Example sentences of "finally [vb past] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steam power finally gave way to electricity by the mid-1950s and in 1977 , the mill was completely gutted and re-equipped with modern machinery , much of it made locally by Simon-Barron of Gloucester . |
| 2 | At the end of 1981 the government finally gave way , or at least a little bit . |
| 3 | The government finally gave way and , on 17 December 1908 , passed a bill which restricted the term ‘ Champagne ’ to certain named communes in the Marne and Aisne départements only . |
| 4 | that he finally gave way to the tears that had been building up inside him since Michael 's visit . |
| 5 | From 1446 to 1448 the French spared no effort to bring about the surrender of Maine which those Englishmen holding Le Mans , its capital , refused to carry out until , in March 1448 , they finally gave way . |
| 6 | This issue was exploited by Sukarno until the Dutch finally gave way , in 1962 . |
| 7 | Scholars differ to some extent over the precise reasons why British ministers finally gave way . |