Example sentences of "[verb] by a new " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standards have gone up consistently over the six years of the league and , although still dominated by a new wave of running clubs that have burgeoned over the last decade , more and more of the traditional athletics clubs have been paying more attention to the competition . |
| 2 | ‘ By the beginning of 1960 ’ , he wrote , ‘ it could no longer be denied that certain parts of London at night were dominated by a new spirit of insecurity ’ : ‘ juvenile delinquency had for the first time in Britain become elevated to the status of a national problem ’ . |
| 3 | Under Charles IV , around 1360 , the town was enlarged and surrounded by a new wall , known as the Hunger Wall ( see p. 66 ) . |
| 4 | They are surrounded by a new aura of meaning ’ ( 1965 : 129 ) . |
| 5 | They require a genuine allegiance to Christ demonstrated by a new quality of life . |
| 6 | This was substituted by a new clause which stated that ‘ parties , mass organisations and mass movements are set up under a procedure established by legislation , and function within the framework of the constitution and law ’ of the republic . |
| 7 | Several Labour MPs will attend a rally in Glasgow today organised by a new cross-party group , Scotland United . |
| 8 | IBM BEATS WALL STREET FORECASTS — LIFTED BY A NEW ACCOUNTING CHANGE |
| 9 | Old certainties — the idea of a fundamental division between ‘ realism ’ and ‘ experimentalism ’ , for example — have been superseded by a new pluralism . |
| 10 | But whether it is superseded by a new work or not , any book of a popular or educational nature which is clearly out of date should be considered for discard . |
| 11 | It was briefly revived in 1957 until superseded by a new Promenade ‘ Circular ’ , which was circular only at each end ! |
| 12 | The bridge is now used only by pedestrians , having been superseded by a new road bridge in 1958 . |
| 13 | It has been argued that the conventional ‘ male breadwinner ’ earning a ‘ family wage ’ is being superseded by a new convention in which both male and female partners spend the major part of their potential working lives in employment . |
| 14 | In the Eastern states of Europe , the traditional form of communism has collapsed and the communist party and state apparatus has been superseded by a new cohort of political leaders . |
| 15 | The Council 's role was largely superseded by a new top level consultative body , the Rail Council , created in 1979 in response to the Labour government 's promotion of industrial democracy in the nationalized industries . |
| 16 | ‘ It is an accepted practice in dire situations such as this that the board is replaced or supplemented by a new board charged with the function of restoring the fortunes of the company and the confidence of customers , ’ the letter says . |
| 17 | Locally , it is estimated that more than half the 200 Health Authorities in England and Wales designated a responsible officer , and that there was a greater volume and variety of activity than ever before : traditional courses were supplemented by a new range of imaginative options , to which more managers than ever before had access . |
| 18 | In most liberal democracies it has gradually been supplemented by a new plebiscitary politics , based on the cult of charismatic leaders built up through the mass media . |
| 19 | Even when Archbishop Thomas died , he was succeeded by a new archbishop , Gerard , who was already bishop of Hereford , and as such had taken an oath of obedience to Anselm . |
| 20 | Early in the new century the Manchester and Salford Scuttlers were succeeded by a new generation calling themselves ‘ Ikes ’ or ‘ Ikey Lads ’ , a name which may have had something to do with distinctive dress-styles made by Jewish tailor shops . |
| 21 | Now in the Black Sea region the dynasty , which had come to power after the Persian Wars , ruled a principality centred on Pantikapaion until 438 , when they were succeeded by a new one founded by one Spartokos ( Diod. xi.31 ) . |
| 22 | SCOTCH whisky and other spirits producers may be caught by a new Commission proposal to force them to reveal the ingredients of alcoholic drinks on bottles . |
| 23 | The site is close to Castlemorton , in Worcestershire , devastated by a new age travellers gathering last month . |
| 24 | At this stage , most if not all expert systems can not be used by naive users ; a reasonable general knowledge of the area of expertise covered by the system ( its knowledge domain ) is essential if the output produced is to be taken seriously , just as the scope , limitations and difficulties presented by a new piece of legislation can only be predicted with any certainty by a lawyer and , even then , not always correctly . |
| 25 | Much to Amiss 's chagrin , his eavesdropping was greatly hampered by a new cleaner , who had arrived to do a serious job on the upstairs kitchen . |
| 26 | Nazimov 's enthusiasm for discipline was applied by a new Governor-General to Moscow as a whole . |
| 27 | He does so as an expedient : to protect his newly acquired country manor , threatened by a new town , and to conserve the votes of the green-welly brigade . |
| 28 | Threatened by a new motorway or housing development near his home in the Chilterns , Mr Mortimer would probably be the biggest Nimby of them all . |
| 29 | The old values which had underpinned Britain when it was an agrarian society were threatened by a new urban poor . |
| 30 | One interesting aspect was that during the war the lines of debate were largely settled by civil servants ; the effective opposition was not a political party , but the Treasury and other departments who saw themselves threatened by a new , upstart Ministry of Town and Country Planning . |