Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The earlier deluge had eventually given way to more normal rain , and now finally that too had passed . |
| 2 | Betty smiled in an irritatingly understanding way . |
| 3 | The pidgin form used ( and it can exist with or without fixed English syntactic markers ) has naturally given way in the USA and Scandinavia to a greater interest and access to the sign language as used by deaf people . |
| 4 | If he has n't the will or the stomach to do that , he had better make way for someone who has before millions intended to help this country are thrown away . |
| 5 | This is well-illustrated by the plentiful funerary monuments of hellenistic Boiotia , which retain features , such as the simple naming of the dead man without patronymic , which in other parts of the Greek world had long given way to more sophisticated formulae ; and Boiotia retained her local script till the age of Epaminondas in the fourth century . |
| 6 | It emphasises that airlines should get together to find ways of combating terrorism . |
| 7 | It is clearly necessary to find a unified and consistent explanation of all these phenomena and by doing so to find ways of doing better in the future on all three points . |
| 8 | It was a name that would swiftly give way to his , once his heroism and navigational skill were recognized back home . |
| 9 | IRSCADE , itself , has recommended that TEC and the CNAA get together to explore ways of establishing a joint validation procedure . |
| 10 | It was fortunate that at that moment the handle of her basket , insecurely mended , should suddenly give way , scattering the contents over the pavement — a library book , some oranges , and a rather shamefully adolescent bag of liquorice all-sorts . |
| 11 | Arriving on the Metropolitan Line , I see dozens of Livingstone posters suddenly give way to dozens of Jacksons . |
| 12 | The Oxford Disability Information Network is a group of information providers both statutory and voluntary together with the users of services , who come together to discuss ways of improving information provision across the country . |
| 13 | We can see the long-term benefits of participating in a ‘ conspiracy of doves ’ , and we can sit down together to discuss ways of making the conspiracy work . |
| 14 | We 've all got ways of feeding our self esteem and it 's just a way of doing that . ’ |
| 15 | But in the lives of many people today love and marriage , though ideals , swiftly give way to conflict , strain , unhappiness and divorce . |
| 16 | Tabitha sat in the stern and watched the olive groves and sponge gardens on either bank swiftly give way to shipyards , silica refineries and air plants . |
| 17 | You can only suggest ways they might go about it and provide what help you think they might need . |
| 18 | She travelled widely , and in Frequented Ways ( 1922 ) expressed the hope that ‘ something of the intense joy of travel shines through the pages ’ . |
| 19 | It 's followed by ‘ Gibbet ’ , a lush , textured tune that scrapes the impressive heights reached by its predecessor , only to give way to more featherweight tat . |
| 20 | Apparently giving way to Ukrainian pressure , the Crimean Supreme Soviet on May 20 ( the deadline set by Ukraine ) voted by 98 out of 157 to repeal the independence declaration . |
| 21 | Under Ceauşescu , they were subject to ever heavier taxes and requisitioning of their produce , but even so found ways around the worst shortages suffered by those tied into the State system . |
| 22 | Psalm 1 begins with a graphic contrast between two entirely opposed ways of life : |
| 23 | He suddenly pushed his fist against her chin in a gently bantering way , his attitude softened . |
| 24 | Four weeks of near stasis in voters ' attitudes apparently gave way at the last moment to a near avalanche . |
| 25 | The plain-covered wordy tomes of earlier years , largely indistinguishable in appearance ( except for the use of photographs ) from their Lyellian and Geikien predecessors of the century before , suddenly gave way to glossy volumes with brightly coloured covers , two-colour diagrams , larger page sizes and a higher picture-to text ratio . |
| 26 | To Ted 's consternation , the soil of the slope suddenly gave way and the halter shank ran through his fingers as the terrified horse slipped down towards the water . |
| 27 | The tall hedge to her left suddenly gave way to a low brick wall , and she found herself driving past the Red House . |
| 28 | This may sound a somewhat highfalutin' way of making an obvious point ; but the obvious points are often the important ones : in this tension we find the limits of experience , beyond which we locate an objective universe and within which we locate subjectivity . |
| 29 | e ) mock interviews Students benefit enormously from being " interviewed " by people from industry and then having the opportunity to " debrief " , and so learn ways of improving self presentation . |
| 30 | The houses remained until the early 1950s when they were knocked down to make way for the new church . |