Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] have [vb pp] a new " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no coincidence that since Sir Peter became Commissioner in 1987 , the relationship between Scotland Yard and London 's 13 Labour authorities has seen a new detente . |
| 2 | Spanish biologists have discovered a new colony of 350 monk seals off the disputed territory of Western Sahara . |
| 3 | For a rime after D-Day the stories of incoming prisoners had developed a new excitement . |
| 4 | British engineers have developed a new method of incinerating spent vehicle tyres at high temperatures , breaking them down into gas and oil for fuel , and " char " — a residue which is rich in high-quality carbon . |
| 5 | To service the new freighters , and minimise their turn around time , Associated British Ports have commissioned a new riverside freight terminal in Hull , adjacent to the existing King George Dock . |
| 6 | Well , there are all kinds of cures , from yoga to yodelling , but employees of Oxfordshire Social Services have discovered a new way of shedding the cares of the day . |
| 7 | VSW Scientific Instruments has launched a new company , VSI , which will be based in Wiesbaden , Germany . |
| 8 | JAPANESE scientists have discovered a new way of dating the fossils of crustaceans and animals by measuring changes in an amino acid called isoleucine . |
| 9 | The People 's Dispensary for Sick Animals has produced a new guide to keeping Tortoises and terrapins with a careful list of do 's and don'ts . |
| 10 | In one area of the central fruit-growing region , north-east of Santiago , 600 seasonal workers have joined a new union set up to address the needs of the seasonal labourers and their families and to negotiate with employers . |
| 11 | Consumer reliance on processed and ready chilled foods has brought a new food poison to Britain : listeria . |
| 12 | The annual number of births determines the age structure , and these twentieth-century fluctuations have created a new highly irregular outline ( figures 2.9 , 3.2 ) . |
| 13 | The use of computer aided instruction in primary schools has created a new generation of what have been called ‘ television children ’ . |
| 14 | Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a new pyramid at Giza , several feet to the southeast of the Great Pyramid of Cheops . |
| 15 | AS the battle of the sea ferries goes on , P&O European Ferries have gained a new friend , a 15-year-old with a strong poetic streak . |
| 16 | Moreover , the intricacy of the colouring can , and seems to be , influenced by horizontal and vertical circulation patterns in the atmosphere and by waves , both of which can transport material to altitudes where its colours are unstable but where insufficient time has elapsed for chemical reactions to have reached a new equilibrium corresponding to different colours . |
| 17 | Four Russian orphans have started a new life in Britain , at two of the most exclusive private schools in the country . |
| 18 | Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex . |