Example sentences of "new [noun sg] was [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The total contract cost of the church conversion and the adjacent new building was of the order of £1.25 million and the work extended over twenty-one months . |
| 2 | For the second year New Scientist was in the running . |
| 3 | Last night Bowe 's manager , Rock Newman , revealed a new deal was in the pipeline . |
| 4 | That evening I did not see anything of Fontanellato because our new home was on the outskirts of the village and we drove straight there . |
| 5 | This time it is clear that the new foundation was to the Viscount 's detriment and was expected to anger him . |
| 6 | The new flat was at the top of a tall house in Bloomsbury , round the back of the British Museum . |
| 7 | The detailed planning for the equipping and use of the new Block was in the hands of the newly-appointed Head of Physics , Mr. J.H. Avery . |
| 8 | In this case , the idea for a new church was in the leader 's mind for over a year before conception . |
| 9 | In the subsequent show report , I proclaimed that it was love at first sight and when I heard that a new model was in the offing which would , the company told me , prove to be their most eye-catching to date , I pestered them for weeks until they sent me one for review . |
| 10 | Your new book was on the table by her chair and she said she had liked it very much — ‘ a good writer , a good interesting writer ’ . |
| 11 | The translation of the new book was in the hands of a very scholarly missionary , Charles Garrad , and before long he enlisted me as his assistant . |
| 12 | A new power was in the land . |