Example sentences of "as the [noun pl] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a time the shorter children become submerged and the number under water increases as the ranks go forward . |
| 2 | As the generations go by , under the assumption of blending inheritance , variation is bound to become swamped . |
| 3 | It manifestly is n't true that variation disappears as the generations go by . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Therefore , in the population , this form of the gene will become more numerous as the generations go by . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It 's thick woodland there south of Leicester , but well managed , as the roads go these days . |
| 12 | Sprung bases are the most comfortable as the springs go right up to the edges . |
| 13 | Sprung-edge bases are the most luxurious , and expensive , as the springs go right up to the edge of the base . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | AS THE clocks go back , astronomers are set to announce that the length of the day has been increasing over the centuries . |
| 16 | ‘ Just as long as the boys go easy on me ! ’ |
| 17 | And , getting down : A special report as the Falcons go Stateside . |
| 18 | A great tradition of the Tour is the family picnic , eaten at the roadside as the riders go by . |
| 19 | As the smiles go to prove , it was the perfect ending to a perfect two days — and all thanks to Wella . |
| 20 | As the hours go by , it 's clear that neither Gilbert nor George is particularly miserable . |
| 21 | For the future for erm , for record , we 've not been able in the past to know how people spoke only from books , dictionaries and try to describe how people said things , erm , but this is a living record and I 'm getting more and more embarrassed as the minutes go by and those of you who are doing drama this afternoon , anybody doing drama ? |
| 22 | Unlocated , then , as far as the stones go . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | And then , of course , it becomes less important as the years go by — that 's one of the compensations of getting older . |
| 29 | It should be remembered , however , that all old people tend to become a little more self-centred as the years go by . |
| 30 | But I 've been getting faster as the years go by . |