Example sentences of "[verb] given [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A GRANDMOTHER has given birth to test-tube twins . |
| 2 | The early consequences have been devastating — a rapid fall in GDP , large-scale unemployment , sharply declining living standards for a large part of the population , the loss of important social rights , and the emergence of extreme inequality — and the mood that prevailed in 1989 , of entering joyfully into a £ brave new world , has given way to disillusionment and hostility . |
| 3 | But for many east Germans , the jubilation of unity night last October has given way to frustration and fear of unemployment . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This is so because a limited accountability in terms only of satisfying employers in local authorities or inspectors of schools has given way to openness and to the multiplication of participators who claim a say in the running of education . |
| 6 | When tissue begins to react to the commensals causing inflammation , the process of colonisation has given way to infection . |
| 7 | Stone has given way to glass and concrete . |
| 8 | Although the authors in this ‘ school ’ focus on different aspects of permissive Britain , they are all united by their acceptance of the idea that previously existing moral consensus has given way to confusion and uncertainty . |
| 9 | This has given rise to speculation about the origins of such territorial units and the rationale behind the siting of cemeteries . |
| 10 | This link with the President has given rise to speculation that Mr Morrison may be acting as a pathfinder to the appointment of a special envoy . |
| 11 | The consistent failure to implement findings has given rise to cynicism regarding research . |
| 12 | Rumour and the recent closure of a similar sanctuary in Hereford a week ago has given rise to closure fears . |
| 13 | Summer would have given way to autumn imperceptibly , had it not been that autumn was the hunting season , and hunting the very purpose of the region . |
| 14 | ( They would marry two years later , some months after she had given birth to twin boys . |
| 15 | Mr Robin Cook MP , objected to Lord Diplock 's suitability on the ground that he had been chairman of the Security Commission since 1971 , and had not formerly indicated any understanding of the concern for civil liberties and privacy which had given rise to public and press anxiety about the procedures of the security services . |
| 16 | A two-day visit to Lagos in late December 1989 by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) Managing Director Michel Camdessus had given rise to speculation that the Fund would soon agree to further financing facilities [ for 1989 standby arrangement see p. 37140 ] . |
| 17 | The previous day 's drizzle had given way to sun and wind . |
| 18 | I spoke calmly since now revulsion had given way to hopelessness . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | With Gibbons , he wrote , oak had given way to limewood and earthbound solidity to feats of impossible lightness . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He also perceived that monotony could be relieved by transposition of material , a foreshadowing of the key-schemes that would be possible when modality had given way to tonality . |
| 23 | When the light and warmth of the fire had given way to smoke , they put on their shoes and wandered homeward through the silent village and the frosty starlit night . |
| 24 | By 1962 , steam engines had given way to diesel locomotives and practically the whole of the system 's signalling had been renewed . |
| 25 | Ever since the Industrial Revolution created a mass urban society , the conditions of the poorest city dwellers have given rise to anxiety among the better off . |
| 26 | Over the years , mining accidents have given rise to legislation . |
| 27 | ’ In practice these arrangements , like agency agreements , have given rise to confusion and friction , as well as in some cases to delay in determining applications . |
| 28 | Its contents are classified into chapters on spelling and pronunciation , locative names ( from English , French and other continental languages ) , surnames of relationship , those from native and other personal names , from offices held or occupations followed , compound names and nicknames of all kinds , oaths , colloquial expressions and phrases which have given rise to family names . |
| 29 | Christopher Napier and Christopher Noke take arguments over share premiums , share premium accounts , merger accounting and pre-acquisition profits as an example of the issues which have given rise to controversy . |
| 30 | The courtship , territory-defending days have given way to busy days of food-seeking and brood-raising . |