Example sentences of "a new [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together with some unique little touches — a new menu of European and Japanese dishes , newly designed china , and real glassware — it all adds up to a world of difference . |
| 2 | Prime Minister James Mitchell carried out a Cabinet reshuffle in late January , transferring responsibility for foreign affairs from himself to Herbert Young , hitherto Minister for Trade and Tourism , whose Trade portfolio was passed to Jonathan Peters , hitherto Minister of State for Trade and Tourism , who took responsibility for the new Ministry of Trade and Consumer Affairs ; Mitchell also created a new portfolio of Grenadines Affairs , with Stephanie Brown as Junior Minister . |
| 3 | I 'm looking very hard for a new amp as a 30th anniversary present to myself and would really like to own a quality ( loud ! ) amp which I can carry in one hand . |
| 4 | The use of labour exchanges to encourage vocational guidance and industrial training would , he argued , have three consequences : it would reduce risks of individual ‘ maladjustment ’ , which often meant waste of abilities and even unemployment ; it would adjust the flow of labour between trades ; and it would discourage ‘ blind-alley ’ occupations , which he saw as not only demoralizing , but also as likely to lead to ‘ a fresh point of stress in industry — the transition to a new occupation at manhood ’ . |
| 5 | The death penalty was retained for repeated murders , while a new defence of diminished responsibility , imported from Scotland , allowed a charge of manslaughter to be substituted for murder if a defendant ‘ was suffering from such abnormality of mind … as substantially impaired his mental responsibility for his acts … ‘ . |
| 6 | First came the decision to award Esther Rantzen a new contract worth £1.2m when the consensus is that few people can stand the sight of her . |
| 7 | ERIK THORSTVEDT is playing his way towards a new contract at Tottenham . |
| 8 | Man City 0 , Spurs 1 PETER REID will soon be signing a new contract at Maine Road , But the City manager could do with signing a player as well , if all the words about challenging for the title are to mean anything . |
| 9 | LIVERPOOL and Arsenal were among the disappointed clubs yesterday when Andy Awford signed a new contract at Portsmouth . |
| 10 | ‘ I turned down a new contract at the end of the season , even though it meant getting a testimonial next year because I 've got to be playing in the Premier League to confirm my place in the Irish side . |
| 11 | The 28-year-old player has signed a new contract at Ayresome Park . |
| 12 | He will lay an order in the Commons in a fortnight , immediately after the summer recess , to impose a new contract on GPs . |
| 13 | Now , with the board backing his ambition to put Wednesday into the top bracket , he will sign a new contract on Monday . |
| 14 | In mid-1990 , despite a similar warning of military intervention from Rabuka , cane farmers threatened to strike if a new contract on profit-sharing was not negotiated with the state-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation . |
| 15 | Alan Smith , the Arsenal striker who has yet to sign a new contract with the club , is still part of manager George Graham 's plans even though he is unlikely to start today 's game against Crystal Palace . |
| 16 | Marshall , 34 , who announced his retirement from international cricket after the World Cup , has signed a new contract with the county and will fill a gap created two years ago when Paul Terry stepped down as No 2 to Mark Nicholas . |
| 17 | Docherty was on the verge of signing a new contract with United who had just won the FA Cup and in an act of either remarkable honesty or unmitigated stupidity , he decided to inform the board that he was romantically involved with the physiotherapist 's wife . |
| 18 | Aston Villa manager Atkinson is so convinced about McGrath 's future that he is ready to talk about a new contract with his key defender . |
| 19 | BRIAN CLOUGH defied a gathering lynch mob calling for his head yesterday by signing a new contract with Nottingham Forest . |
| 20 | ‘ I want to earn a new contract with Everton , ’ he insisted . |
| 21 | The owners of the major-league clubs ( they have increased in number from 26 to 28 with the creation of the Florida Marlins and the Colorado Rockies ) will also have to conclude a new contract with the players ' union . |
| 22 | ‘ And then he ditches me , gets a new contract with that shit Martinez and starts winning tournaments . |
| 23 | The committee also turned down a request from batsman Philip Robinson , who declined a new contract with the county , to be classified as a ‘ non-contested ’ registration . |
| 24 | They then negotiated a new contract with the sellers whereby they bought the goods at a price considerably less than the market price — the price being depressed because of the sequestration order . |
| 25 | It was reasonable enough , but I 'd just signed a new contract with the company . |
| 26 | The 25-year-old central defender , who captained the troubled Second Division club in the season just ended , made his feelings clear yesterday after opening negotiations for a new contract with chief executive Freddie Fletcher . |
| 27 | The comments come as American negotiates a new contract with the union representing its 21,600 flight attendants . |
| 28 | A new contract between Equity and the IPA came into force during 1979 which meant that ‘ repeat ’ fees — the fees paid to an artist for each showing of a commercial — were increased fourfold , so that repeat fees for one actor for a fairly heavily used commercial could reach £20000 a year . |
| 29 | The League board last night deferred a decision on a new contract for the Great Britain coach , Malcolm Reilly . |
| 30 | The League board last night deferred a decision on a new contract for the Great Britain coach , Malcolm Reilly . |