Example sentences of "be [vb pp] the new " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daum claimed that his players had been given the new sports designer drug Clenbuterol simply to heal persistent muscle injuries . |
| 2 | What has tended to happen historically , with earlier attempts to provide alternatives to custody , is that instead of moving offenders currently receiving a sentence of imprisonment down-tariff , in this case to some form of punishment in the community , down-tariff offenders — those who formerly were dealt with by a fine or conditional discharge — have been given the new sentence . |
| 3 | To avoid ‘ alienating the Arab members of the Gulf alliance , ’ the paper went on , ‘ no indictments have yet been issued against the prime suspects , and the force of Scottish detectives in charge of the criminal investigation into the bombing has not formally been given the new evidence by other elements of the international inquiry team , which includes the FBI , CIA and German and British intelligence [ authors italics ] . ’ |
| 4 | The bidder 's shareholders are offered the new shares pro rata to their existing shareholdings in the bidder , known as an " open offer " . |
| 5 | We are told the new C-in-C vetoed the suggestion from the outset and , in the absence of evidence from the archives , this is surely inconsistent with his demand for the agreed build-up of the Command , his determination to shed the twin-engined bombers in favour of four-engined Stirlings , Halifaxes and Lancasters , and his bitter and seemingly endless feud with the Navy ( and , to a lesser degree , the Army ) about the " milking " of his Command . |
| 6 | According to letters her mother had received from Uncle Félix , Alice Pritchett had done quite amazingly well and was going to be given the new London branch of her uncle 's fashion house to manage . |
| 7 | ‘ She told me she and Mellor had long chats about politics , and that it had been suggested by the Prime Minister that at the end of the year Mellor would be made the new Party chairman . ’ |
| 8 | Like its predecessor , in order to be adopted the new package — known initially as the Pearson Accord and latterly as the Charlottetown Agreement — required ratification by the federal parliament and by individual provincial legislatures . |
| 9 | This was the first year that Environment Achievement Awards have been made , so Johnson Matthey was particularly proud to have been included among the 12 initial companies to be granted the new honour . |
| 10 | Chuter was widely expected to be offered the new position , and Spracklen believes that his offer to take it on unpaid was ‘ an embarrassment ’ to the ARA . |
| 11 | Yvraine was ready to be crowned the new Everqueen . |
| 12 | Well known broadcaster , author and journalist Jonathan Dimbleby has been appointed the new President of the Council for the Protection of Rural England . |
| 13 | The Reverend Dr Tom Tuma , a writer and educator , has been appointed the new provincial secretary of the Anglican Church of Uganda . |
| 14 | Fr Vince Ohlinger SVD has been appointed the new General Manager of Word Publishing Company in Papua New Guinea . |
| 15 | George Robertson , the MP for Hamilton , has been appointed the new Shadow Scottish Secretary . |
| 16 | Rose Holmes , 42 , of Bearpark , Durham , has been appointed the new manager at the AA shop on Corporation Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 17 | The deputy head of Morecambe high School , Miss Rachel Totton has been appointed the new head of Whitby School . |
| 18 | UNILEVER senior manager Bill Duncan has been appointed the new chairman of the Wirral NHS Hospital Trust , which manages Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals . |
| 19 | When the marshes were drained the new farmers chose to live on the embankments beside the canals and rivers . |
| 20 | I even heard one supervisor , on being shown the new radio equipment on Venturous , remark that of course it was all very nice , but he did n't think the Waterguard Service was quite ready for radio yet . |
| 21 | The following day , we were shown the new Flying Kilometre course at Arc 2000 . |
| 22 | How do you feel about being named the most beautiful woman in the world and being called the new Brigitte Bardot ? |
| 23 | In America , Roth has to live with being called the new Gary Oldman . |
| 24 | Ask them what they think about being called the new Nirvana of Vaselined Fannies and they shrug , offering the usual lines about comparisons being inevitable . |
| 25 | He 'd thought that when Nisodemus had summoned him and asked if there was any paint in the quarry , only now the quarry was being called the New Store . |
| 26 | Commenting on the contract , Gerry said : ‘ We were awarded the new contract against stiff competition from other FM companies , and look forward to continuing our relationship with BP . ’ |
| 27 | John Dellow , deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police , has been elected the new president of the Association of Chief Police Officers . |
| 28 | In fact its name still adorns the large office block in Paddock Wood — they 're waiting for the Friends of Felix Dhjerzinsky to come and remove it — but below is enscribed the new and politically squeaky-clean name of ‘ English Hops ’ . |
| 29 | The news of her latest pregnancy was broken in November , and it is expected the new baby will make a public debut on her Good Morning BBC1 programme , perhaps next week . |
| 30 | The rabbit is proposed The New Republic as a favourite , following an alleged investment by Perot in Rabbit Software — in actual fact , Perot Group investors did once invest in of Charles Robins ' business enterprises , but it was n't Rabbit . |