Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [adv] give way to " in BNC.
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1 | The tree-lined city embankments , riverside walkways and yuppiefied warehouse flats soon gave way to deserted shipyards . |
2 | In this regard , the ISS proposals for units and unit credits were consonant with other changes in secondary schools which were being developed at the same time : graded assessment , where the initial belief that it was simply a matter of devising achievement tests soon gave way to much more fundamental re-thinking about allied development work on curriculum content and teaching method ; and also work on profiles/records of achievement . |
3 | Coconut and banana trees quickly give way to a dim still forest . |
4 | Gentle , rolling countryside of wooded glens and tumbledown cottages gradually gives way to a dramatic landscape of magnificent mountains towering above luminous lochs . |
5 | Older associationist models gradually gave way to interpretations based on concepts of language learning . |