Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] a new [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will also be a daily session introducing franchising as a way to expand an existing business or develop a new venture . |
| 2 | You can help yourself change jobs , get promotion or develop a new career path . |
| 3 | On many occasions we have increased the sensitivity of our measurements or made a new class of observations , only to discover new phenomena that were not predicted by the existing theory , and to account for these we have had to develop a more advanced theory . |
| 4 | They 'll be delighted to advise you on how to get the most from your current equipment or suggest a new model you might like to try . |
| 5 | Of course it conflicts with the commercial urgency of producing something or gaining a new market . |
| 6 | If these searches turn up anything untoward , you will have the chance to pull out or renegotiate a new price . |
| 7 | He found that he enjoyed going to a parish to confirm the children , or to institute a new incumbent , and stay afterwards for the sausage rolls or sandwiches at the bunfight and chat up the people with a mixture of silence and belly-bumping laughter and beams all round and leg-pulling but with care and affection . |
| 8 | This continuous appraisal helps to determine the prices at which securities are traded and makes it much easier for the institutional investors to reach a swift decision when they are invited to subscribe to or underwrite a new issue . |
| 9 | You can also obtain instant details of the balance in your account or request a new cheque book at any Royal Bank of Scotland Cashline machine . |
| 10 | Nowadays it can more or less count on getting asked routinely to sanction , shape or run a new form of global riot-control that none of the big powers , not even America , is ready to do alone . |
| 11 | Preliminary investigation found that when a topic is closed two options for the ensuing course of the interaction may be relevant : making a definite move to close the whole conversation , or beginning a new topic by actively searching for something to keep the conversation going . |
| 12 | Some bad habits that horses acquire may be learnt ‘ passively ’ : they are caused by faulty training or poor riding , and no one may be aware of them until the horse changes hands or gets a new rider . |
| 13 | Business decisions whether to buy equipment or to build a new factory depend on the relationship between the rate of interest and the expected rate of return on the project . |
| 14 | Pigs may have spent some time with the swineherd in the distant woodland , but part of the wood would have been cropped for fuel , poles , wood for repairs to buildings , fences , implements and so on , while a few trees may have been cut down for constructional work on the bridge over the Yeo or to build a new house . |
| 15 | These may include some major events , such as divorce , moving house , suffering the loss of a loved person , or starting a new job . |
| 16 | Lots of affection and praise should be given when the pup is good , or performs a new task successfully . |
| 17 | Who has not , at some point , decided to diet , or to change to low-fat , low-sugar food , or to start a new sport or exercise routine ? |
| 18 | What does it matter to you if I never remarry or find a new father for Emily ? ’ |
| 19 | ( 10 ) Throughout Stages 1 and 2 , DCSLs may be involved in advising schools , librarians , or library committees on practical matters , from suggesting trends in library layout ( for schools relocating or refurbishing their libraries in anticipation of , or as a result of , receiving a project grant ) to advising on precise requirements of order forms , the need to " weed " old stock to make space for the new acquisitions , and the desirability or updating or devising a new catalogue . |
| 20 | It removes the pernicious , if subconscious obsession with calendar age , which precludes some of us from learning new things , or undertaking new tasks , or taking a new interest in the world around us . ’ |
| 21 | Painting holidays offer an ideal chance to relax in a different environment and improve your painting , or try a new subject or medium in the company of other students , under the guidance of an expert tutor . |
| 22 | ( 3 ) That since it could not be said that the jury would inevitably have convicted the defendant if before the trial the defence had been given the statement of the deceased 's husband and the two statements of her sister , if the jury had properly been directed with regard to evidence as to the defendant 's previous good character , and if they had received guidance from the judge on their problem concerning the evidence , the proviso to section 14(1) of the Judicature ( Appellate Jurisdiction ) Act could not be applied to uphold the conviction ; and that , accordingly , the case would be remitted to the Court of Appeal of Jamaica with the direction that it should quash the conviction and either enter a verdict of acquittal or order a new trial , whichever it considered proper in the interests of justice ( post , p. 169C–D , G–H ) . |
| 23 | Accordingly , their Lordships will humbly advise Her Majesty that the appeal should be allowed and the case remitted to the Court of Appeal with the direction that that court should quash the conviction of the defendant and either enter a verdict of acquittal or order a new trial , whichever course it considers proper in the interests of justice . |
| 24 | Whenever she felt unwell or oppressed she embarked on a new course of treatment at the alternative medicine centre or ingested a new range of vitamins . |
| 25 | When she came to an intersection , she had ignored it or taken a new direction without bothering to think about it . |
| 26 | Has the next generation of unemployed white youth followed in the footsteps of their elder brothers or taken a new route ? |
| 27 | Had the tax been implemented at the time it would have noticeably increased the number of tax exiles who were leaving the country , for never mind pop-stars and sportsmen , it would have been even worth the while of middle management to seek a place in the ex-colonial countries , or to learn a new tongue for residence in a foreign land , simply in order to achieve some savings and improve his family life and provide for dependants . |
| 28 | And ‘ it ’ might be a frantic drive down the coast for a weekend over the border into Mexico , or a trip into the wine-growing country beyond the Berkeley hills , or trying a new recipe involving chocolate sauce and lobster claws or something equally revolting . |
| 29 | Rewards ( reinforcement ) can be offered for finishing a meal , eating quietly at the table without getting up , or trying a new food . |
| 30 | Now here he was in Simanggang with his mosquito nets , journals , chronometers , compasses , barometer , medicine cabinet , guns and one offspring , out to cure himself or discover a New Way of Thought , whichever would cause most trouble in a world already tormented by too much belief . |