Example sentences of "be [vb pp] a [adj] lease " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ex-prisoners are given a new lease on life by an unusual theatre group , says Sue Wilson |
| 2 | Capita Group , the management services company best known for collecting poll tax and operating TV licence detector vans but which makes most of its money operating computers for local authorities , has been given a new lease of life by John Major 's re-election . |
| 3 | Right across Britain they have been given a new lease of life . |
| 4 | The gymnasium , swimming pool and even classrooms have been given a new lease of life as part of a timeshare development — such facilities having been a positive attraction to buyers . |
| 5 | American mediation , had been given a new lease of life by the Russian Revolution . |
| 6 | Although relatively creaky as an operating system , the DOS installed base is vast — maybe over 100 million — and has been given a new lease of life by the runaway success of Windows . |
| 7 | Moreover , there remains the failure to refer to the lukewarm approach of the House of Lords to the Barras principle , the presumption that when Parliament continues to use a word which has been interpreted by the courts it intends the word to continue to have the judicial meaning , but the author can no doubt contend that the doctrine has been given a new lease of life by the Court of Appeal in EWP Ltd v. Moore , and A-G v. Brotherton . |
| 8 | But now he has been given a new lease of life after securing a sports bursary at Stirling University . |
| 9 | Now they have been given a fresh lease of life , inviting the ( wrong ) conclusion that the need for a further shake-out is past . |
| 10 | It is the first time that Prince Charles has given direct financial help to a run-down urban area , and the Duchy has been granted a 125-year lease on the 0.6 acre site . |
| 11 | Old furniture and junk-shop finds can be given a new lease of life with a little tender loving care and a certain amount of practical know-how . |
| 12 | It could only be given a new lease of life by grounding its themes in a transformed image of a much more efficient , modernised , client-centred public sector , to which Labour has not yet seriously directed itself . |
| 13 | The venerable Antonov An-2 utility biplane in production in Eastern Europe since 1948 , may be given a new lease of life . |
| 14 | It 's right that Joe Hawkins and Allen 's other legendary aggro merchants should now be given a new lease of life , and Allen is absolutely sure of his books ' continued relevance : ‘ The doubts and problems which confronted yesteryear 's skinheads have multiplied at an alarming rate in today 's world . |
| 15 | It 's absolutely wonderful — to be given a new lease of life . |
| 16 | ONE of Scotland 's most ancient highways may be given a new lease of life as a commuter route for cyclists . |
| 17 | Dog-eared it may be , but the idea is being given a new lease of life by the rapprochement between the Soviet Union and South Korea , the thaw in relations between Japan and North Korea , and now a likely peace treaty between Japan and the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | However at the famous December '69 auction to dispose of the remaining assets , three of the Hunslets were given a new lease of life , virtually on home territory . |
| 19 | Led by Kate Coyne at her brilliant best , and an almost flawless Elizabeth Fancourt , rythmn 'n blues were given a new lease of life , so too was the haunting Ruby Tuesday . |
| 20 | Neil Matthews will be out for six or seven weeks with a broken hand … that means a reshuffle … so Tim Smith … who'se used to playing at full-back is given a new lease of life on the wing … |
| 21 | Because it is not possible for more than four people to share a freehold , the owners of each of the six units formed themselves into a management company in order to buy the building ; each became a director of the company and was given a 999-year lease of his or her dwelling . |
| 22 | The defendant dock company , a wholly owned subsidiary of a port authority , was granted a long lease of part of a disused naval dockyard and applied to the plaintiff local authority for planning permission to develop the land as a commercial port . |
| 23 | With four others : Petiver , Dare , Bromwich and Jones , he was granted a 21-year lease of the Garden , though no official record of this arrangement exists . |