Example sentences of "[was/were] given [art] new " in BNC.
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| 1 | However at the famous December '69 auction to dispose of the remaining assets , three of the Hunslets were given a new lease of life , virtually on home territory . |
| 2 | Not insignificant in this respect has been the upsurge of Soviet submarine activity in Swedish and Norwegian waters from the time a Whisky class submarine ran aground in October 1981 ; in August 1984 , these incursions were given a new twist by a Sukhoi fighter bomber 's six minute escort of a Swedish airliner into Swedish airspace . |
| 3 | In the following year they were given a new jurisdiction concerning redundancy payments , and concerning statutory rights to information about particulars of contracts of employment . |
| 4 | Led by Kate Coyne at her brilliant best , and an almost flawless Elizabeth Fancourt , rythmn 'n blues were given a new lease of life , so too was the haunting Ruby Tuesday . |
| 5 | In Israel if you got in debt you made yourself a voluntary slave for six years to the person you owed money to , a form of community service , and then you were set free after six years and your debts cancelled and you were given a new start in life . |
| 6 | Gieseking once told me that he was given a new short piece to learn . |
| 7 | All Souls was given a new roof oversailing the upper parapets , throwing water directly on to the lower aisle roofs . |
| 8 | The compound was given a new number and the biological data declared secret . |
| 9 | Sarah was given a new apron to wear for work and an embroidered handkerchief for herself , a very pretty one with lace round the edge which was much too good to use . |
| 10 | When the day came , Grégoire was carefully prepared : he was given a new haircut ; George himself supervised his washing procedure , which was inclined to be haphazard . |
| 11 | Soon after departing Ronaldsway he changed frequency to Warton LARS , passed his details and was given a new transponder code . |
| 12 | DALIAN ATKINSON was given a new role at Villa and responded with two stunning strikes as they laid claims to the Premier League title . |
| 13 | But Venables countered : ‘ Gary Mabbutt was given a new three-year contract last January which illustrates my confidence in him . ’ |
| 14 | A MAN of 35 who was given a new liver in the world 's first baboon-to-human transplant has died 71 days after the historic op in Pittsburgh , USA . |
| 15 | He was born Femão de Magalhães , and the Portuguese — ‘ he is ours ’ , they insist — rarely care to acknowledge that he renounced his citizenship after a row , pledged his allegiance to King Charles I — later to become the Emperor Charles V — and was given a new name : Hernando de Magallanes . |
| 16 | However , her needs were totally ignored in that she was given a new posting to Aldershot — home of the Parachute Regiment . |
| 17 | With this interest in the western hemisphere went a renewed interest in the East : in 1657 the East India Company was given a new charter and put on a much more durable basis . |
| 18 | For Christmas the following year , the month after the Armistice , Artemis was given a new doll . |
| 19 | His sister died , and to avert evil influences the boy was given a new name : Sukarno , or Karno . |
| 20 | As I happened to discover casually ( not a great discovery ) , the same pamphlet was given a new frontispiece and a new tit ] e in 1747 . |
| 21 | Thus in eighteenth-century Europe the traditional typology of monarchy , oligarchy and democracy , originally formulated by the Greeks , was given a new sense in the writings of Montesquieu by the contrast between ‘ Oriental despotism ’ and the monarchies of Western Europe , which was further developed by Adam Smith , Hegel and later economists and historians , and played a considerable part in the formation of Marx 's conception of the Asiatic mode of production ; one main feature of the contrast being the ‘ progressiveness ’ of Western societies as against the ‘ immobility ’ of Asiatic societies . |
| 22 | He was given a new two-year contract in March . |
| 23 | A hospital spokeswoman said it was very pleased with the progress made by Philip O'Rourke , from Donegal Town , who was given a new kidney in an operation on Tuesday night . |
| 24 | A man has made medical history by having four organ transplants.In two operations he was given a new heart , two lungs and a kidney.It was the first time in Europe so many organs had been replaced successfully.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 25 | Kelly , of Gainsborough Avenue , Maghull , was given a new liver in an operation at Kings College Hospital a week ago . |
| 26 | Madama Butterfly was given a new production by Scottish Opera in 1987 . |
| 27 | This cemented his place in the Test team , although it would be another year or so before he was given the new ball , and then it was just a question of piling up the scalps as the main strike bowler . |
| 28 | ‘ The Great Leader ’ was given the new title as 22 million North Koreans prepared to enjoy lavish birthday festivities in what the official media called ‘ the biggest national holiday ever ’ . |