Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] [prep] this new " in BNC.

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1 The breakdown of English intellectual insularity is welcome in principle , but a few things need to be said about this new turn to France .
2 Perhaps because different agencies have been involved , the term ‘ international judicial assistance ’ tends to be replaced in this new context by ‘ mutual assistance in criminal matters ’ or simply ‘ mutual legal assistance ’ .
3 Joseph is instructed to escape to Egypt where they will be safe from Herod , who intends to kill all boys who are two years old and under , in an attempt to be rid of this new so-called king .
4 Those most likely to be caught in this new , downward flow are young people from the poorest homes .
5 All the pleasing illusions , which made power gentle and obedience liberal , which harmonised the different shades of life … are to be dissolved by this new conquering empire of light and reason .
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