Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to a new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was , however , another crucial difference between Darwin 's position and that of his contemporaries : he believed that , when members of a species were transported to a new location , they might sometimes establish themselves even if the conditions were not identical to those of the homeland , in which case the isolated population would adapt to the new environment and eventually be transformed into a distinct species . |
| 2 | From this disaster a coalition of community groups throughout the region was formed , calling itself the Appalachian Alliance , and with these groups placing questions of land ownership high on their agenda for discussion , the issues were raised to a new sense of awareness . |
| 3 | They had sold their farm to the Mali Government and were travelling to a new life in France . |
| 4 | You mention the fact that er you were talking to a new manager or relatively new , erm had w was the trouble if you like in any way related to the appointment of this new manager ? |
| 5 | In April 1981 , route 154 was diverted to a new estate on the site of Croydon Aerodrome and only 157 serves South Norwood and Anerley . |
| 6 | In a referendum on Aug. 19 popular approval was given to a new constitution drafted by the National Forum , a multiparty conference dominated by the opposition Comité des forces vives formed in mid-1991 . |
| 7 | The attaché case was opened and its contents , a flat pack of black velvet , ten inches by twelve inches and three inches thick , was transferred to a new attaché case . |
| 8 | In March 1922 a monopoly was granted to a new state advisory body on the publication of textbooks , but through the rest of 1922 it was powerless to stem the growing tide of texts from private publishers which threatened to drown official party ideology in educational affairs . |
| 9 | At a time when the rivalry between Rangers and Celtic was rising to a new level of competitiveness , Baxter turned tradition on its head , and befriended a group of like minded Celtic players . |
| 10 | The Labour government found itself under pressure from three directions : from the left wing , largely concentrated in the ILP ; from the TUC , which , under the leadership of Citrine and Bevin , was coming to a new view of the causes of unemployment , one based upon the writings of John Maynard Keynes ; and from Sir Oswald Mosley and his supporters . |
| 11 | In January Mike Winfield , a government senator , was appointed to a new post of Minister of Management and Information Services . |