Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [vb pp] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The period of authoritarian rule has given way during the last decade or so to a democratic system that is still consolidating itself . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the research has identified ways in which a more systematic evaluation of polling districts and census zones can be achieved so that an integration of information about electoral behaviour and more general socio-economic information at the local level may be obtained . |
| 3 | William looked up at her and Hari smiled , pleased with the way his cheeks had filled out and that the set of his shoulders was straight now , his fear of violence having given way to a new confidence in himself . |
| 4 | Before long football had given way to a different sport , and a surreal Bosch-like survey of the entire field showed all kinds of what my mother called hanky-panky in full swing . |
| 5 | He waited for three-quarters of an hour , until the mottled grey of false-dawn had given way to a pink-and-pearl flush above the silent rooftops , then left , walking between the rows of drawn curtains and smiling at his wrong choice . |
| 6 | Up in the dome , the uncoupling of the private car had given way to speculation about whether the northern lights would oblige : the weather was right , apparently . |
| 7 | They loathed the German guns and they looked with longing and detestation at Woolley , but in each of them fear had given way to a curiously objective fatalism . |
| 8 | They dreaded , and were yet painfully anxious , to get back and see whether the last caulking had given way . |
| 9 | The clear , blue water of the river mouth had given way to a brown muddy flow as the ship moved inland , and both banks were now lined with natural stockades of tall , fleshy-leaved trees that trailed tangled creepers over the water . |
| 10 | That pioneer-breed has made way for pampered and petted females who demand the best of two worlds . |
| 11 | Now a report from the Pensions Management Institute has suggested ways of changing the law to bring pension rights into play . |
| 12 | Unless the gutter has split or cracked , it is most likely that either the gutter ( or downpipe ) is blocked and needs clearing ( page 78 ) or that a bracket has given way and the gutter is sagging . |
| 13 | In no more than twenty hours and with 400 sea-miles beneath our keel , the miserable Asian winter had given way to the equally miserable Asian summer , and all newcomers on the ship knew full well what the monsoon was all about . |
| 14 | The Fair Isle pullover had given way to another in pale blue and the firelight struck almost red notes from his hair . |
| 15 | The early slapstick of their competitiveness had given way to outright savage aggression . |
| 16 | Since the decision of the County Council in March nineteen eighty one , to promote a Harrogate and Knaresborough southern bypass , the Council have investigated ways of improving the flow of traffic through the two communities . |
| 17 | Each linguistic community has preferred ways of organizing its various types of discourse . |
| 18 | At the end of the nineteenth century the verdict of the legal philosopher Dicey was that laissez-faire had given way to collectivism ; that government had begun to assume a role in society that had taken Britain well on the way to becoming a socialist state . |
| 19 | The previous day 's drizzle had given way to sun and wind . |
| 20 | The morning 's rain had given way to a lush golden evening . |
| 21 | IN Washington 's superb bookshops , which stay open all night and serve coffee and bagels , tomes on the Cold War have given way to a new theme : the prospect of a trade war between the three great economic blocs — Japan , the US and the European Community . |
| 22 | In the case of these species , rigidly determined , genetically programmed instinctual behaviour has given way to much less clearly focused instinctual drives . |
| 23 | PROFESSOR Peter Smith believes that ‘ reasoned architectural criticism has given way to inflammatory metaphor ’ . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I am glad that my hon. Friend has given way again , because it is some time since I smelt a rat in the Chamber , but there is one knocking about tonight . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The principle of non-intervention has given way to the need for legal response to international wrong-doing , coupled with responsibility for such acts . |
| 29 | With Gibbons , he wrote , oak had given way to limewood and earthbound solidity to feats of impossible lightness . |
| 30 | Along the banks the dark green tangle of mangrove had given way to tall jungle . |