Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [be] [verb] a new " in BNC.

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1 On a more general level it is possible to say that since painting is in any case an art of illusion , in so far as it conveys sensations of volume and depth on a two-dimensional surface , it was easier for the Cubists to break with traditional conventions , to push the ‘ illusion ’ one step further , and to invent a new pictorial language , than it was to find a new way of dealing with the solid , tangible forms themselves .
2 It 's terribly unfashionable , so it 's getting a new coat of paint at the Old Fire Station In Oxford .
3 If I were interviewing a new act , I would try to ascertain their sheer punishment factor .
4 If you are buying a new heater , showroom staff should be able to advise on this .
5 If you are fitting a new brace , the top should be at the latch side of the gate .
6 If you are holding a New Year highland fling , who better to supply Scottish recipes than Sue Lawrence , the 1991 MasterChef winner who is from north of the border .
7 If you are considering a new boat or retrofit rig you 'll want to know more , just write , phone or fax for our product literature , to arrange a meeting or to organise a tender .
8 If you are installing a new bathroom , it has to meet the requirements of the Building Regulations .
9 So be on your guard if you are offered a new way to cure gout see in the dark or watch an eclipse of the Sun .
10 The study also warns : ‘ If you are starting a new sexual relationship , we estimate the chances that your partner is HIV-positive at 1-in-300 .
11 However this little problem does n't occur if you are investigating a new savings plan because the correction for inflation brings the value back to today 's values .
12 This is the place to visit if you are planning a new garden or trying to give your modern garden the old fashioned look .
13 If you 're installing a new radiator , fit the new valves , air vent and blanking-off plug before you finally hang it on its new brackets .
14 If you 're installing a new cistern , you can fit the connectors before taking the cistern up to the loft .
15 If you 're buying a new cooker , look for a model with the controls at the top , not on the front , and an insulated door — ordinary ones get very hot .
16 If you 're buying a new computer screen it will now by law have to comply with European standards in terms of low radiation emissions and lack of screen flicker .
17 If you 're carpeting a new extension , remember that a 6in thick concrete floor may take up to 6 months to completely dry out .
18 Probably if you 're having a new home built or something like that you may not have to recourse to those because while you 're having , you 're having your home built you can say to the electrician , alright I want X number of power points here .
19 The other thing is ladies and gentlemen , I do n't know whether you know or not , but it is now , if you 're having a new home built , fresh build as we call it , okay ?
20 If you were to have a new one delivered tomorrow , how would you like to learn how it works ?
21 What it is le let's just sort of get things , as I say in a new build situation if you were having a new house built
22 If you were to try a new carbon zinc battery on one of these testers , and then an alkaline one , in both cases the needle would bang hard over .
23 I would say to you that the history of North Yorkshire County is that the house house builders have built , more or less the building rate of planning policy , whatever that has been , and that is a matter of fact , and if and if and if we are in a situation where the market is being fettered , as is the policy , and it 's not a policy which we are seeking to go away from specifically , and it is inevitable that the house builders will build to whatever the policy building rate is , and comparisons of one building rate with another are simply telling you what 's happened in the past , not what needs to happen in the future er in terms of meeting the housing requirement , and quite clearly in any area where you are introducing a new settlement , if indeed that 's the conclusion we come to , er late later on , erm and I hope we do , but if we are introducing a new settlement you are bound to skew the building rates , and the more and more you reduce the area in which you consider what the building rate effect is the more and more that it actually gets skewed , er and erm you know , quite frankly , when the developers built a new estate at the end of my particular street the building rate went up alarmingly in my area , er and er you know , we can go on forever like that , I just think it 's very misleading to just deal with the judgement of building rates .
24 If we were to introduce a new toy to a litter of puppies , they would play with it .
25 Cos they 're making a new dia , dictionary and they want some new words
26 At Collington Chapel Lane is closed until Friday cos they 're putting a new sewer in there and traffic 's being diverted there along Main Street and at Totton there 's roadworks on Nottingham Road at the junction with Attenborough Lane delays likely there especially at busy times that 'll do us for now we 'll update the traffic for you again in half an hours time .
27 Wholesale changes will need to be made if it is to administer a new form of tax as well .
28 The area will face a herculean task if it is to find a new occupier for that factory .
29 Mr MacGregor , the Chairman of British Steel in 1980 , would not have chosen either place if he were starting a new industry today .
30 After setting the scene this use of description slightly declines unless he is introducing a new character or scene .
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