Example sentences of "is [vb pp] a new " in BNC.

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1 Yet with these same teasing words Jacob is given a new name , a new identity .
2 The one form is given a new meaning in its Christian context in which the initiate is identified with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ .
3 When she outgrows her cot , it is important for her developing limbs and back that she is given a new bed , not a hand-me-down that has been shaped by somebody else 's body .
4 Here again the format is given a new twist , displaying practical options rather than disconnected elements — whether in the Research Village , a showcase of current IT activity in Scottish academia , the Industrial Garden , which brings together the many of the development agencies under one roof to discuss business opportunities , or the Model Factory , a scaled-down version of an actual open-system-based manufacturing installation , from design function to milling machine , created by the National Engineering Laboratory .
5 Neil Matthews will be out for six or seven weeks with a broken hand … that means a reshuffle … so Tim Smith … who'se used to playing at full-back is given a new lease of life on the wing …
6 THE story of St Winifred , who give her name to the holy well of Holywell , is given a new twist in the first programme in a new television series , Home Ground , to be screened by HTV weekly from next Tuesday .
7 Each section of the overall design is woven separately , and when one part of the pattern is completed a new , usually different-coloured , weft thread is inserted as the point where the last one finished .
8 In Germany the wage would be W2 and employment at B. When the barrier is lifted a new equilibrium wage would emerge of W3 .
9 Where the extension number is known a new direct dial facility will enable callers to bypass the switchboard and get straight through to the person they wish to speak to .
10 That is what 's happening now but what I 'm saying is put a new chiller in
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