Example sentences of "[conj] now [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benedicta — was courteous to everyone , whether it be Hob 's wife , Ranulf the rat-catcher , or now a court gallant . |
| 2 | The more palatable impression of retirement peacefully spent in the warmer climes of retirement homes on the south coast ( or now the more exotic coastline of southern France and Spain ) is available only to a privileged few . |
| 3 | Several times she has wandered out into the street while Mrs Smith was asleep , although now the front door is kept double-locked at night to prevent this from happening . |
| 4 | After the break , Abingdon continued to force Horsham back , although now the pitch was beginning to make an impression on some tired legs ; there were mistakes from both sides and also some heavy tackles which resulted in long delays whilst players received attention . |
| 5 | Moving on to extended reproduction , all previous assumptions hold except that now a portion of the surplus-value will be accumulated in the form of constant and variable capital , that is , as c or v. |
| 6 | Though she had been quite a successful model herself Arlene had never reached those giddy heights — the thought that now a pupil and protégé of hers might achieve it made her prickle with excitement . |
| 7 | The procedures for assessment and the evaluation of educational needs have become more formalised since the 1981 Education Act so that now a report from a qualified teacher of visually handicapped children is a requirement of the assessment procedure for a child whose learning or development is affected by defective sight . |
| 8 | But the Japanese have become obsessed , in recent years , with improving the strain , so that now a good Goshiki has all the virtues of a Kohaku , in terms of ordered blocks of colour , with the additional bonus — shared by the Koromo fish — of additional overlaying patterns . |
| 9 | Mr Young said that now the trust had its core holdings , the second tranche of money would be invested more slowly with some held back for new opportunities . |
| 10 | But the sovereigns from Queen Victoria onwards turned consultations with the archbishop into a constitutional convention ; so that now the Archbishop of Canterbury had the principal say in the choice of bishops and had a right to be consulted on the choice of his own successor ; or , if he had not a constitutional right , at least he had every right to proffer advice to the prime minister whether the prime minister asked for it or not . |
| 11 | The advice is the same except that now the ‘ dangers ’ are : |
| 12 | The difference between the West now and the West in the nineteenth century , is that now the largest part of the price for development is paid by the invisible people of the so-called Third World , rather than by the pauperised urban proletariat of mills , mines and factories , though there are still some of them about too . |
| 13 | Whoever was on duty would move gently any part of the affected limb , trying as they did so to persuade Jimbo that now the pain was gone he might — I did not dare to say ‘ would ’ — be free soon to walk normally . |
| 14 | But the new approach , with Ciaran Fitzgerald keeping in close touch with his London Irish contacts , with the brothers John and Barry O'Driscoll in Manchester and with Feidhlim McLoughlin in Newcastle , means that now the Irish net is being widely cast . |
| 15 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 16 | It seemed that now the process was under way her contribution was not required . |
| 17 | She was longing for some peace and privacy , believing that now the wedding was over she would slip back into relative obscurity . |
| 18 | First we require normal " load and store accumulator " instructions , as described earlier for computers with a single accumulator , except that now the instruction must specify the particular accumulator involved . |
| 19 | Moreover , physical contact , if it proceeds at all , will almost inevitably reach the point of physical stimulation of their sexual parts , so that now the reflex component also comes into play . |
| 20 | Though the overall level of representation does not appear to have improved dramatically , it seems that the numbers represented by specialist lay advisers have increased so that now the most common representative is the trades union representative or the specialist lay adviser . |
| 21 | The clenched fist still swung at his side , and without easing his grip , he twisted her arm so that now the pain was terrible to endure . |
| 22 | This was the same evening on which Johnson wryly said that now the Hanoverian King had given him a pension , he could hardly drink Stuart health with the wine thus bought . |
| 23 | So that now the GCSE comes along , and lo ! what do we have but composition , performance and listening over four terms , and continuous assessment , etc . |
| 24 | Nor did I desist until the patients were worn out , and said that now the devil had fled . |
| 25 | Equation ( 8.22 ) is the expression for the combinatorial entropy of mixing of an athermal polymer solution and comparison with equation ( 8.7 ) shows that they are similar in form except for the fact that now the volume fraction is found to be the most convenient way of expressing the entropy change , rather than the mole fraction used for small molecules . |
| 26 | Effectively , it boiled down to a continuation in a certain sense of the original situation , except that now the primal father exercised his authority not in the social group , but within the ego — he became a psychological agency instead of being a physical reality . |
| 27 | ( Note that now the property right is with the entrant , who is able to join any club she wishes . ) |
| 28 | The fundamental difference between the traditional novel and this the new novel is that now the style is analytical and psychological . |
| 29 | Parliament , recognising the danger — perhaps more to respect for the law than to press freedom — changed the law , so that now the very fact of a conviction is deemed to be conclusive evidence of its correctness . |
| 30 | Chairman of ITV Sport Greg Dyke said that now the new league may not become the major force it could have been . |