Example sentences of "[vb base] way to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The run-down villas and cement footpaths give way to dusty tracks and wooden shacks . |
| 2 | The buses are cheap and excellent , the drivers are virtuosi , and cars give way to them , so it makes sense to use this facility and relax . |
| 3 | Gorges give way to lush fertile valleys in the spectacular Slovenský Raj National Park |
| 4 | As the distilled purity of pastoral and the fullness of desire give way to the absences which constitute them , so the journals move towards disenchantment , the acknowledgement of loss , and a sense of the futility of returning in order to recover an original intensity of being : |
| 5 | Morgan 's work is divided into four parts : [ 1 ] The growth of intelligence through inventions and discoveries , which deals in great part with agricultural technology ; [ 2 ] the growth of the idea of government , which is mainly a discussion of descent groups and how they ultimately give way to state organization , particularly the Roman state ; [ 3 ] the growth of the idea of the family , largely a discussion of types of marriage and types of kinship terminology ; and finally [ 4 ] the growth of the idea of property . |
| 6 | How then did occasional individual violence give way to the regular and organized group aggression of the ‘ ends ’ witnessed since the 1960s ? |
| 7 | This would also bind an eventually merged Germany , which the Soviet Union recognises might be born when Nato and the Warsaw Pact give way to a new European security system . |
| 8 | This would also bind an eventually merged Germany , which the Soviet Union recognises might be born when Nato and the Warsaw Pact give way to a new European security system . |
| 9 | Within seconds black streets give way to walled farmland . |
| 10 | It would ‘ be to subvert the principles , and foundations of all knowledge … if … that we certainly know , give way to what we may possibly be mistaken in . ’ |
| 11 | Soon the great awards of knighthoods give way to the decorations reserved for the civil and military services , and the shuffle of office workers is broken only by the occasional clink of a cavalryman 's spur . |
| 12 | Coconut and banana trees quickly give way to a dim still forest . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , some 33,000 faithful pack into Fenway , probably the loveliest old ballpark left in the country as the traditional grass arenas give way to Astroturf colosseums . |
| 14 | The tour from the Dolomites is particularly scenic : soaring mountains give way to enormous glaciers . |
| 15 | Further inland , the gentle hills , olive and orange groves give way to magnificent Sierra Nevada and the sleepy white-washed villages of old Andalucia — land of the flamenco , strumming guitars and fiery fiestas . |
| 16 | Other forms of mental handicap such as cretinism , caused by a defect of the thyroid gland , and various other ‘ syndromes ’ which give way to physical as well as mental abnormalities are thankfully now fairly rare , and can be prevented with correct medical care . |
| 17 | So it was that on a golden autumn evening , towards mid-September of 1937 , I came to write my -30- to a career of journalism cum radio , and sat watching the flatness of the prairies give way to rising foothills as the twin-engined CPR ‘ Dominion ’ crawled westward up the slopes of the mountain . |
| 18 | Inland to Lairg , the birch woods give way to the heather moors of Sutherland . |
| 19 | Some Handel operatic arias — especially ‘ Let the Bright Seraphim ’ — give way to Mozart , Schubert and Mendelssohn . |
| 20 | Gradually , the signs of cultivation give way to the lush wild landscapes of the Qattara Depression . |
| 21 | Cajolings then give way to threats and threats to the big stick until , undernourished and overloaded , their faith sinks to the ground and expires . |
| 22 | Both are a natural habitat for golf of indescribable beauty , and on the lower coastal levels the cliffs give way to duneland , transformed here and there into links so natural they might well be in Scotland . |
| 23 | Arriving on the Metropolitan Line , I see dozens of Livingstone posters suddenly give way to dozens of Jacksons . |
| 24 | He argues that people will apply ‘ right behaviour ’ when ‘ abstractions and intangibles give way to the here and now , the seen and felt , the real and known . |
| 25 | It is as if the individual features give way to a universal picture . |
| 26 | You know that you 've arrived , when the demands of time give way to the enjoyment of the moment . |
| 27 | But in the lives of many people today love and marriage , though ideals , swiftly give way to conflict , strain , unhappiness and divorce . |
| 28 | On the other hand , it is desirable that you express solidarity , give way to other speakers and tolerate long silences if they occur . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | At Dudwa the plains give way to the forests , which in turn give way to the foothills of the Himalayas . |