Example sentences of "[adj] as [art] [noun pl] go by " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You should continue to lose weight and to feel more and more healthy as the weeks go by . |
| 3 | It should be remembered , however , that all old people tend to become a little more self-centred as the years go by . |
| 4 | Therefore , in the population , this form of the gene will become more numerous as the generations go by . |
| 5 | It is also considered unlucky to pay the whole of a doctor 's bill , a superstition which may prove important as the years go by , considering what some people say is happening to the NHS . |
| 6 | HRT is also of benefit for the intermediate symptoms of the menopause , those that do not appear until some time after periods have stopped but which tend to get more noticeable and troublesome as the years go by . |