Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] by new " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was marvellous to be taught by new faces , especially Bedu who had come from Coburn . |
| 2 | Hundreds of thousands of pounds were spent on computers and software , only for them to be replaced by new software for the council tax . |
| 3 | And many specialist machines are to be replaced by new equipment making full use of the latest technology . |
| 4 | His reply to the expected criticism is that ideals must be striven for particularly now since ‘ in a position in which old peoples and old cultures are likely to be supplanted by new — we are in a common danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe ’ . |
| 5 | In this period the view of popular culture as degenerate and threatening came to be tempered by new pressures upon English academics to show that the discipline embodied a sense of social responsibility . |
| 6 | The management committee is also to beef up the criteria to be met by new members of the League . |
| 7 | Of the 168 vacancies thus created , 42 were to be filled by new borough seats , including eight new London seats and seats for Manchester , Leeds , and Birmingham ; 55 were to be devoted to the provision of additional members for countries , to augment what had traditionally been regarded as the most " independent " element in the representative system ; and nine new places were to be given to Scotland , Ireland and Wales . |
| 8 | It seems as though we have conquered the traditional infectious diseases only to be assaulted by new ones . |
| 9 | Finally , the western democracies were soon to be preoccupied by new threats . |
| 10 | I REFER to Corinna Harrison 's report ( Echo March 17 ) and the caption ‘ Darlington 's Russell Street car park ; capacity to be halved by new development ’ . |
| 11 | The prospects for newly-qualifieds seeking that first step up the ladder is unlikely to be helped by new EC regulations expected to be adopted next month which will abolish the ‘ Age 60 ’ retirement rule . |
| 12 | The de-skilling , which currently forms the basis of homeworking and which is the worst destruction of human potential has to be countered by new modes of organization which could challenge the power of the new capitalism . |
| 13 | There Engels more or less tells us that the scheme presented is not likely to be changed by new discoveries . |