Example sentences of "[adj] now [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very heartening now to witness some of the excellent combat shots taken at the time — Eighth Air Force bombers being escorted to places as far afield as Berlin with a mass of Packard Merlin-engined Mustangs indulging in a leapfrog technique which meant fighter waves could follow the bombers , fight and be relieved by another escort wave . |
| 2 | ‘ Also , a lot of the big names are getting less advertising work , and they are more prepared now to do editorial , which does mean more competition ’ . |
| 3 | He was quite prepared now to admit that he had been mistaken about Marie : that she was not thick and that , though she was not very articulate , she was , in her way , intelligent , kind , even sensitive . |
| 4 | And I mean I 'm not saying this now to advertise our cause or anything but I think it should be noted down . |
| 5 | ‘ Christmas and the New Year is the peak booking season , so we are announcing this now to stimulate maximum interest , ’ said a spokeswoman . |
| 6 | ( Examination of the minutes referred to earlier suggests that the same is true of many other cases of closure in the Region , although the Director is careful now to propose closures on ‘ educational grounds ’ , and to direct that the–parents and School Council be consulted ) . |
| 7 | Would it , Celia debated with herself , be wrong now to ask her to become a godparent ? |
| 8 | They were willing now to start drawing the water out of the bottoms of Charles Roe 's old workings i.e. below Deep Level random . |
| 9 | I suppose if he 'd been alive , I 'd be afraid now to meet him . |
| 10 | It wants a more detailed report , but Llewellyn , though free now to continue playing , will eventually be subject to the same disciplinary measures as a player sent off at home . |
| 11 | So y w feel free now to ask questions I mean , you must have something that worries you about about this partic I can only really talk about the exam . |
| 12 | He himself had seen all he wanted of the Heathertons , and was free now to get on with his studies , without interruption . |
| 13 | It is easier now to prevent pregnancy through contraception , and to terminate it through abortion . |
| 14 | ‘ And we seem disposed now to frame our laws as if everybody were alike innocent . ’ |
| 15 | We are too old now to make new friends . |
| 16 | I am too old now to play at any mock repentance . ’ |
| 17 | For myself , I am perhaps too old now to hope to return . |
| 18 | He went on ‘ I am too old now to think you can improve people 's natures . |
| 19 | It is almost impossible now to service a major client without such internal specialists at your elbow to help . |
| 20 | It is impossible now to say . |
| 21 | Not only is it impossible now to tell what the figures for the future will actually mean for the service , but even the informed observer or MP can not tell what has been happening . |
| 22 | It is appropriate now to consider how this solution may be generalized to include the case when the polarization is not aligned . |
| 23 | It is crucial now to consider the fundamental issues which analysis ought to address . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's too dark now to see exactly what it is but it looks rather sweet . ’ |
| 25 | How ironic now to think that she 'd planned the event partly to prove she was capable of organising something major — to show Adam she could pull off a real coup . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's easy now to say he was hasty , yet at the time he just wanted to get out of the place because he was so ill . |
| 27 | It was easy now to decide what to do , both for outward appearances and for the comfort of his own spirit . |
| 28 | It is easy now to see that the problem of papal authority was the one problem of outstanding importance among many minor questions raised in these letters . |
| 29 | It was easy now to summon up the power behind her eyes . |
| 30 | It was easy now to write to Vincent about his father 's visit in a flippant , amusing way , but it had n't been like that at all . |