Example sentences of "of a [adj] [noun pl] race " in BNC.

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1 The electronic and acoustic weapons systems of bats , which we discussed in Chapter 2 , have all the finely tuned sophistication that we expect from the end-products of a long arms race .
2 From my present point of view the question of whether the manufacturers on opposite sides of a human arms race are enemies of each other or identical with each other is irrelevant , and interestingly so .
3 In the case of a biological arms race , on the other hand , we can usually see only the end-products .
4 It is obvious , when you come to think about it , that my picture of an ever-advancing arms race was too simple in at least one respect .
5 In the case of an asymmetric arms race , between a lineage of weapons and the specific antidotes to those weapons , it is the one-to-one correspondences that , over the successive ‘ generations ’ , lead to ever greater sophistication and complexity .
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