Example sentences of "the new [noun sg] was [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new school was called the Tiller Training School and Lyric Academy . |
| 2 | Finally , early in 1982 , the new body was retitled the National Advisory Body ( NAB ) , thereby dropping the word ‘ Interim ’ from its title , and John Bevan , previously the Deputy Director of Education for the Inner London Education Authority , was appointed its secretary . |
| 3 | Beaumaris was the last and largest of the castles built by Edward I to contain the Welsh Begun in 1295 on a virgin site overlooking the Menai Strait , the new castle was given the French name of Beau Mareys ( Beautiful Marsh ) . |
| 4 | The new pope was given the name Innocent by the archdeacon and invested with the scarlet mantle which signified his pontificate . |
| 5 | The new regent was given the opportunity to determine a much more clear-cut policy than that of the 1540s . |