Example sentences of "as it [vb -s] old " in BNC.
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| 1 | Left to their own devices , most roses tend to develop new growth into which they direct their sap and energy , bear bloom , and which then — as it becomes old and tired — gradually either becomes starved , by-passed , neglected and finally aborted as the plant constantly turns its attention to new growth , or it develops a barky exterior layer as it settles down to becoming no more than a main road communicating between the raw material goods received from the warehouse in the soil and the production factory upstairs — quite often , a very long way upstairs . |
| 2 | An expert from L'Oréal will talk about what happens to skin as it gets older and explain how to keep up with its changing needs by choosing from the extensive Plénitude range , which helps to combat the signs of ageing . |
| 3 | " Has it ever struck you , Pinkie , what it would be like to belong to a class of objects which gets more valuable as it gets older ? |
| 4 | Such an animal , born white as usual , darkens dramatically as it grows older . |
| 5 | And because of its reduced nasal cavities it may find breathing increasingly difficult as it grows older . |
| 6 | As it grows older , you will probably have to reduce the frequency of feeds to one or two meals every day . |
| 7 | As soon as a domestic hen chick hatches it starts pecking at grains that look like food , and as it grows older its aim at food grains improves . |