Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] the new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In America , Roth has to live with being called the new Gary Oldman . |
| 2 | Like its predecessor , in order to be adopted the new package — known initially as the Pearson Accord and latterly as the Charlottetown Agreement — required ratification by the federal parliament and by individual provincial legislatures . |
| 3 | According to letters her mother had received from Uncle Félix , Alice Pritchett had done quite amazingly well and was going to be given the new London branch of her uncle 's fashion house to manage . |
| 4 | This was the first year that Environment Achievement Awards have been made , so Johnson Matthey was particularly proud to have been included among the 12 initial companies to be granted the new honour . |
| 5 | Yvraine was ready to be crowned the new Everqueen . |
| 6 | Chuter was widely expected to be offered the new position , and Spracklen believes that his offer to take it on unpaid was ‘ an embarrassment ’ to the ARA . |
| 7 | I like using it , as do many other people , and it seems to be becoming the new industry standard . |
| 8 | I even heard one supervisor , on being shown the new radio equipment on Venturous , remark that of course it was all very nice , but he did n't think the Waterguard Service was quite ready for radio yet . |
| 9 | Ask them what they think about being called the new Nirvana of Vaselined Fannies and they shrug , offering the usual lines about comparisons being inevitable . |