Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] for a new " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mass has been offered regularly in St Gerard 's School as funds were raised for a new church centre in Hemlington . |
| 2 | Its main aims were to press for a new constitution based on a formal state treaty and to slow the moves towards a market economy . |
| 3 | The old Gothic was felt to be as inadequate in the 1890s as the old meeting-house had been in the 1860s so plans were made for a new building worthy of their pastor whose fame was rapidly increasing . |
| 4 | In 1944 , at the Bretton Woods conference , plans were laid for a new commercial and financial system with the formation of an International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) to deal with monetary problems and a World Bank to help with economic development . |
| 5 | President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine denied Tory MPs were looking for a new leader , saying : ‘ We know that so long as we keep our nerve and pursue policies that are important we can come through . |