Example sentences of "a new and [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are confident that IBM is indeed primarily interested in the morphing business even as it metamorphoses itself into a new and presumably reinvigorated enterprise . |
| 2 | I had a new and most exciting adversary , a traitor in my midst . |
| 3 | These hints were followed up by many gentlemen : and I think I never saw Mr Loudon more pleased than when a highly respectable gardener once told him that he was living in a new and most comfortable cottage , which his master had built for him ; a noble marquess , who said that he should never have thought of it , but for the observations in Mr Loudon 's Gardener 's Magazine , as they made him consider whether the cottage was comfortable or not , and that , as soon as he did so , he perceived its deficiencies . |
| 4 | The stone floor is now mainly used for storage for the baking business that is still carried on there , although it is still home for a new and completely unused mill stone . |
| 5 | When a new and relevantly similar action occurs , one must either call it good or take back one 's judgement that the first one was good . |
| 6 | After an hour or so we were offered a free drink from the buffet , a new and well intentioned gesture that soon will be seen as an albatross like being asked your height by an undertaker . |
| 7 | While very different answers to these various questions were offered , the struggle with them reflected a new and consciously modern outlook . |
| 8 | There has been no point in British history at which the prevailing method of government has been completely swept away , allowing those in power to sit down and create from first principles a new and clearly delineated form of government . |
| 9 | If the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that our trade with Indonesia depends on a resolution to that question , that is a new and rather remarkable policy statement . |
| 10 | It is never too late to pursue this source of work , and it is an excellent example of a new and very wide area opening up and being ripe for the picking by the well-organised practice . |
| 11 | The Children Act 1989 and the regulations made under that Act have imposed upon the justices a new and very substantial burden and one which I am aware is sometimes causing difficulty , as justices are not accustomed to giving a judgment or a detailed explanation of their findings and their reasons . |
| 12 | There had however been some resistance to what was seen as Russification since at least the 1960s , and in the 1980s the development of nuclear power was a new and very potent source of public disenchantment . |
| 13 | A new and very junior partner may make little headway in challenging the terms of partnership offered him where similar terms are already in force as regards other partners in the firm . |
| 14 | For me , it was a new and very special experience . |
| 15 | It was a new and very special experience to be treated as a granny , excluded from the kitchen , given a sherry before the meal and told not to help with the serving up . |
| 16 | A new and very exciting service now being offered to clients from leading stylists around the country is Tec Ni Pli by L'Oréal Technique Professionnelle . |
| 17 | Tinka presented a course of work for backpain control , which not only got us ‘ tightening our tummies ’ and protecting our backs , but opened up Medau to a new and very large community of back-pain sufferers . |
| 18 | For me , a new and very delightful phase of life began , for I began to spend time with mothers of young children again . |
| 19 | But the underlying theme was that expressed by a Japanese , Zenko Suzuki , in 1982 — a theme that has since proved an undeniable stimulus to politicians and rhetoricians in need of a new and very positive cause . |
| 20 | The very idea that we should leave our parental home establishes the fact that this is a new and totally autonomous family unit . |
| 21 | Clearly , the Sverdlov posed a new and totally unexpected threat to the sea defences of Europe . |
| 22 | The other moments I will treasure were the near-perfect serving of Michael Stich in his first Wimbledon final against Boris Becker , which puts a new and totally unexpected name on that historic trophy ; the charmless street-fighter qualities of Monica Seles which nevertheless took her to the number one spot in the world while showing total contempt for most of the accepted standards of behaviour that should belong to a champion ; and finally the conversion of Andre Agassi from teenage rebel to near-establishment idol at Wimbledon , where he appeared in shining white and won the hearts not only of his adoring army of fans , but also of most of the middle-age traditionalists . |
| 23 | Then , to her everlasting shame , a new and totally unexpected sensation found its way into her consciousness , so devastating , so unlike anything she had ever experienced before , as her body betrayed her with its instant response . |
| 24 | In the same space of time she had married , embarked on a new and totally alien job , had a baby , celebrated her twenty-first birthday , and then had a second child — all momentous events in anyone 's life , without the other pressures she was having to cope with . |
| 25 | Jewish refuseniks are also facing a new and possibly sinister clampdown . |
| 26 | Erythropoietin gives the cheaters a new and potentially deadly weapon ; the synthetic hormone is used to treat kidney dialysis patients . |
| 27 | In the first instance it stemmed from an understandable utilization of familiar forms to furnish a reassuring and acceptable face for the new means of locomotion and thus allay the fears of travellers for whom speed was a new and potentially alarming phenomenon . |
| 28 | As was seen with EDFAX and COMMUNITEL , the applications in various subjects ( e.g. FLEET STREET EDITOR has maps in its Graphics Library which could be used in Geography ) are limitless and school librarians and teachers can encourage pupils to use the technology in a new and educationally productive way . |
| 29 | The Enterprise for the Americas Initiative , launched by United States President Bush in June [ see pp. 37526 ; 37914 ] was welcomed by all governments as evidence that the US government wished to create a new and more equal relationship with the region by fostering strong investment and trade ties , beginning with talks on a free-trade agreement with Mexico [ see pp. 37849 ; 38140 ] . |
| 30 | Behind this change lay a new and more business-like concentration on landed possession . |