Example sentences of "[vb base] given way to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And now I 've given way to my emotions when I swore to my father I never would . |
| 2 | Performance is up , too , as the early small-capacity diesels have given way to larger engines , often with turbocharged variants . |
| 3 | In particular , the traditional , if untheorized , distinction between serious literature and ‘ rubbish ’ has broken down ; as Franco Fortini said , the occasional slummings of the aristocratic writer of the past have given way to a situation in which we all live off the ‘ guano ’ which our society produces day by day ( Cadioli and Peresson 1984 : 85 ) . |
| 4 | The patriarchs of Christmas spending , Santa Claus and Good King Wenceslas , have given way to King Midas . |
| 5 | The speeches are short ( perhaps the school prize-giving metaphor breaks down at this point ) and the polished public school tones of the Synod have given way to nasal northern echoes . |
| 6 | Miss Marple and dear old Sherlock have given way to something more insistently cerebral — it 's a world where letting the brain do all the legwork makes far more sense . |
| 7 | Ian Branfoot 's head is being screamed for by Southampton 's fans and Neil Warnock 's heady times at Notts County have given way to days of whine and losses . |
| 8 | Both involve the identification of a previously existing , now largely defunct , set of moral imperatives which have given way to a new order in which control , particularly of sexual conduct , has diminished . |
| 9 | In this process of informalisation ‘ dominant modes of social conduct ’ have been violated by the upwardly mobile groups , and have given way to new codes which allow for a greater variety of behavioural alternatives . |
| 10 | Patrick Faigenbaum , exhibiting at the Crousel-Robelin-Bama until 30 May , has changed his subject matter , but with no loss of intensity : his portraits of Italian aristocrats have given way to photographs of the Wailing Wall , taken during a recent visit to Jerusalem . |
| 11 | With Dominique Bozo in overall charge of the Centre Pompidou and Germain Viatte now heading the Musée National d'Art Moderne ( MNAM ) and the Centre de Création Industrielle ( CCI ) , expressions of concern at the lack of space have given way to wide-ranging debate on the future role of the entire Beaubourg cultural complex . |
| 12 | Though a few interesting buildings have given way to typically undistinguished modern blocks , the architecture of Princes Street was never outstanding and little is likely to be lost , though little gained by the innovations . |
| 13 | The courtship , territory-defending days have given way to busy days of food-seeking and brood-raising . |
| 14 | The so-called functional areas , such as marketing , production and personnel have given way to a more problem-centred approach , but within this there has been a notable decline in the significance accorded to industrial relations , and still more , to the field of personnel management . |
| 15 | In the two figures on the right in particular the earlier striations and hatchings have given way to more discreetly and subtly modelled planes delineating the component parts of the trunks and limbs of the figures ; these planes are angled away from each other along clearly defined ridges in some passages , but softly opened up into each other in others . |
| 16 | In the later work the curving rhythms have given way to a system of verticals and horizontals , broken only by the forty-five degree diagonals of roof-tops and trees . |
| 17 | School-based choices about curriculum and curricular goals have given way to external requirements and to a greater measure of centralized uniformity . |
| 18 | Claims to scientific rationality , which were always dubious , have given way to the increasing use of value judgements ( Klein 1992 ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The spangly suits and red specs have given way to designer-jacketed ease . |