Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He argued that as old institutions failed to meet new expectations , so legitimacy in government would falter and trust in its equity and effectiveness would decline . |
| 2 | WEC failed to obtain new work in both the roads and multi-discipline sectors , and whilst some success was achieved in procuring water treatment contracts , conditions in all sectors of the market remain intensely competitive . |
| 3 | In 1972 , the government tried to promote new mining ventures with the Mineral Exploration and investment Grants Act . |
| 4 | Hopeful signs that consumers were at last starting to put their hands in their pockets helped to breathe new life into the brewers and stores . |
| 5 | People stopped building new ghettoes in which to practise the old persecutions ? |
| 6 | Like other state-sector workers , the Government promised to find new jobs for those they laid off , but in reality most have been left to their fate without support . |
| 7 | Known as the District 's ‘ Sabine Women ’ these young graduates not only held together the framework of the District 's organisation in the counties throughout the war , but added substantially to the number of courses provided by the District and helped to establish new WEA branches and centres among the civilian population . |
| 8 | With backing from Citrine and Self , Smith tried to exercise such leverage , and ( when he failed to persuade the existing boiler manufacturers to respond ) proposed to attract new firms to the industry by the promise of orders to keep them in business . |
| 9 | The result : a whole range of new alloys , tailored to meet new needs . |
| 10 | One of the American companies , US Leasing , stopped writing new business in the summer and 3i , the venture capital group , joint owned by the four big banks , is reducing the scale of its leasing operations . |
| 11 | As other areas reported improving new homes sales , California continued to experience declining land values and sluggish sales except in the low priced starter homes market . |
| 12 | Freely negotiated market rents and deregulation , the government believes , will be sufficient to revive the private rented sector , and the White Paper promised to put new life into the independent rented sector' claiming that ‘ the letting of private property will again become an economic proposition ’ . |
| 13 | They tried bringing out political prisoners after rebellions in Britain , they tried kidnapping new recruits , and they tried legislating to keep up the number of white men that planters must employ , but white men still left for England or went on to new parts of the Americas rather than compete against slave labour . |
| 14 | The move was part of a radical ministerial reshuffle by John Major designed to bring new blood to the Government after the Conservative election victory . |
| 15 | All the originals are locked to prevent accident but the elements can be ungrouped and manipulated to create new designs or , given a colour system , you can try adjusting the colours of the elements and backgrounds — often ending up with an entirely new feel . |
| 16 | Many attempts to assist the less advantaged rural areas sought to create new job opportunities by attracting industry to them . |
| 17 | The centre proved incapable of controlling levels of local spending to the extent which supporters of restraint had hoped , but local governments also came to accept new parameters beyond which they could not stray . |
| 18 | ‘ I wish you 'd seen New Canaan , Connecticut , March 1 to April 14 … |
| 19 | The protectorate agreement came just as the Russo-Japanese War seemed to suggest new hopes of Asian independence , and Japan 's claim to champion the cause of Korean modernization and Asian nationalism was rendered particularly insulting by the brutality with which all manifestations of anti-Japanese sentiment were suppressed under the protectorate . |
| 20 | A further $89,500,000 was received from banks which opted to extend new loans . |
| 21 | Stormy conditions against which he had to battle seemed to put new heart into him . |
| 22 | She seemed to have new confidence in her hold over her daughter . |
| 23 | I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals . |
| 24 | ML Laboratories , expected to announce new drug developments soon , jumped 40p to 495p . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , I forgot to buy new decorations . ’ |
| 26 | You forgot to put new tapes in the recorder last night . |
| 27 | It was a short stay , but the year was to be an important one , for during it Louis-Napoleon began to see new ways in which his devotion to the Bonapartist cause might be developed . |
| 28 | We owe the next great advance in the appreciation of precious stones to the Hellenistic and Roman heirs of Alexander 's conquests which served to promote new dynasties and enhance trade between the Mediterranean and India . |
| 29 | Many groups and denominations began to plant new churches in schools , disused church buildings and halls and pubs up and down the country . |
| 30 | In the first months of Kennedy 's presidency the United States not only undertook a substantial arms build up , but also began to float new ideas in strategic doctrine , most notably Maxwell Taylor 's theory of flexible response . |