Example sentences of "[det] [verb] way " in BNC.
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1 | This gave way to an acute infection of the liver , and on 9 February , 1883 , he died . |
2 | For Kaelin the initial resistance of a work to analysis , along with the way in which this gives way to a richer post-analytic experience , can also be used as a means of assessing its value . |
3 | In terms of presumptions , the Act did enforce performance in a specified manner ( a fine ) but this gives way to the first exception , the obligation was imposed for the benefit of a class of people , factory employees . |
4 | These give way first to deciduous forest , then to conifers , and then the trees give out altogether , giving a stretch of low , alpine vegetation , culminating even though the mountain is on the equator — in permanent snow . |
5 | There are long sightlines and high lamp posts , but these give way after rebuilding ( Figure 6.4 ) to pedestrian-scale poles , a tree planted in the road as a slowing device ( marked by reflective posts to aid night visibility ) and changes in paving colours to break up the long vista . |
6 | In deeper waters are sculpins ( Family Cottidae ) , eel-pouts ( Zoarcidae ) , polar cod Arctogadus glacialus , polar halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides ; further south these give way to the more familiar cold water species — northern cod , haddock , coalfish , skate , halibut , herrings , etc. , that are hunted commercially for European and North American markets . |
7 | These gave way later to more graceful and appealing subjects and a feminine sensitivity veering towards sentimentality , once the occupational hazard of womanhood . |
8 | In England and parts of Wales these gave way to more sophisticated detached farmhouses as agriculture improved , coupled with more scientific improvements in the 18th and 19th centuries . |
9 | The keeping of my vows , the honouring of my obligations , all give way to this . |
10 | PRP , share schemes , non-cash vouchers , and the cafeteria approach to benefits all offer ways of cutting payroll costs while improving employee motivation . |
11 | Despite the sadness of the occasion , many gave way to hysterical giggling as they gradually realized that every compartment contained mourners or corpses . |
12 | Local parties also pressed sitting MPs to declare that they would fight next time without the coalition label and many gave way to these suggestions . |
13 | Guido was standing over her now in that dominating way he had , making her sit up even straighter and stretch her neck even more . |