Example sentences of "as the [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ignore the barrage balloon , ’ he joked , flattening himself exaggeratedly against the wall as the actors came out of the pass door and went up to their rooms . |
| 2 | In those last hours as the seas rushed in to devour the land the mightiest of the sorcerer lords of Nagarythe cast dark and terrible spells upon their keeps . |
| 3 | As the generations go by , under the assumption of blending inheritance , variation is bound to become swamped . |
| 4 | It manifestly is n't true that variation disappears as the generations go by . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Therefore , in the population , this form of the gene will become more numerous as the generations go by . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 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 | There has been an arms race in which forest trees became larger as the generations went by . |
| 13 | Official Soviet anti-semitism , which has undoubtedly been observable since the foundation of the state of Israel in 1948 , must be measured against the rise of popular anti-semitism since political mobilisation ( including that of reactionaries ) became permitted again , not to mention the massacre of Jews on a considerable scale by local elements in the Baltic states and Ukraine , as the Germans marched in but before the systematic German killing of Jews began . |
| 14 | As the moments went by he became aware of another smell , that of sweat . |
| 15 | Edinburgh Accies scrum-half Ian Maclean scrambles the ball away as his opposite number Mike Hall makes a despairing lunge as the champions lose out to David Sole 's men 15–21 at Meggetland in the league . |
| 16 | The clerk rose , stretched and looked around the deserted hall now darkening as the torches spluttered out . |
| 17 | In the event the Loyal Citizens failed to appear and the only incident occurred when a small group began to sing ‘ God Save the Queen ’ as the demonstrators struck up with ‘ We shall overcome ’ . |
| 18 | The adult female , initially the same size as the male , becomes twice as large after fertilization as the ovaries swell up with developing eggs . |
| 19 | The doors were flung open as the occupants climbed out , one of them dragging the girl behind him . |
| 20 | As the Warriors moved on , the section commanders continued to tell their men over the vehicle briefing system what they were to do and what they should expect . |
| 21 | Now , as the barriers come down between East and West , that prospect will become a reality . |
| 22 | The dangers of dependence on rich men would be and were regularly pointed out : if the local parties were not themselves independent then they would have to turn to rich outsiders to fight their elections for them , as The Times pointed out in 1911 : |
| 23 | In many areas even organised crime went unaffected , and the seasonal recreations of local people could pose a major threat only to be dealt with by the wholesale swearing-in of special constables , as the magistrates pointed out to the Home Secretary in 1835 : |
| 24 | Last night as the Yugoslavs camped out at St Peter 's School in Northampton , Mr Smith , 52 , said : ‘ I believe these are the first refugees to come across as a group . |
| 25 | By 0800 hours , most of the repair shops are humming as the tradesmen set about their various repair tasks . |
| 26 | As the officers leaped back to the other ships to spread the plan , Farquhar whispered privately to him , ‘ But if the fighting men are there — ‘ |
| 27 | When they think they know , they can ask one of their friends and , as soon as they guess correctly , they sit down and watch the fun as the others seek out their own identity . |
| 28 | Luib studied it as the others set up camp . |
| 29 | Faced with this monstrous apparition , Cardiff did not freeze in his tracks even as the others clattered up the basement stairs towards the ground floor . |
| 30 | He could see I was wavering and he held my arm tightly as the others came up . |