Example sentences of "it [vb past] new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It inserted new material . |
| 2 | It created new industries and employment opportunities . |
| 3 | If such propitiation did not result in the sewing-up of any chinks , at least it stopped new chinks from showing through . |
| 4 | Conservation of energy was comparable to evolution as an organizing principle of the sciences ; it opened new doors , and indicated new relationships . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it released new figures stating that 23,531 people had passed through the camps between 1944 and 1962 , including 14,647 political internees , and that around 300 had died there " from natural causes or as a result of force " . |
| 6 | Their evidence was a bit messy , but it breathed new life into the debate . |
| 7 | It needed new clutch and new exhaust |
| 8 | But it needed new blood . |
| 9 | While that was a brilliant evocation of living by your wits in or near a New York gutter , which pushed out several boundaries — largely sexual — in relation to the old Hollywood code of conduct , there was a degree of tameness in comparison to the anti-heroes created in Easy Rider ; Fonda , Hopper and especially Nicholson were used as role models for many future films , and thus it broke new ground . |
| 10 | To some extent , it broke new ground by placing emphasis on organic wastes , such as food scraps and garden litter , which make up over half of all household waste . |
| 11 | It included new restrictions on covert action which were designed to prevent a repetition of the actions which led to the Iran-contra scandal . |
| 12 | It included new interpretations and maps derived from BGS open-file archives and provided a geological framework to help companies to plan surveys and prepare bids . |
| 13 | Organised by Brian and Anna Houghton , the London ceramics dealers who have launched two highly regarded specialist fairs in London during the past few years , it offered New Yorkers two innovations ; an expert vetting committee , which checked that every item was genuinely what it was said to be — there had never been vetting in America before — and a showcase in their own city of top European dealers ' wares . |
| 14 | But in an increasingly urbanized society it took new forms more apparent to political opinion and more threatening to life and industry ; and there were very many more large populous areas devoid of the most elementary arrangements for disposing of waste or supplying pure water . |
| 15 | It introduced new stars like Gene Hackman and Gene Wilder and what started out as a low budget film featuring little-knowns became Warners ' biggest grossing movie of the decade . |
| 16 | Senator Warren Barry called Mr Clinton 's plan on gays in the military a ‘ fags in the foxhole ’ proposal , and the chairman of the Fairfax County Republicans , Patrick Mullins , said it gave new meaning to the military warning ‘ watch your rear flank , ’ according to the Post . |
| 17 | In fact it was already a quality of Britten 's music before Grimes that it said new things with material which , on closer inspection , often turned out to be surprisingly familiar and straightforward . |
| 18 | It entailed new freedoms as well as a new form of dependence . |
| 19 | So , I told them that it had new blades on but they wanted it really tight , and they wanted tightening up and that so yeah . |
| 20 | It had new orders . |