Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] new " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the nineteenth century the church was almost in ruins , for only its sturdy medieval tower remained intact ; the whole building was restored in 1838 when fragments of the ancient structure were patched together in new walls . |
| 2 | Some were brought back from new and exotic lands simply as sources of amusement or sensation . |
| 3 | In 1990 there was a breakthrough in public consciousness when entire libraries were being closed in the Midlands and other parts of Britain , and other libraries were cutting back on new books , or freezing purchase grants . |
| 4 | How much better if this shrill hyper-nationalism were sliced away from New Democracy . |
| 5 | Nature reserves were set up around new power stations to mollify local conservationists . |
| 6 | Those earlier showmen who had controlled the music-halls and vaudeville thought at first that they could incorporate film into their little empires but they were swept aside by new showmen who knew that there were vast audiences to be captured and that the old theatrical format was far too restricted . |
| 7 | Christian and Chelsea were allowed home for New Year but Andrew , who has had five heart murmurs , was released just a few days ago . |
| 8 | Proposals were put forward for new houses and development around the barn ; but because the barn itself was ignored , there were fears for its future . |
| 9 | The manufacturers were generally happy with the BEA 's conservatism , which suited their export concentration on low technology markets , and gave them a relatively easy and highly profitable life ( though as the 1950s advanced more of them were to become worried that they were missing out on new technical developments as their world market share slipped ) . |
| 10 | The sceond rape took place in the early hours of this morning … a nineteen year old mother was walking home through New Bardwell in Milton Keynes … after buying a drink from a garage when she was offered a cannabis joint by two men in a white car … |
| 11 | Indeed , I have sat in many classes dominated by the art and personality of a teacher , where the whole class was carried forward to new understandings . |
| 12 | It was not only other ancient literature that was opened up for new understanding by the Renaissance : the Bible too began to be read with new eyes , eyes no longer focused simply by the authoritative teaching of the church . |
| 13 | In order to ‘ contain ’ the higher profile of the new , glazed aisle roof , the wall was raised slightly with new ironstone masonry , producing a parapet wall under a new sloping stone coping . |
| 14 | Erm , and it 's been quickly Christianized with just two little lectures at the beginning of two chapters to Christianize so it was popped in for new testament and it 's the nearest we can get to teaching . |
| 15 | However , just as the Nordic states abandoned the idea of close economic integration , the theme was taken up in new developments elsewhere which , if they had a role model in mind , were to be based upon the more intensive ambitions of Benelux rather than the loose informal formats ultimately favoured by Britain and Scandinavia . |
| 16 | The match was put out for new offers and Kasparov is due to make an announcement in London on March 22 . |
| 17 | It was put there by new grandson Sam who he met in Australia . |
| 18 | As the 1990s began , almost every western industrialised country was investing heavily in new rail links and traffic controls to combat growing levels of air pollution from traffic . |
| 19 | The steps at the front entrance were demolished and a ramp was constructed together with new steps . |