Example sentences of "make way for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the full anthem was gradually making way for the verse anthem , of which Gibbons was the outstanding master . |
| 2 | Miniaturisation enabled small nuclear artillery shells to be produced and that , in its turn , made way for the development of the theory that we now call flexible response . |
| 3 | Make way for the king 's heralds ! ’ |
| 4 | Make way for the Lord Mayor ! ’ he bellowed , shoving through the throng to the riverbank . |
| 5 | ‘ Make way for the Lord Mayor , ’ she said one day on the front steps , as she moved her bucket aside , and he , bending over her , said , ‘ Many a true word spoken in jest , Rosie , ’ to which she had reacted quickly , saying , ‘ Yes , Mr Jones ; but those who sit on horsehair chairs generally get their bums scratched , ’ bringing from him the reaction of a push on the side of her head and their laughing together . |
| 6 | When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’ |
| 7 | The club closed in the late Sixties and was later demolished to make way for the shopping centre Eldon Gardens . |
| 8 | The value of Newcastle 's shipping industry in the nineteenth century made it necessary for large ships to pass up the river , and the low stone bridge of 1771 was demolished to make way for the Swing Bridge built by Armstrongs , and at that time the largest of its kind in the world . |
| 9 | An early fourth-century building had been demolished to make way for the wall , thus providing an approximate date for its construction . |
| 10 | An entire population of rare tree frogs on Hong Kong 's Chek Lap Kok island is to be destroyed to make way for the construction of a new international airport , for which the island is about to be blown up . |
| 11 | The room was still in the mess in which the incident squad had left it , the desks pushed together to serve as mortuary slabs and the movable screens stacked to one side to make way for the meat sacks being carried out . |
| 12 | According to the ancient wisdom , spiritual growth involves transcending the limited and short-sighted Ego to make way for the Self . |
| 13 | The ruins of the medieval Berwick Castle were removed to make way for the station , and some of its stone was used in the construction of the bridge , though parts of it are of brick with stone facings . |
| 14 | In other words , the true date lies between TL 1080 and 1240 , with 95 per cent confidence , clearly demonstrating that the third alternative holds : the daub is broadly contemporary with the backfilling of the drain and coincides with clearance of buildings in the eleventh century AD to make way for the building of the priory church . |
| 15 | As early as 1914 , arrangements for building new sick wards , that is , a workhouse infirmary , had been progressing , and in October , some sheds which had been used for wood chopping and storage were demolished to make way for the building of the new sick pavilions . |
| 16 | In reality , the saloon is mounted on the frame and bogies of Pantograph car 170 of 1928 , whose body was scrapped in 1961 in order to make way for the Rocket . |
| 17 | Pope and Bible were dethroned , to make way for the Professor of Theology . |
| 18 | A whole street of houses had been demolished to make way for the edifice looming above her , Isabel vaguely recalled hearing . |
| 19 | In Denmark , work has already begun on demolishing homes to make way for the bridge . |
| 20 | As more and more Grand Prix races were added to the Formula One calendar the Cup lost its international appeal and in 1976 the Cup abolished to make way for the Formula Pacific Series in New Zealand , and the Formula 5000 Series in Australia . |
| 21 | The outer room was already full of readers but people were being turned out of the inner room to make way for the meeting . |