Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [verb] a new [noun] " in BNC.

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1 These pines were considered the holder of the planet 's longevity title until about a decade ago , when botanists studying lichens began to develop a new dating technique .
2 The schoolboy writer of nature articles had found a new purpose around which to weave his dreams of a future with his ‘ anemone maiden , .
3 Congress ( I ) lost its majority in the 60-member Nagaland Assembly after 12 of its 36 legislators defected to form a new Congress ( Regional ) Party .
4 The bombings appeared to indicate a new strategy of bombing tourist complexes while observing its declared suspension of military activities .
5 With the proclamation of the principle of conservation of energy by Helmholtz in Berlin from 1847 and then in a public lecture delivered at Königsberg on 7 February 1854 , the whole range of physical sciences began to take a new shape .
6 The Science of Woman shows the difficult and painful steps that groups of practitioners took to shape a new field according to their concerns and interests .
7 After the series in Australia , Mike Brearley announced that he would not be able to tour in 1980–1 as he wanted to continue his studies in psychoanalysis , and the England selectors decided to appoint a new captain for the start of the 1980 rubber .
8 Fortunately , while this project was under discussion , Dean at Leicester Aquatics started using a new supplier of unusual fish , and received a number of interesting species including several Synodontis .
9 Since 1954 the Soviets had developed a new proposal to resolve European security problems , whereby all existing European borders would be recognised in an arrangement involving Eastern and Western bloc states .
10 The clashes failed to sabotage a new peace meeting on June 22 , if indeed that had been the aim , and representatives of all main parties attended , except the right-wing Conservative Party and some of its allies .
11 The King 's Men had to have a new play for a special day like that .
12 For a rime after D-Day the stories of incoming prisoners had developed a new excitement .
13 Women did find a new means of articulating their experiences by publishing , yet it is a mistake to believe that the huge growth in women 's writing went hand in hand with equally momentous shifts in attitudes toward marriage .
14 A Cuban Foreign Ministry briefing afterwards stated that the talks had laid a new basis for bilateral relations , both sides having agreed to cast off the " ideological narrowness of the past " in favour of a new " mutually advantageous base " in keeping with " the possibilities and real interests " of both parties .
15 Ileana felt that women had won a new respect after this military operation , not only from their own organization but throughout the FMLN .
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