Example sentences of "give way to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before Folly could give way to the tears that threatened her , a commotion on the road outside broke through her melancholy . |
| 2 | The Spirit , then , is fully involved in the anguish of our world-in-the-making , and of us Christians-in-the-making ; and he points towards the day when the pains of travail will give way to the joys of birth . |
| 3 | The official entry to the English capital of a new Swedish ambassador became the occasion for a struggle over which of the two rivals should give way to the other ; in this almost fifty men were killed and wounded . |
| 4 | I shall give way to the Secretary of State in a minute . |
| 5 | The third and most lengthy phase of the operation to save the tower will involve pumping water into the land at strategic points ‘ to make it give way to the north ’ . |
| 6 | Active engagement may give way to the skills of contemplation and reflection . |
| 7 | It will lack an expectation of success when in conflict with other horses , or for that matter people , and will give way to the aggression or assertiveness of other horses . |
| 8 | But then it is only a presumption ; and , as such , it must always give way to the language used if it is clear , and also to all counter presumptions which may legitimately be had in view in determining , on ordinary principles , the true meaning and intent of the legislation . |
| 9 | Thus the natural meaning of the word ‘ depositor ’ must give way to the extent necessary to enable the underlying purpose of the Act to be achieved . |
| 10 | THE innocence of youth will give way to the pressures of adulthood when Duncan Ferguson plays against Germany at Ibrox tomorrow night , ending a nine-month period during which his future at the highest level looked in doubt . |