Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [vb infin] way to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their initial abuse would give way to laughter when they understood we were looking for a prahu which would carry us eastwards . |
| 2 | In new assured tenancies fair rents will give way to market rents freely negotiated between the landlord and the tenant , and neither assured nor assured shorthold tenants will have access to a Rent Officer under the fair rent procedures . |
| 3 | Even the noblest savage can give way to deviousness , should the occasion arise . |
| 4 | Finally , a few guideline wishes for the 1990s : undoubtedly , first , that the Channel Tunnel will be completed without undue delay and that a new highspeed route will rapidly follow through Kent ; that under their new chairman , Robert Reid the second , from Shell , due to take his post in October 1990 , BR will somehow regain a touch of personality , warmth , humanity , without losing their commercial edge ; that the policy of providing new and cheaperto-operate stock for secondary routes rather than handing down yesterday 's worn-out express trains pays real dividends and prevents too much discussion of ‘ bustitution ’ ; and that defensive theory will give way to common-sense pragmatism over matters such as the quality of the printed timetable and what really benefits the customer . |
| 5 | Soon simplicity must give way to sophistication . |
| 6 | The narrow confines of political life must give way to total history , offering rich explanations of the multifarious aspects of the past . |
| 7 | Beer mats will give way to hymnals , and glasses to enlightenment as Britain 's first ‘ pub church ’ holds its Easter Day service , two hours before opening time at the Old Farmhouse public house in Nailsea , near Bristol . |
| 8 | Weedy pools may give way to areas of broken rock , with boulders and small stones which can be turned over to reveal a hypolithic fauna of considerable interest . |
| 9 | R&D must give way to demonstration , which should mean showing that the technology works . |
| 10 | As quality feature films were produced so the anxieties and introspection could give way to congratulation and to a new hyperbole . |