Example sentences of "were [verb] in the new [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Co-ordination of transport , nationalization of coal , gas and electricity , in short the basic measures carried out between 1945 and 1950 were treated in the new programme as the " four vital measures of reconstruction " .
2 Yet these signs in themselves emphasise the provisional nature of the Kingdom , because all of those who were healed in the New Testament subsequently became sick and died .
3 Some of the older building was retained at the back and several of the better quality timbers were re-used in the new house .
4 Both of the female Cabinet members appointed in 1989 ( in an effort to counter the popularity of Ms Doi ) were dropped from the government , and no women were included in the new Cabinet which was sworn in by Emperor Akihito on Feb. 28 .
5 Well it was the first hundred houses that were built in the New Town and it housed a lot of building trade workers , a lot of engineers and a lot of archi well a lot , a few architects and a few engineers and the rest were building trade workers or of some sort or another , and a few British Hydro
6 When Old Testament psalms such as this one were sung in the New Testament church , they took on new meaning , although the old promises were still there , ready to be fulfilled in the lives of the worshippers .
7 Twin barrel-vault roofs formed from Broderick Structures ' Brodseam were used in the new Imperium building in Reading , by Bennetts Associates ( RIBA Journal July ) .
8 Sixteen parties were represented in the new Chamber of Deputies ; about 50 different parties or groupings had put up candidates .
9 The recommendations were implemented in the new Parliament .
10 Such large volumes of water were released in the New Year that the old road bridge by the campsite has now been washed away and there is now a debris problem on the river bed .
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