Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] have give way " in BNC.
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| 1 | The speeches are short ( perhaps the school prize-giving metaphor breaks down at this point ) and the polished public school tones of the Synod have given way to nasal northern echoes . |
| 2 | Relieved of the burdens imposed upon it by state and nobility the commune could flourish — especially once , as most of them envisaged , individual use of the land had given way to collective farming . |
| 3 | In particular , the traditional , if untheorized , distinction between serious literature and ‘ rubbish ’ has broken down ; as Franco Fortini said , the occasional slummings of the aristocratic writer of the past have given way to a situation in which we all live off the ‘ guano ’ which our society produces day by day ( Cadioli and Peresson 1984 : 85 ) . |
| 4 | When the light and warmth of the fire had given way to smoke , they put on their shoes and wandered homeward through the silent village and the frosty starlit night . |
| 5 | Lord Denning stated that the position would have been different if the stairs leading to the basement had given way . |