Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] way [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Print check points way to trickster |
| 5 | Third Annual Conference shows way for logic programming |
| 6 | Aggression gives way to awe , even concern . |
| 7 | Small wonder then , that restraint on occasion gives way to abuse , especially given the failure of our formal systems to offer adequate support . |
| 8 | Where the track ends , mud gives way to sand . |
| 9 | But capitalism in turn gives way to socialism because of the conflict between owner and worker . |
| 10 | Research in the Netherlands , West Germany and Denmark has shown that at 20kg/N/ha heather gives way to grassland . |
| 11 | Over the years the economics of different enterprises wax and wane : milk gives way to beef , livestock to arable , new husbandry methods are evolved , and new equipment is invented . |
| 12 | When the press gets wind of it , the cronyism gives way to abuse of power , as people whose worst offence is to have arranged expensive air trips are smeared with the rumour that they are to be subject to criminal investigation . |
| 13 | Reason gives way to sentiment . |
| 14 | Hockey Clift paves way for East Grinstead . |
| 15 | They enact a transaction , one that is constantly being made , broken , and remade , coming under doubt and suspicion , collapsing with proof of infidelity or betrayal by either side , being slowly rebuilt as doubt gives way to confirmation . |
| 16 | The Gulf of Tonkin and the Vietnamese frontier is the arbitrary point at which South-East gives way to North-East Asia — the industrial powerhouse of the Pacific , the region that most economists and businessmen mean when they idly refer these days to ‘ Asia ’ . |
| 17 | Copper wire gives way to copper cables , then to fiber-optic cables . |