Example sentences of "[adv] gave [noun sg] to [noun] [prep] " 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 | If Godard 's post-1968 films deliberately gave primacy to sounds over images , his earlier , less didactic films were themselves critiques of an image-centred politics , and in particular of the very political use of images in advertising . |
| 3 | The same incident also gave rise to complaints by a number of members of the public in respect of the conduct of several police officers who had attended it . |
| 4 | It inevitably gave rise to speculation amongst his companions . |
| 5 | Her later career , from the time of her marriage to Darnley in the summer of 1565 , inevitably gave rise to writing of a very different and much more partisan nature . |
| 6 | CNT-inspired strikes between 1931 and 1933 frequently gave rise to clashes between workers and the two armed police forces , the Civil Guard and the Republic 's new Assault Guard . |
| 7 | ‘ Some of you thought I could n't do it , ’ chuckled Pipe , who then gave credit to Dickinson for the role he played in Granville Again 's timely revival . |
| 8 | The roaring , bellowing growls sometimes gave rise to screams of agony . |