Example sentences of "[subord] [art] generations go " 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 There has been an arms race in which forest trees became larger as the generations went by .
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