Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] a new " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far from being ad hoc , the move to save Newton 's theory from falsification by Uranus 's orbit led to a new kind of test of that theory , which it was able to pass in a dramatic and progressive way . |
| 2 | Services at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury have been saved by a decision to invest in a new maternity unit . |
| 3 | The collapse of the Husayn-Arafat accord led to a new phase of cooperation between Israel , the United States and Jordan aimed at objectives similar to those of the early seventies : the erosion of support for the PLO in the territories , the reinforcement of the normality of occupation by a programme to improve ‘ the quality of life ’ , a term coined in this context by US Secretary of State George Schultz . |
| 4 | THE pound plunged to a new low of 2.51 against the mark yesterday . |
| 5 | The nine-foot figure stands at a new development in Dockwray Square , North Shields , Stan Laurel 's home for 10 years . |
| 6 | SUEDE , CARTER USM , BABES IN TOYLAND and TEENAGE FANCLUB appear on a new Beechwood compilation LP . |
| 7 | After the concert , Branson explained how difficult it was to sell Oldfield 's music in America ; indeed , the only way Virgin had been able to find an American distributor for his records at all was on the back of a deal made for a new group on the label , XTC — precisely the kind of music Oldfield abhorred . |
| 8 | These key points can then be carefully monitored for time accuracy and if delays seem likely the programme can be reconsidered or at least its effect shown in a new programme and the client advised . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's tough on a horse going to a new home , especially a stallion ’ , his new owner said . |
| 10 | Serious negotiations with the owners of the Greyhound Stadium next to the old ground are under way and are aimed at getting the club to play on a new pitch inside the track there , in a rebuilt 15,000 all-seater stadium . |
| 11 | It also put pressure on Mr Sherwood to call the company 's long-delayed annual meeting to consider the bid by saying it would demand an extraordinary meeting in an attempt to vote in a new board of directors . |
| 12 | I am dying to make a sweater inspired by a new music centre in our house . |
| 13 | The second edition of GCE evolved into a new grammar , which we named A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language , published by Longman in 1985 . |
| 14 | A new division of labour characterised by a new single level of nurse who will embrace much of the work of the present two levels of nurse . |
| 15 | BET will be toppled from her throne as Queen of Coronation Street when a plush hair salon run by a new character opens in Britain 's best-known thoroughfare . |
| 16 | Cut off from close friends and sympathetic counsellors , and without any creed to turn to for support , he was in an ideal condition to respond to a new spiritual guide : his discovery of Schopenhauer when browsing one day in Leipzig bookshop seemed like an event preordained . |
| 17 | ‘ I have got a very good deal , and it came virtually out of the blue , ’ said the Doncaster-based rider , who until last week thought his future lay with a new team being planned in Belgium . |
| 18 | This is word that 's coming out now of what one department did by a new member of staff . |
| 19 | The association was founded in 1965 ( on 21 June , from which it takes its name ) , when some 80% of all school teachers staged a demonstration to protest against a new " Law of Retirements " , which increased by one third the period of service necessary to qualify for a pension . |
| 20 | In the Junta de Comercio , founded in 1758 as ‘ an institution informed with a new spirit , audacious and progressive ’ , these new men fought the ‘ prejudices ’ of the guilds and participated in the most diverse enterprises . |
| 21 | State participation in other major industrial enterprises , however , would be restricted to 25 per cent , with state equity held in a new holding company structure . |
| 22 | By 1235 , the whole question of forgery stood on a new moral and legal footing , and the corporate ambitions of the monks fell to the ground in a blaze of scandal . |
| 23 | In the words of a working-class housewife living on a new council estate : |
| 24 | ( Note that a Whitewash is not available where the controlling interest is obtained by means of a purchase connected with a new issue of shares. ) ( 2 ) Sufficient authorised but unissued share capital and a directors ' authority to allot the new shares under CA 1985 , s80 will be required . |
| 25 | By the late 1820s Geoffroy was arguing that one animal form could be transformed into another by natural processes — not by the accumulation of slight modifications , but by a sudden switching of the growth process so that the development of the individual proceeded in a new direction to mature as a new modification of the basic pattern . |
| 26 | I was n't going to turn her out with nowhere to go , you know , young lady — but perhaps it 's a bit hard on an old lady to go into a new place after living in the same cottage most of her life . |
| 27 | Throw it in the river still bearing the noose-mark , or cart it round London and risk capture looking for a new gibbet ! ’ |
| 28 | The First World 's miserly materialism is enough to make any honest seeker yearn for a new alternative or age . |
| 29 | The presidential election campaign moved into a new phase in July as Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton was formally chosen as the Democratic Party 's presidential nominee at the party 's national convention . |
| 30 | A few feet away the corridor opened into a new space . |