Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] a new [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course it conflicts with the commercial urgency of producing something or gaining a new market . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | These may include some major events , such as divorce , moving house , suffering the loss of a loved person , or starting a new job . |
| 4 | ( 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Rewards ( reinforcement ) can be offered for finishing a meal , eating quietly at the table without getting up , or trying a new food . |
| 8 | This leaves the designer with the choices of moving the hole , moving the bolt in the instrument , moving the whole instrument , or declaring a new relationship ( the bolt is to go in another hole ) . |
| 9 | ‘ It has been estimated that building a new abattoir from scratch to meet US rules would cost about 5 per cent more than an EC approved type , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 10 | By choosing one of the colours and holding down the shift key , you can then create your own colour , but rather than adding a new colour to the palette this replaces the original . |
| 11 | Polly learns that getting a new tooth is part of growing up . |
| 12 | PPC If you are dead set against replacing your motherboard ( which is the option I 'd go for ) then your only alternative , other than buying a new set up , is to go for a processor replacement card . |
| 13 | Although visiting a new group may initially be daunting , the support and friendship they offer can be a real life line for parents of small children . |
| 14 | It is the vision of people looking up from the depths , de profundis , from the ‘ dark shadow of death ’ and of despair , and seeing a new light : ‘ unlooked for , glittering and bright ; and the people of Middle-earth beheld it from afar and wondered , and they took it for a sign , and called it Gil-Estel , the Star of High Hope ’ . |
| 15 | Turnout was estimated as some 60 per cent in the elections , the first to be held under a new electoral law [ see pp. 37274 ; 37707 ] and using a new voter roll which increased the total electorate to some 36,000,000 eligible voters . |
| 16 | This involved redefining its areas of competence , becoming more professionalized and articulating a new ideology of rationality and instrumentality consistent with the democratic model of responsible government and separation of powers . |
| 17 | Chen said the new company will draw on potential investors located while he was trying to save his old company : ‘ We will now apply what we learned in designing and building a new machine for early market introduction . ’ |
| 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 | Or , if you have room , you could make the bathroom much larger by extending it into the landing or a bedroom , and building a new partition wall . |
| 20 | Shortly before that , I had gone into business with Mrs Edna Kirby , trading as KB Enterprises ( John Birch ) Ltd. , developing and producing a new type of UVA Sunbed . |
| 21 | Therefore the choice is between leaving things as they are and adopting a new definition which is different in substance . |
| 22 | All the while Hollywood was winning new friends and gaining a new legitimacy for its methods and style . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This great structure , which forms the frontier between Europe and Asia , shows two continents coming together and forming a new super-continent . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The challenge for adults arriving in this country and establishing a new life and family is different from that of the children born and brought up here . |
| 27 | Managers have realised that the more information and training a new member of staff is given when they start work , the more confident they feel and the better they operate . |
| 28 | ‘ So it makes no sense at all for the bookseller to be buying and promoting a new title at , say , £14.99 when a book club has already offered it to its public at £8.99 — as happened last month . |
| 29 | There is always a danger of this happening with innovation , of those instigating and leading a new initiative coming to believe that nothing happened in the field before their arrival . |
| 30 | There must be another language , dealing with the structure of the first and possessing a new structure about which one can not say anything except in a third language — and so forth . |