Example sentences of "[be] now [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only to tell you that your uncle , Mr Eyre of Madeira , is dead , that he has left you all his property , and that you 're now rich — only that , nothing more . ’ |
| 2 | One would imagine you would you would now say , They and and have done some evidence to back it up , that that they 're now competent . |
| 3 | Well , we 're now well into the Party Conference season and the Greens are at Wolverhampton this week . |
| 4 | You 're now ready to knock the joint apart with a mallet or hammer and a block of scrap softwood . |
| 5 | Well people who 've commented on this say that they 're now aware that they feel unable to say to women students things they would say to male students . |
| 6 | What most Directors of Social Services are worried about is that the group of children that we 're now finding in children 's homes , are so disturbed , because of their past family backgrounds er and so , so problematic er with their behaviour , er that they 're now concerned to make sure that the children 's homes of the future are properly geared up to deal with the very difficult group of children . |
| 7 | ‘ So how come you 're now homeless ? ’ |
| 8 | It now seems that because there 's a disabled managing chairman , they 're now prepared to talk to us , and we 've got to talk to the director of Network South East about these problems . |
| 9 | He 's told me that you 're now senior partner of Far East Swift … ’ |
| 10 | By meteorological means we 're now able to identify where such a storm will occur with greater efficiency and to take steps for keeping that area clear of people — or to arrange for controlled evacuation . |
| 11 | So we 're now able to support mainframe class applications with thousands of users in this data centred type database running thousands of applications with a mixture of decision support and online transaction processing . |
| 12 | We 're now full so we 'll play the game Guess the Voice after this one from Sonny and Cher . |
| 13 | Mentally , at least , I issued the challenge in respect of this well presented and impressively referenced volume and am now convinced that is folly for anyone performing analyses on biological samples to remain ignorant of what electroanalysis can offer . |
| 14 | But after talking to David Stanley , the youngest of Presley 's three stepbrothers , he said : ‘ I am now convinced that Elvis Presley committed suicide . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But I am now convinced he has the talent and is ready for the big challenge every Manchester United player faces . ’ |
| 16 | [ more calmly ] I am now convinced that nothing but religious considerations and a resolution to watch over the very first appearances of evil can be of sufficient weight to keep steady to his good purpose a vain young man . |
| 17 | I am now convinced that your work was very important . |
| 18 | He added : ‘ I am now convinced that there is considerable support for restoration of the building . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The more witnesses come forward and the descriptions remain the same , the more I am now convinced that the abductors must have caused his death , ’ he said . |
| 20 | I am now mobile . |
| 21 | I am suspicious about old Martha drowning in her bath , and you may tell the Lady Amelia that I am now curious about the two corpses found in the forest nearby . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Will you write Charles Napier that I made his man Moncrieff a lieutenant , ’ Keith wrote , ‘ and I am now obliged to invalid him to prevent his being dismissed by a court martial . |
| 23 | I am now involved in the campaign against this unnecessary scheme . |
| 24 | My suspicion first fell on Reg Pybus , but I am now certain it is Howard Wilkinson , seeking some perverted pleasure to compensate for his monumental gaff in signing that prat Colin Webley . |
| 25 | He was pleased to hear confirmation that the crossing is to be built : ‘ Although I am now used to crossing this busy road it is fairly dangerous . |
| 26 | On the subject of strange names , let me tell you this ( and I am now serious ) : The sweet-shop at South Portland Street , opposite our tenement , wherein most of our pocket-money was spent , was owned by a tall , bearded , orthodox Jew . |
| 27 | And although I am now tired , very cold and extremely hungry — with a headache into the bargain ! — I am compelled to continue for a little while longer . |
| 28 | I am now sure I was that boy in an earlier life . |
| 29 | I am now familiar with some of the issues of gender , euro-centrism , so-called ‘ primitivism ’ , and the diversities and perversities of the art historical narratives . |
| 30 | I am now able to return your showreel to you — most sincere apologies for the delay . |