Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] gave [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In employing essentially utilitarian criteria , the Wolfenden Committee gave rise to legislation which decriminalised certain forms of homosexual conduct . |
| 2 | Our granite world gave way to limestones and shales , arid paths and even lusher fields . |
| 3 | When the reactor was restarted a jet of steam promptly issued from a wrongly adjusted valve in the secondary cooling system , and in the ensuring emergency shutdown a gasket in the primary cooling system gave way to deposit 3500 litres of radioactive water in the reactor 's basement . |
| 4 | The grey vinyl floor gave way to carpet tiles . |
| 5 | Also , its nocturnal caterwauling during the breeding season gave rise to tales of orgies and secret feline ceremonies . |
| 6 | Behind the glass cabinet doors , Belinda glimpsed rows of neatly labelled spice jars and piles of elegant crockery — all the pride and delight of the housekeeper Mrs Porter , evidently — then they had passed through the kitchen and into an enclosed section of veranda where the hardwood floor gave way to squares of woven sea-grass matting . |
| 7 | The Cotswolds were at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England until the rise of factory industry gave precedence to Yorkshire . |