With the time going on,it gets warmer and warmer.

随着时间的推移，天越来越暖和了。

2）as也可表示"随着，伴随",后面接句子。 如：

As the time goes on,it gets warmer and warmer.

随着时间的推移，天越来越暖和了。

2.These changes became possible because of inventions such as the steam engine.

由于一些发明，例如蒸汽机，这些变化成为可能。

【巧解句构】本句为简单句，because of 引导原因状语。

【延伸拓展】because of"因为，由于，为了"，后面接名词或名词短语或代词，而because后面接句子。如：

I didn't go out because of rain.

→I didn't go out because it rained.

因为下雨，所以我没有出去。

其近义短语有： as a result of作为......的结果；thanks to 多亏；幸亏；due to 由于；应归于;on account of 由于；owing to 归因于

3.During the Industrial Revolution，factory owners became more powerful than land owners.

在工业革命时期，工厂的所有者比起土地拥有者更强大。

【巧解句构】本句的结构形式为more...than。

【延伸拓展】more...than...意为"比......更......；与其说......不如说......"。如：

He is more a scholar than a teacher.

与其说他是教师，不如说他是个学者。

其同义短语有：not so much...as；与其类似的短语有：more than 多过；不止；no more than 仅仅；not more than 不超过；no less than 与......相同；not less than 至少