Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] give way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tour from the Dolomites is particularly scenic : soaring mountains give way to enormous glaciers . |
| 2 | MAJESTIC PEAKS AND STEEP RIDGES GIVE WAY TO HIDDEN VALLEYS , RIPPLING LAKES AND ALPINE MEADOWS . |
| 3 | Marine sediments give way to a dense peat containing tree stumps , branches and roots — especially birch and latterly alder . |
| 4 | As the beginner progresses to more advanced areas of basic training , the simple blocks give way ( though they are not discarded ) to more demanding techniques . |
| 5 | It is as if the individual features give way to a universal picture . |
| 6 | Their great preserved facades give way to the necessities of low-budget modern living — poor furniture , inhibited taste , as at St Andrews , and a disappointing lack of the glories of old lecture theatres . |
| 7 | Basic steels give way to high-strength and corrosion-resistant steels , then to new materials composed of steel mixed with silicon and custom-made polymers . |
| 8 | Rocky shores and magnificent beaches give way to some of the finest cliffs in the country — not a bad borderline for the 90 square miles of rich fertile countryside which is the Gower Peninsular . |
| 9 | Within seconds black streets give way to walled farmland . |
| 10 | Further inland , the gentle hills , olive and orange groves give way to magnificent Sierra Nevada and the sleepy white-washed villages of old Andalucia — land of the flamenco , strumming guitars and fiery fiestas . |
| 11 | Another reason for Europe 's greater interest is the change in the manufacturing base , as heavy industries give way to offices and shops and derelict land seeks new occupants . |
| 12 | It envisages , that is , the possibility of a description of the world in which all subject terms refer to actual existents , and all explicit existential assertions give way to " existential presuppositions " . |
| 13 | What is the process by which local loyalties and parochial orientations give way to wider concerns ? |