Example sentences of "[adj] was [adv] a new [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps this was just a new form of indigestion . |
2 | This was not a new development resulting from the occupation . |
3 | It may be argued that this was not a new concept of the basic function of monarchy ; perhaps so . |
4 | The patchwork quilt of administrative decision-making powers reinforced the idea that this was not a new system of law in the making and the formalism of normativism led to the idea that to the extent that we had administrative law , the subject consisted wholly or mainly of delegated legislation and administrative adjudication ; that is , the forms of administrative action classifiable in terms of a conception of a formal separation of powers . |
5 | This was not a new idea , but it attracted increasing support from the 1880s , due partly to the failure of alternative solutions to unemployment and to the apparent unlikelihood of more work being generated in the towns . |
6 | Although incorporating some features of the previous 1963 edition , this was basically a new form of contract and by implication was intended by the JCT to be used on contracts exceeding £250,000 in value . |
7 | And the CND march of Easter 1966 was where a new paper was given a test outing . |
8 | The Empire might have become the Commonwealth , but that was just a new name for the same thing as far as we were concerned . |