Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [v-ing] a new " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether you are replacing an existing faulty drain or laying a new one , perhaps to lead from an extension , the major part of the job will be excavating the trench . |
| 2 | Social workers and SSDs walk a tightrope between maintaining the spirit of partnership and creating a new , relatively unaccountable means of taking children away . |
| 3 | The view that the major industrial nations are in a period of transition — at the end of a long period of industrialism and entering a new phase of post-industrialism — pre-dates the onset of deindustrialization and the debates around the issue . |
| 4 | When he did talk of an independent Scotland , he talked of bankers and making a new Switzerland . |
| 5 | It takes a bit of an effort to get to the punchline in IBM Corp 's alliance with Blockbuster Entertainment Corp to enable record stores to create compact disks on the spot at the request of the customer ( CI No 2,166 ) , because the deal is actually between IBM 's Fireworks Partners unit , which is buying a stake in Blockbuster 's NewLeaf Entertainment Corp subsidiary and creating a new company , Fairway Technology Associates , both in Deerfield Beach , Florida ; the latter has been formed to further the development of multimedia technologies and to operate the multimedia distribution system , which will consist of digital content databases , interfaces to broadband telecommunications networks , audio and video servers and content production and display devices — and we were all wrong in suggesting that the point of the system was to enable retailers to eliminate the problem of needing to stock thousands of slow-moving titles — the partners say the aim is ‘ to create a more enticing retail experience ’ . |
| 6 | She resisted all temptations to give in to homesickness : she had been given the choice between staying at home and starting a new life , and having chosen the latter she was determined to enjoy every waking minute to the full . |
| 7 | Some have even been tempted to transfer these old contracts into newer personal pensions , despite all the costs associated with discontinuing the contract and starting a new one , and the possible downsides such as a lower amount of tax-free cash under the new legislation . |
| 8 | If employers try to give notice to change the contract without agreement then they are in fact giving notice to terminate the contract and offering a new one on different terms . |
| 9 | The ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique ( Frelimo ) held its sixth congress in Maputo on Aug. 12-23 , re-electing President Joaquim Chissano as party chairman and electing a new central committee — chosen by secret ballot for the first time — of 160 members , 58 of them women . |
| 10 | The new administration was given responsibility for preparing for the forthcoming general election and drafting a new constitution . |
| 11 | By contrast , Shaw , communing with the computer and making a new friend , looked like one of those whiz-kids who , from their glass and concrete towers , manipulate the world 's money markets . |
| 12 | However , even if one takes the view that King 's Cross is essential , there are better and more appropriate ways of building and developing a new station at King 's Cross than the one that British Rail has effectively forced upon us . |
| 13 | Three years ago Darlington Health Authority entered into a commitment with the Leukaemia Unit Fund that if we raised the £250,000 required for building and equipping a new unit they would provide the necessary staff and resources . |
| 14 | She observes that by taking out the old fuse and putting a new one in she has caused the iron to work again . |
| 15 | Tell Charlie I 'm out of it , I 'm leaving town and making a new start . ’ |
| 16 | It would have taken no additional effort to assemble a selection representative of the period and presenting a new view of many leading artists ' activities and styles applied to this medium . |
| 17 | The PS held its annual congress in Dakar on July 28-29 , 1990 , re-electing Diouf as party Secretary-General and electing a new , 30-member , " non-hierarchical " political bureau . |
| 18 | The painstaking restoration of the 125-year-old spire cost £150,000 and building a new church in the next 18 months will total £1.2m , excluding fees . |
| 19 | At the age of 47 , Robert De Niro is coming out of a creative crisis and entering a new phase as a movie mogul . |
| 20 | Trilobites , like most arthropods , grew by moulting ( casting off the old carapace and growing a new , larger one ) and many of the bits we find are probably the ‘ cast offs ’ and not the dead animal . |
| 21 | On every front the movies were cutting into new ground and creating a new audience . |
| 22 | All agree that the building they share in Aldershot , an outdated 60s 12-storey tower block , needs major refurbishment — closing it and moving to the Royal Logistic Corps training centre 20 miles away or converting it to an office block and building a new , smaller Army catering school alongside , are not seen as attractive options . |
| 23 | The same principles apply in planning and delivering a new service . |
| 24 | The work entails regrading waste heaps , recontouring the site , planting trees and creating a new watercourse . |
| 25 | ’ But leaving Angola will be hard , leaving our Angolan friends and neighbours and starting a new life ’ , she said . |
| 26 | We supported their case that the future prosperity of the Valleys depends on healing the scars of the past and building a new industrial and commercial base that actually improves and protects , rather than destroys , the environment . |
| 27 | All the while Hollywood was winning new friends and gaining a new legitimacy for its methods and style . |
| 28 | It is surely significant that when the government of newly independent Zimbabwe was seeking finance to buy out South African interests in the country 's newspapers and establishing a new framework within which its press , television and radio could operate , it went to Nigeria both for finance and for advice . |
| 29 | If you do decide to move , you should consider transferring an existing mortgage to your new property or getting a new one up to £30,000 , even if you could afford to buy the property outright . |
| 30 | It starts a new line without ending one paragraph and starting a new one . |