Example sentences of "to make way for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The houses will be for people who have to move out of Bentham Drive to make way for a new rail link . |
| 2 | The old terraced houses are being demolished to make way for a new shopping centre . |
| 3 | At the time , part of the mill was demolished to make way for a new road , some of the remainder being converted to shops . |
| 4 | WITH TEARS and bitter accusations of government insensitivity , an Angus family were yesterday thrown out of their home to make way for a new road . |
| 5 | ‘ We could end up in the lunatic situation of the TDC having to pull it down to make way for a new development . ’ |
| 6 | A 40-FOOT Blue Cedar tree in Liss is enjoying a change of scenery after it was moved to save it from being felled to make way for a new garage . |
| 7 | And last night Tory MPs were openly warning that , unless he managed a spectacular recovery , and got a grip , Mr Major would be forced like Lady Thatcher before him to make way for a new leader . |
| 8 | And last night Tory MPs were openly warning that , unless he managed a spectacular recovery , and got a grip , Mr Major would be forced like Lady Thatcher before him to make way for a new leader . |
| 9 | According to press reports , during the meeting Hariri had successfully allayed Hezbollah fears that a large number of buildings in the southern suburbs were to be demolished to make way for a new hospital . |
| 10 | One of South-East Asia 's richest botanical areas , the slopes of Mount Apo on the Philippine island of Mindanao , is to be cleared to make way for a geothermal power plant . |
| 11 | Given the propensity of many modern breweries and their designers to impose an overall , single-period ‘ look ’ , however , the Georgian fabric that does exist is often the first thing to be swept away — to make way for a sham-Victorian world of clumsy stained glass and ugly stained hardwood . |
| 12 | By this time the tiny west wing of the villa had been removed to make way for a gigantic conservatory , which has since disappeared . |
| 13 | In this instance , for example : The corner shop is to be closed and knocked down to make way for a multi-storey car-park . |
| 14 | Germans love a touch of ‘ Kultur ’ and those of Nuremberg are no exception — even the market square is occasionally cleared to make way for a huge stage . |
| 15 | Only a decade ago , an area called Poletown in inner-city Detroit — a diverse , thriving place cluttered with shops , churches and small manufacturing — was destroyed to make way for a giant car plant offering 4,000 jobs . |
| 16 | An overcrowded hostel was naturally keen to dispose of its more mature residents to make way for a fresh intake , while the foster parent was , by definition , a temporary parent offering short-term security against long-term uncertainty . |