Example sentences of "new and [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is , however , perfectly consistent with the view that the content and practice of both were differentiated and reassessed in new and portentous ways .
2 In 1802 he joined his elder brother Daniel in founding a drapery business at 3 North Street , Brighton , where he drew and published ‘ A New and Correct Plan of Brighthelmstone ’ .
3 The proposals conformed with the EPRDF 's commitment , as published in February 1991 , to " reorganize the administrative structure of the country on a new and democratic basis " in order " to give the nations … wide autonomy to administer their internal affairs on the basis of federation , confederation etc . " .
4 After-images of new and modified blocks are written to twin log files .
5 With political change , the established constitutional authorities find themselves in a situation where they are forced to come to terms with new and emerging patterns of political power and practice that are outside ( but pressing in on ) the established constitution that is supposedly made sense of through their theories .
6 The International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering ( ISSMFE ) has invited Professor Littlejohn to chair a working group to review new and emerging technologies in relation to geosystems and their applications .
7 This information is however available in a new and comprehensive range of brochures which have been sent out to most companies and other business organisations in Northern Ireland .
8 ‘ Fraudulent conversion ’ is accepted as the starting point for the new and comprehensive definition of theft and ‘ dishonest appropriation ’ is chosen as a synonym .
9 Black leaders showed a new and sharper determination in calling for equality ; they were no doubt encouraged by Eleanor Roosevelt 's support for their cause , though the New Deal did little in practice for them .
10 ‘ At a time when our country is facing a new and favourable situation for economic construction and faster reform , workers in the propaganda field must study Deng Xiaoping 's remarks , liberate their thinking … and provide theoretical support , ’ editors were told , according to the People 's Daily newspaper .
11 They arrived at ever decreasing intervals , always the same pale bewildered collection of strangers , always with new and astonishing stories of battle and the day-dream world .
12 Is it surprising that against a background as inchoate as this a new and virile movement should have arisen , central to whose belief is the power and reality of the Holy Spirit ?
13 The requirement of being implementable in the form of programs imposes a new and healthy constraint on theorising which has not been present previously .
14 No doubt they would find new and disgusting ways in which to do it .
15 ‘ She touched his organ , and from that bright epoch , even it , the old companion of his happiest hours , incapable as he had thought of elevation , began a new and deified existence . ’
16 There is likely to be a training need for internal verifiers , since verification is usually a new and formalised aspect of their supervisory function .
17 For all people , that they may give glory to God for the gifts of speech , hearing and sight which make communication possible , and for the audiovisual media which nourish these gifts in new and marvellous ways .
18 The Yard had had a tip months before that a big drug-ring was setting up a new and major operation in England .
19 The arrival of a new and major market in the Lancaster area represents a major opportunity for local firms .
20 But the collection is not limited to literary and historical works ; there are , for example , copies of Robert Stevenson 's Bell Rock Lighthouse , Lunardi on Ballooning , Patrick Miller on Steam Navigation , Sir William Hillary on Lifeboats , Robert Stevenson on canals and railways , and Elizabeth Cleland 's New and Best Method of Cookery , a rare Edinburgh work of 1755 .
21 In a recent interview in Spare Rib ( Dec/Jan , No 197 ) , Toun Illmoka from Nigeria said that ’ the attitude of certain Western feminists is just a new and alternative kind of imperialism ’ .
22 One of these which originally led to the nonprofessional but nationally-recognized Certificate of Social Service ( CCETSW , 1975 ) , has now been incorporated into a new and alternative route to a full professional social work qualification for some of the kinds of social service personnel we have referred to as paraprofessionals ( CCETSW , 1989 ) .
23 What finally propelled him from his Cabinet seat on 9 January was the promulgation of a new and improvised Cabinet convention by Mrs Thatcher — that all future ministerial statements on the future of Westland would have to be cleared by the Cabinet Office .
24 The employers ' initiative had ‘ opened the door for a new and fruitful phase in the council 's activities ’ ; the unions must now decide ‘ whether to keep the door open , let it swing , or slam it shut ’ ; the employers ' action was ‘ momentous in itself for British industry ’ , it was ‘ nothing less than a confrontation ’ — the word had become indispensable for all of us , from French planners to Indonesian terrorists .
25 On the contrary , we believe it offers the prospect of evolving a new and useful relationship ’ .
26 An imaginative PRO or press officer will be thinking up new and useful angles for in-depth feature material suitable for specific programmes or publications and will be spending a good proportion of his or her time selling them .
27 The survival of the research library and its use to support future researchers depends on evolving a flexible model , balancing access and holdings , new and traditional skills , and integrating access to electronic , networked and print sources .
28 They 're in the middle of a world tour , playing new and traditional songs .
29 In this way , the school librarian is taking an active role in information dissemination and marketing the library " products " in a new and effective way .
30 It might also have disturbed them to know that in such circumstances what is still a fairly new and effective lifeline for them would have been ruled out — insurance .
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