(1) a neophyte at politics.

(2) Henceforth the neophyte cadet will not address any Imperial Fist unless said Marine first addresses the cadet.

(3) For a fascinated, starstruck neophyte, the convention scene was the stuff of real-life drama and suspense.

(4) Gaffer was no neophyte and had no fancies.

(5) He is a neophyte at politics.

(6) Frontlines aims to discourage such reckless neophyte abandon in a variety of ways.

(7) The neophyte began to stammer out a reply , but fell silent.

(8) A neophyte with a record of going along to get along could find it impossible.

(9) A good occasion for neophyte and wine lover to understand better Loire Valley wines (in Chinese only).

(10) The neophyte must not despair of mastering the rules and procedures.

(11) The indexes came crashing down, making losers out of many neophyte capitalists gambling that prices would shoot up for ever.

(12) We can understand an idealistic -- but unworkable -- idea like this coming from a fresh-faced political neophyte like Downing.

(13) On August 4th Sarah Wollaston, a doctor and political neophyte, was selected in an open primary to contest Totnes, in south-west England, for the Conservatives.

(14) The idea is that he should always continue to act as a neophyte devotee as long as his material body is there.

(15) The air will soon be thick with those opining that it was always a fantasy to think that the White House could be won by a neophyte who came out of nowhere with the middle name of Hussein.

(16) The Clinton camp retorted that Mr Obama was a soft-hearted neophyte who was too eager to talk to dangerous strongmen, such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

(17) When visiting a village, you are expected to arrive bearing a large, grubby kava root. Kava is Fiji's traditional drink, which, in my neophyte opinion, tastes of disinfectant and month-old dishwater.