Example sentences of "have given way " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now that Atholl has given way and condescended to meet the people — ‘ He is a diplomat , ’ said John Stewart . |
| 2 | PROFESSOR Peter Smith believes that ‘ reasoned architectural criticism has given way to inflammatory metaphor ’ . |
| 3 | By the time the studio came to make The Titfield Thunderbolt ( 1953 ) , about a village 's attempt to preserve their branch line against nasty entrepreneurs who have set up a bus service , gentle anarchy has given way to nostalgia for Olde England . |
| 4 | Anxious talk of inflation has given way to even more anxious talk of a steep recession that would wring much of Poland 's industry out of existence . |
| 5 | Here the bargaining stage has given way to a period of time when you feel it is just not possible to cope with the situation and the future looks bleak . |
| 6 | The sombre atmosphere which still prevails in more solidly Christian countries has given way to a festive mood . |
| 7 | Where such culturally based courses have provoked resistance , race awareness training has given way to courses that are less inward looking but which are designed to promote specific practical anti-racist goals . |
| 8 | When tissue begins to react to the commensals causing inflammation , the process of colonisation has given way to infection . |
| 9 | That room still exists and although the crucifix has given way to an omnidimensional cross cum globe , for twenty minutes every morning , before our regular sessions started , Christopher Pilkington led a quiet period of meditative prayer . |
| 10 | In the later 1980s , the predominance of the short , ‘ continuing education ’ event has given way to a polarisation between formal ‘ educational ’ programmes , such as Certificates in Management Studies and MBAs , and informal work-place , problem-solving learning , often associated with consultancy . |
| 11 | But for many east Germans , the jubilation of unity night last October has given way to frustration and fear of unemployment . |
| 12 | Industrial research has reflected this , and the earlier use of antibodies , based on electrochemical detection and a reformatted conventional immunoassay , has given way to antibodies being used as part of optical waveguides ( eg flexible optical fibres , prisms and glass plates ) . |
| 13 | But it has been a universal feature of modernity that the larger family unit , the so-called ‘ extended ’ family , has given way to a much smaller unit , the ‘ nuclear ’ family . |
| 14 | The dual-presenter format which ITN has stuck with since News At Ten 's launch 25 years ago has given way to McDonald sitting alone in the style of a US network star like Dan Rather . |
| 15 | A general perception of Britain in continued decline has given way in the past week to a feeling that the economy really is ‘ bottoming out ’ at last , says David Kern , chief economist of the National Westminster Bank . |
| 16 | Although the authors in this ‘ school ’ focus on different aspects of permissive Britain , they are all united by their acceptance of the idea that previously existing moral consensus has given way to confusion and uncertainty . |
| 17 | The wooden crucifix is Gothic in style and was probably executed by an artist from the Rhineland , though in the face of Christ the angular character of Northern European sculpture has given way to a more classical serenity . |
| 18 | The Ober Gabelhorn was once a prized addition to a climber 's logbook but is slightly out of fashion now , just as Zermatt has given way to Chamonix . |
| 19 | The principle of non-intervention has given way to the need for legal response to international wrong-doing , coupled with responsibility for such acts . |
| 20 | She felt for Mary , in fact , the fine contempt due to someone or to an institution that has given way too easily . |
| 21 | The ability to produce in greater quantities made this system wasteful and it has given way to a more scientific process . |
| 22 | Stone has given way to glass and concrete . |
| 23 | ‘ The intellectual and rational conception of life has given way to a more creative interpretation ’ , wrote the British Surrealist Eileen Agar in 1931 , ‘ and artistic life is under the sway of womb-magic ’ ; and Agar give expression to this ‘ womb-magic ’ in the foetal and embryonic forms which play a central part in paintings such as ‘ Family Trio ’ or ‘ The Autobiography of an Embryo ’ where fluid shapes float across the picture plane to be captured in a net of geometric planes . |
| 24 | The former belief that the Prime Minister was prim us inter pares ( first among equals ) has given way to the realisation that the office-holder is primum mobile ( the first mover ) . |
| 25 | By 1985 this businesslike severity has given way to a white pie-frill collared blouse from Laura Ashley . |
| 26 | The generation which designed cantilevered structures for Jane Russell , had Marilyn looking permanently over-ripe and arranged a sexual encounter between Jane Fonda and machinery , has given way to a society which is hooked on fitness . |
| 27 | The violence of the Demoiselles has given way to a mood of gravity : the monumental figures appear to be in reverie or slumber . |
| 28 | There is nothing wrong with the periphery which may still be vigorous and successful but the centre has given way . |
| 29 | The early consequences have been devastating — a rapid fall in GDP , large-scale unemployment , sharply declining living standards for a large part of the population , the loss of important social rights , and the emergence of extreme inequality — and the mood that prevailed in 1989 , of entering joyfully into a £ brave new world , has given way to disillusionment and hostility . |
| 30 | Although the belief in growth as a value in itself , or as the remedy for the ills of society , which seemed to be prevalent in the early 1960s has given way to a more sceptical attitude , it seems clear that an understanding of the long-run consequences of tax and expenditure policy is essential . |