The last service was held at Pontarddulais in 1970 and the vicar, Reverend John Walters, said he was delighted to see the church taking on a new lease of life.

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Community councillor Sheila Campbell said the boxes had been deteriorating slowly and the scheme had restored them to their former glory, as well as allowing them to take on a useful new lease of life.

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The macroeconomic picture has improved and investor confidence has found a new lease on life after Tokyo halted the deterioration of the banking system, public funds juiced up the statistics and numerous private companies began restructuring their operations.

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Slavia showed a new lease of life and should have scored again to level on aggregate.

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Farm co-operatives, once a bastion of the platteland, have also gained a new lease on life.

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And instead of dismantling the community of scholars, it may give it a new lease on life by creating new connections between academics working in adjacent disciplines but in unadjacent places.

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The cast and creators of the hospital sitcom are happy to get a new lease on life at the Disney-owned network.

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Johannesburg resident Masego Maponyane said the city's new lease of life meant that visitors were no longer treating it as simply a transit point on the way to other destinations.

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Parts from no-longer-functioning computers, fax machines and copiers can be given a new lease on life, even if they no longer function properly, says Ken Beyer, chief executive officer of CloudBlue Technologies Inc. in Alpharetta, Ga.

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Converting an existing car instead of buying a new one is good for the planet, and the old beater will have a new lease on life.

FORBES: Written by Jim Motavalli