Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] way to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interesting point , however , is that divisions within the student body would become less significant as conditions for all students deteriorated throughout the reform decade and optimism gave way to despair . |
| 2 | Here the limestone of the Force gives way to peat moorlands pierced by disused coal pits , abandoned long ago but temporarily revived by the villagers during the coal strike of 1926 . |
| 3 | But if fear gives way to fury — as has happened with the formation of this vociferous pressure group and watchdog — those feelings need no longer be followed by a sense of frustration and impotence . |
| 4 | When fear gave way to relief and a different kind of laughter . |
| 5 | If the historical trajectory of the Scrapbook is followed ( SI through Fluxus , Heatwave , King Mob , Jamie Reid , Vivienne Westwood , and the Sex Pistols ) the Situationist role for the intellectual as an informed but passionate critic gives way to philistine incitements to violence ( typified by King Mob in Britain , the Motherfuckers in the USA , and also indirectly the punk phenomenon ) but more commonly a laidback and philosophically weak critique of everyday life . |
| 6 | Print check points way to trickster |
| 7 | There were , however , consistent differences in the quality of experience as wakefulness gave way to sleep . |
| 8 | The earth thickened and made different sounds underfoot as ash gave way to elm . |
| 9 | He aimed a hefty kick at the door , and there was a splintering sound as wood gave way to metal . |
| 10 | For Henri , the desire for French control of Scotland had for the moment given way to Valois need to counter an extension of Hapsburg power ; and Mary was as useful for the one as for the other . |
| 11 | I encourage cyclists to respect the fact that on all legal access routes there 's a need to give way to walkers — but I 'll be the first to admit that this does n't happen all the time . |
| 12 | Scuds of rain gave way to sun as we got near to the end of the loch . |
| 13 | The dark bulk of buildings on his right gave way to emptiness , and he knew he 'd reached Princess Street . |
| 14 | The next day their feelings of joy gave way to dismay . |
| 15 | But when victory gave way to stalemate and defeat , when the king 's early vigour gave way to senility , and when he was succeeded by a king with a very different personality , the limitations of his achievement became all too apparent . |
| 16 | Aggression gives way to awe , even concern . |
| 17 | The tough treatment of childhood Carol Reed had offered in The Fallen Idol gave way to feyness in A Kid for Two Farthings ( 1955 ) while Robert Hamer , expelled from Ealing , shifted from the controlled savagery in Kind Hearts and Coronets via the eccentric Father Brown ( 1954 , The Detective in US ) to such routine comedy assignments as To Paris with Love ( 1954 ) and School for Scoundrels ( 1959 ) . |
| 18 | The industrial revolution changed the scene dramatically and animals for transport gave way to horses kept for sport and pleasure while the success of veterinary surgeons in raising the health standards of agricultural animals ensured that their services would remain in demand . |
| 19 | So easily , Creggan , may an eagle give way to weakness . |
| 20 | Behind him , the horses moved to a trot , and he could feel the wariness giving way to disbelief , and the disbelief to the first stirrings of a dazed expectancy . |
| 21 | The sky was turning several shades of blue as night gave way to day . |
| 22 | Small wonder then , that restraint on occasion gives way to abuse , especially given the failure of our formal systems to offer adequate support . |
| 23 | Immediately , the sense of distance gave way to intimacy and detail . |
| 24 | The expression on the assassin 's face changed : despair gave way to disbelief , and disbelief to a kind of terror , as though this fording was unthinkable , unbearable . |
| 25 | To have a week away , and with Fräulein Silber … even the thought of Omi faded as she thought of it ; after all , it would only be for one week , pushing away the traitorous thought that one week for herself was quite different from a week in Omi 's life , and , treachery giving way to treason , she did have her own life to lead ; and so she said , firmly , ‘ It will be all right , Fräulein . |
| 26 | A good deal of the upbeat feel reported last month gave way to dismay and much questioning , which reached a crescendo over the selection of the second Test 12 with its five changes . |
| 27 | Where the track ends , mud gives way to sand . |
| 28 | Rain 's discomfort gave way to anger . |
| 29 | But when victory gave way to stalemate and defeat , when the king 's early vigour gave way to senility , and when he was succeeded by a king with a very different personality , the limitations of his achievement became all too apparent . |
| 30 | Although they aim to carve out an inviolable space for individualist explanation , the boundaries of this area remain unspecified ; some human behaviour , it is allowed , requires a holistic approach ; but when does individualism give way to holism and vice versa ? |