Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [verb] new " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adoption was intended to create new family relationships not change those which already existed and joint custody was introduced as an alternative and to give some legal recognition to step-parents . |
| 2 | The government cash was intended to put new life into Birmingham 's crime-ridden slums . |
| 3 | Watching the editing of the Brahms Second Symphony I must say I forgot I was watching a film , simply because I was fascinated to hear new colours which the eye was suggesting by the way you were using shots of the violas and the trombones at some of the quietest moments in the work . |
| 4 | The computerised system they are working on , known as Super Cosmos , was developed to spot new stars among thousands of specks on photographic plates exposed through giant telescopes . |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia remained the only Arab state without diplomatic relations with China , but China had been a weapons supplier to Saudi Arabia since 1985 ; in addition the move was expected to open new links between Saudi Arabia and the Moslem minority in China . |
| 6 | An agreement reached with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) announced on May 10 was expected to release new credits and to create conditions for the rescheduling of the US$50,000 million debt [ see p. 37222 ] . |
| 7 | As a Scot , I was expected to take New Year 's Day as leave rather than Christmas . |
| 8 | There were very few Black or gay workers involved in it , and no attempt was made to recruit new members . |
| 9 | The wool saved was used to knit new toes and heels . |
| 10 | Most of the bunker was dynamited to build new apartments , inside lie some thirty underground walls on two levels . |
| 11 | In addition there was no serious attempt to rationalise the model range ; thus too many different , mainly outdated , models were produced and insufficient profit was generated to develop new products . |
| 12 | So , with some limitations , I was allowed to choose new Directors whose short training films I 'd seen , or who 'd maybe done a couple of other jobs in serials , and get them to prove their mettle . |
| 13 | Numbers had been revived but no Head Girl was allowed to create new ones . |
| 14 | No state except California was allowed to adopt new vehicle standards more stringent than the federal ones : California 's pollution problems were recognized as exceptional . |
| 15 | Lyndon Johnson , with an old New Dealer 's instinctive sympathy for the poor , was determined to produce new and imaginative programmes to eliminate poverty from American society . |
| 16 | Anna Marsden , director of the foundation which was established to raise new funds for voluntary work , said the gulf could make it difficult for people to seek help . |