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Mr Crystal reckons that it is only a matter of time before automatic machine translation becomes so sophisticated that the language of Bagehot loses its role as lingua franca.

However, as P. dikowi and S. secunda document sexual dimorphisms can also disappear once a structure loses its role in mating behavior.

The rot started when it lost its role as India's capital in 1912, and events since then had done nothing to change its luck.

Despite possessing some of the most idyllic natural scenery of any metropolis and being known as "Cidade Maravilhosa" (marvelous city), Rio fell into a steady course of decline since it lost its role as capital of Brazil to Brasilia in 1960.

In contrast to the KZNFs just mentioned, ZNF263 is conserved among mammalian species, which indicates that it has lost its role in acute host defense, but instead may have acquired other important functions.

Compared to other bilaterians, Pax2/5/8 is not expressed in the development of the less centralized nervous system of bivalves, gastropods, and polyplacophorans, and hence it most likely lost its role in brain development in these mollusks.

Badly in need of real cops, not just mall ones, it's where Amy Rosamund Pikee) goes to buy a gun – so it hasn't quite lost its role as a shopping centre.

But if America were to lose its role as Thailand's chief patron, it would not be because China displaced it.

He added that America would lose its role as "financial superpower".

Likewise in air travel, Hong Kong could lose its role as a gateway to China.

The British Bankers Associationn is to lose its role in setting the rate to a formal body.