Example sentences of "[adj] for a new " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sermon was on 2 Corinthians 5:17 which is a wonderful verse and exactly right for a New year . |
| 2 | After the 1906 printing the plates were inked up and varnished over but not cancelled in any way : theoretically , therefore , it would be possible for a new purchaser to print from them . |
| 3 | First of all , your dealer is quite wrong to suggest that losing so many fish is normal for a new tank . |
| 4 | Jargon and quirkiness assail him at times like passing attacks of cramp , but in the main he is always on the alert for a new ‘ angle ’ , always individual in expression and always ready to usher the most illuminating quotations to their correct places with the discreet poise of a butler from his chosen period . |
| 5 | After that I searched high and low for a new teacher , and when I found one I had to start from scratch . |
| 6 | In the novel , the central character , Fenny Skaller , has waited in vain for a new young acquaintance to keep an appointment . |
| 7 | You are unlikely to escape some emotional turmoil , but after the 14th the way should be clear for a new chapter to begin . |
| 8 | But whatever the proportion agreed with the taxman , the cost of superfluous luxury , of expensive servicing and of trading-in a fully-depreciated old faithful for a new machine would once again mean something to the wallet of Mr Toad 's great-grandson . |
| 9 | I was dialling it when I heard the door of Flat 2 open and I glanced over my shoulder to see Fenella , who had added pyjama trousers to her stripey shirt , and Lisabeth , in an ankle-length woollen dressing-gown , creeping down the stairs like they were doing a commercial for a new edition of A. A. Milne books . |
| 10 | Mr , if we have a criterion that says protect the countryside for its own sake , and a criterion from our discussion yesterday , and somewhere down here in relation to free standing , is n't our conclusion that nowhere is acceptable for a new settlement . |
| 11 | The trade body for the insurance industry , the Association of British Insurers , produced proposals in 1991 for a new basis on which shareholders ' profits from long term insurance business might be recognised . |
| 12 | ‘ But when a team is doing badly like we are , it 's not easy for a new player to settle in . |
| 13 | President Mikhail Gorbachev , in his capacity as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) , won backing at a meeting of the party central committee on Feb. 5-7 for a new draft party platform . |
| 14 | Plans are reportedly afoot for a new soap called ‘ Ministry ’ . |
| 15 | The PUK had not always been devoid of outside help , having at one stage been supported by Syria before entering into negotiations with Baghdad in 1984 for a new deal for Iraqi Kurds to improve on the Autonomous Region status conceded them under a mosaic of earlier legislation . |
| 16 | It is not unusual for a new Member to be welcomed , despite the fact that he may not yet have contributed to our proceedings . |
| 17 | The political ground could not have been better for a new middle party and many , including myself , thought that they could well achieve the breakthrough they sought . |
| 18 | However 1980 , it seemed , just might represent a genuine national shift towards conservatism thereby providing the underpinning for a new alignment of electoral forces to replace the Democratic coalition founded by Franklin Roosevelt . |
| 19 | Elections were held in Georgia on Oct. 11 for a new parliament and parliamentary chairman . |
| 20 | Women were hungry for a new life away from the heat , from the cloister , hungry for education , hungry for travel . |
| 21 | This attitude was also responsible for a new horological invention that was ultimately to be of far-reaching social significance . |
| 22 | Malherbe may well have been responsible for a new approach apparent in vol.9 and in most of those from vol.1 onwards , which contain none of the serious distortions outlined above . |
| 23 | You know , so , I mean , in a way , it 's more for a new parish council coming together erm you know , perhaps one of the , the most important things we have to learn is that it 's , it is difficult to be very specific because you know we 're not an action committee . |
| 24 | At a birthday party yesterday — on Kensington Woof Gardens — he and a few brothers and sisters handed £200,000 to Guide Dogs for the Blind for a new training centre in Southampton . |
| 25 | The tremendous emotional energies released when men break their bonds with the village , the kin group and the family are all available for a new focus on politics . |
| 26 | This is his first for a new company — he left Motown after 30 years , following Berry Gordy 's own departure — and the tracks have a fresh , live feel to them . |
| 27 | It is therefore essential for a new user of water to make a licence application as early as possible . |
| 28 | Opposition leader Paruyr Ayrykyan , chair of the National Self-Determination union , called in a television broadcast on April 28 for a new constitution to replace the current one , which he described as invalid because it was inherited from the Armenian Soviet republic . |
| 29 | That is why the initiative of God towards us is so vital for a new start in life and marriage : ‘ We love God because he first loved us . ’ |
| 30 | Most of the old prisoners were there because they personally had no wish to escape , and although their reasons for not wishing to were usually quite sensible and not always selfish it was difficult for a new prisoner to grasp them . |