Example sentences of "[num] [verb] a new [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The National Defence Committee ( a body chaired by Walesa and including the Prime Minister and other ministers ) on Nov. 2 adopted a new defence doctrine for Poland .
2 The Higher Council of the Republic ( CSR — the transitional legislature ) on Dec. 22 adopted a new Constitution , which replaced the former Marxist single-party regime with a multiparty political system .
3 Gallery 2 opened a new series of exhibitions with ‘ Under £50K ’ , works by London practices with a contract value of under £50,000 , followed by ‘ Substance ’ , work by students and lecturers at Manchester University School of Architecture .
4 As a result of stormy negotiations conducted behind closed doors the congress in the early hours of Feb. 2 approved a new party leadership structure which featured the replacement of the 195-member central committee with a 131-member supreme council ( subsequently another 22 members were co-opted ) .
5 Just as the word ‘ scientist ’ was being coined in the 1830s to express a new feeling of community , specialized societies and journals were coming into being for astronomers , entomologists , chemists and other groups .
6 Part 2 introduces a new grammar , and includes a functional component .
7 Had he stayed in the East End , he may have drifted into delinquency ; instead , his mother sent for him when he was 12 to start a new life in Canada .
8 After three weeks of talks Greece and the United States on May 30 initialled a new defence co-operation agreement allowing two of the four US bases ( at Gournes and Souda Bay in Crete ) to continue to operate in Greece for the next eight years .
9 June 1993 saw a new Wimpey landmark with the announcement of the first ever rights issue in the Group 's history .
10 The Constitutional Assembly , set up on Sept. 7 to draft a new constitution [ see p. 38420 ] , continued its debates , having run over the Nov. 15 deadline .
11 Version 4.1 has a new Windows interface complete with customisable icon button bar , a floating menu that pops up when you click the right mouse button , interactive tab settings , more levels of zoom and TrueType font support .
12 With increasing homelessness during the 1980s , the government in 1991 proposed a new crime of squatting in shops and houses attracting fines of up to £5,000 or six months imprisonment and giving police powers to enter and arrest .
13 American editions of The Flower Beneath the Foot and Vainglory followed , but Brentano declined Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli ( 1926 ) on religious and moral grounds : Firbank 's work after the death of his mother in March 1924 showed a new candour in its treatment of homosexuality .
14 Meanwhile Alexander III formed a new league of Italian cities from his refuge in France , and fomented further revolts .
15 With the reformers gaining the upper hand , 1986 heralded a new start in the reform programme aimed at tapping the reserves of knowledge and skill possessed by the educated elite in order to boost the flagging economy .
16 A 14-member committee was appointed on Jan. 21 to draft a new constitution for multiparty democracy .
17 The nineteenth edition , published in 1979 , included Phoenix schedules which merged 329 and 324 to give a new schedule for the Political Process , and provided a completely new schedule for Sociology .
18 With the leap to exterior grandeur from the 1870s went a new concentration on the magnificence of the interior arrangements of stations .
19 The Croatian Assembly on Dec. 21 promulgated a new constitution for the republic .
20 The European Communities ( EC ) Council of ( Finance ) Ministers on Dec. 17 agreed a new system of collecting value added tax ( VAT ) after 1992 .
21 But Mr Livingstone is unlikely to gain the nomination of 55 Labour MPs necessary before his name can be put to Labour 's electoral college , which will meet on July 18 to choose a new leader .
22 The Server 95 uses a new server version of A/UX 3.0.1 , Apple 's version of Unix , optimised to support network services such as file and print or database services .
23 After months of debate the National Assembly on Dec. 17 adopted a new abortion law replacing that in force under communist rule ( and suspended in 1990 ) which effectively allowed abortion on demand .
24 Subsequent re-opening to passengers on 11 December 1922 heralded a new era for the station and trade seemed to have awakened to the transport needs of the community .
25 If Mr X creates a new settlement generally , this would be outside the UK taxation regime but TA 1988 , s740 could cause benefits to be assessed on UK beneficiaries who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom to the extent that they receive benefits .
26 Paul Hinshelwood began his career as a striker , but in November 1976 undertook a new role as a full-back in a remodelled Palace defence .
27 They go on to argue that the 1970s saw a new phase in the world economy , a development they call the new international division of labour .
28 Act 5 presents a new problem — a movement which is both included in the score and indicated in the quarto , but in different places .
29 Legislative elections were held in November 1991 ; the legislature was due to meet in January 1992 to elect a new government .
30 The Bristol eight established a new record for the course against Oxford Polytechnic , and after defeating Nihon University from Japan in the semi-final , won one of the best races of this regatta against Imperial College by just three feet .
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