as the generations go by . |
| 5 | It is repeatedly being copied and recopied as the generations go by , like the Hebrew scriptures which were ritually copied by scribes every 80 years to forestall their wearing-out . |
| 6 | Therefore , in the population , this form of the gene will become more numerous as the generations go by . |
| 7 | We have seen that a very important part of a gene 's environment is the other genes that it is likely to meet in successive bodies as the generations go by . |
| 8 | Gazelles , no less than cheetahs , are subject to cumulative selection , and they too will tend , as the generations go by , to improve their ability to run fast , to react swiftly , to become invisible by blending into the long grass . |
| 9 | In my hypothetical discussion of cheetahs and gazelles I said that cheetahs , unlike the weather , had a tendency as the generations go by to become ‘ better hunters ’ , to become more severe enemies , better equipped to kill gazelles . |
| 10 | The general reason why this is such an important component is that other genes also change , as generations go by in evolution . |
| 11 | This means that , as the generations go by , the total amount of genetic difference from the original ancestor can become very large , cumulatively , one small step at a time . |
| 12 | That is because later generations do not wish to follow their parents into physically demanding , socially unacceptable or otherwise disagreeable occupations ; they escape or seek to escape the heavy lifting to a more comfortable and rewarding life . |
| 13 | He paused a minute and went on , ‘ You know , my generation do n't often discuss these things with other people . |
| 14 | ‘ Few if any artists of his generation have so startled my eyes and mind , ’ he continued . |
| 15 | No members of the 4th or 5th generations are yet affected , though males and females of the 4th generation have now reached adulthood and will soon reach the youngest age at which the first operation took place in an affected family member . |
| 16 | In those days the towering Aberavon lock was surrounded by quality and experience — a luxury successor generations have not had . |
| 17 | But now the earlier generations have all passed on , and today William 's home is crowded with his wife , several small children , an assortment of chickens and a gaggle of small , excitable black pigs . |
| 18 | Many important and beautiful works of art were undoubtedly lost as a result of the image-breaking of both the Reformation and civil war , and succeeding generations have rightly regretted the serious cultural impoverishment which has resulted . |