Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Apparently giving way to Ukrainian pressure , the Crimean Supreme Soviet on May 20 ( the deadline set by Ukraine ) voted by 98 out of 157 to repeal the independence declaration .
2 Neurotic anxiety is probably progressively giving way to social discontent , and as the centre of the conflict moves away from the ego into the society as a whole individual psychotherapy of whatever kind probably becomes increasingly difficult .
3 This early form of international banking was aided by Europe 's relatively compact size in which different countries used their individual currencies , thus giving rise to foreign exchange transactions .
4 There are numerous experiments in which the cells of the four-to eight-cell stage embryo are rearranged and recombined , always giving rise to normal development .
5 warning lights do not appear on the dashboard unless they are actually needed , thereby giving priority to essential information such as vehicle speed , engine speed and fuel .
6 These are two respects in which the reformed law would not achieve maximum certainty , and those who argue that the terms would ‘ cause little problem of interpretation ’ are surely giving way to unwarranted optimism .
7 Poor average man , cast into outer darkness because he likes what he likes and has the temerity to prefer a little diverting decoration to soulless functionalism .
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