Example sentences of "as [art] [noun] go [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the generations go by , under the assumption of blending inheritance , variation is bound to become swamped . |
| 2 | It manifestly is n't true that variation disappears as the generations go by . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Therefore , in the population , this form of the gene will become more numerous as the generations go by . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And as the particles go round and round this racetrack , it 's a bit like a car with its headlights going on , and as it goes faster and faster the car headlights more or less catch up with each other , you see what I 'm saying . |
| 11 | AS THE clocks go back , astronomers are set to announce that the length of the day has been increasing over the centuries . |
| 12 | A great tradition of the Tour is the family picnic , eaten at the roadside as the riders go by . |
| 13 | As the hours go by , it 's clear that neither Gilbert nor George is particularly miserable . |
| 14 | ‘ Lawrence actually wrote three versions of Lady Chatterley , called Lady Chatterley John Thomas and Lady Jane Lady Chatterley 's Lover , and Clifford becomes more vicious as the books go on . |
| 15 | As the years go on he is gradually charting his universe , plotting each constellation and learning the names of every major star . |
| 16 | One of the beefs I have about accommodation for elderly people is the fact that by , that the purpose built , very excellent , bungalows and flats for elderly citizens are restricted to one bedroom which , to which but is by government decree to keep the cost down , but it does seem to me to be very heartless because elderly people 's children are unable to come and stay with them except to the great deal of discomfort and perhaps as society grows a little more considerate for the fact that the percentage of elderly people will get even greater as the years go on , then they should make allowance and provide them for the facilities to enable them to be visited by their children and grandchildren . |
| 17 | They 'll they 'll weld , they 'll weld together Robert and that 'll stiffen , stiffen and stiffen as the years go on . |
| 18 | As the years go by , Ursula 's body becomes a bore , and she experiences a fear of ageing : ‘ I shall have to die fairly young , because I wo n't be able to live with the infirmities of old age . ’ |
| 19 | It may seem pessimistic , even morbid , to think about a child , parents , a partner or ourselves becoming more and more dependent as the years go by . |
| 20 | For most people this introduction took place in early childhood , and the failure is made manifest by the steady disillusionment which , all too often as the years go by and adulthood brings the inevitable struggle of innate common sense to prevail , leaves them either cynical and faithless , or constrained to join some form of sectarian cult . |
| 21 | For some I know this is simply not enough , but as the years go by I find that Chopin 's ultra-refined eloquence of utterance responds more readily to an unforced , more integrated style than the ferocious changeability that has been the very kernel of Chopin playing for the last twenty or thirty years . |
| 22 | It should be remembered , however , that all old people tend to become a little more self-centred as the years go by . |
| 23 | But I 've been getting faster as the years go by . |
| 24 | The problems start as the years go by . |
| 25 | We can only assure you that , as the years go by , you 'll be more and more delighted you took it up . |
| 26 | But of course I think about him in a much different way as the years go by , and now I always smile when I think of him , because he made me laugh . |
| 27 | Many children develop allergies in the first few weeks or months of life , and often these improve as the years go by . |
| 28 | From the cheetahs ' point of view the mean annual temperature does not get systematically better or worse as the years go by , except in so far as any change for a well-adapted animal is a change for the worse . |
| 29 | The BBC 's current panic is that there is potential Government pressure against licences increasing as the years go by in an age of free market competition . |
| 30 | An achievement that means more as the years go by . |