Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [to-vb] the new " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the Local Government Act , 1871 the two departments were amalgamated to form the new Local Government Board . |
| 2 | Leading moderates Umar Mustafa al-Muntasser , hitherto Secretary-General , and Jadallah Azouz al-Talhi , hitherto Secretary for Foreign Liaison , were moved to head the new combined Economy and Planning Secretariat and the Strategic Industries Secretariat respectively . |
| 3 | Four or five pulls were needed to start the new machine when the fuel lines were completely dry . |
| 4 | Leading editors in Peking were told to toe the new line at a conference organised by the Communist Party 's propaganda department . |
| 5 | Apart from marches , CND fuelled their anti-cruise campaigns with demonstrations around the bases that were scheduled to take the new missiles . |
| 6 | The elderly among the servants were asked to retrain the new staff to their old exacting standards ; they were then retired , with pensions of a size that made Edouard 's Parisian friends complain . |
| 7 | The film companies , however , were pledged to fight the new medium to the last ditch . |