Example sentences of "a arms race " in BNC.
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| 1 | One underlying issue , however , troubles me , Throughout there is the implication that to partake wittingly in an arms race is a perversion of science — as the conclusions say , ‘ the role of scientists in the arms race is of crucial importance . |
| 2 | We start with a common game theory model of an arms race . |
| 3 | If the USA and the USSR are locked into an arms race , this is a fact of Realpolitik , not of Game Theory . |
| 4 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
| 5 | The reason why many ethologists would now prefer to explain ritualization as an arms race is that they have increasingly come to realize that selfish competition among individuals is the rule in the animal world . |
| 6 | We seem to be seeing , in the fossils , an arms race , or rather a series of restarting arms races , between carnivores and herbivores . |
| 7 | In other cases , economic pressures may impose a stable halt to an arms race , stable even though one side in the race is , in a sense , permanently ahead . |
| 8 | The consequences of such a reduction in the level of armaments ( and more generally of ‘ military preparedness ’ ) are considerable , for as I noted in the first edition of this book , if there is any generalization about the causes of war which is supported by some empirical evidence , it seems to be that which establishes a connection between an arms race and an increased probability of war ( Richardson , 1960 ) . |
| 9 | This argument was frequently used by Eisenhower given his fear that an arms race might ultimately lead to dictatorship at home , an American garrison state , and national bankruptcy or general war . |