Example sentences of "[noun sg] now [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Even that future now seems in doubt |
| 32 | The future now seems in the sway of Keith Randall , chairman of the parent club . |
| 33 | On the cold hill , a fence now surrounds the circle , and it interferes not at all with the mood or countenance of the rocks . |
| 34 | Christou now appeals by leave of the full court after refusal by the single judge and we have granted leave to Wright . |
| 35 | Labour now commanded 287 seats , compared with 261 Conservative and 59 Liberal : an effective though not overall majority . |
| 36 | Labour now realises that that system of relief was not adequate . |
| 37 | The fruits of their labour now attract scholarship as much as , over the centuries , they have attracted dust . |
| 38 | ( Labour now claims to be the champion of ‘ modern manufacturing strength ’ . ) |
| 39 | Labour now holds 27 Welsh seats , its best total since 1970 , but the Liberal Democrats were left with just one MP in their traditional stronghold of Wales , Mr Alex Carlile in Montgomery . |
| 40 | A clear recognition now exists that counter-trade complements the more normal methods of trade finance . |
| 41 | The idea of sub-contracting an exhibition piece now fills me with abject horror . |
| 42 | WITH the Bush-Clinton confrontation now resolved and our own Parliament on the brink of a crucial European Community debate today , modern Welsh politics seems tame in comparison . |
| 43 | The precociousness of his talent now seems to have been just as well , because by time he left his native land , aged eighteen , more than a third of his life was already gone . |
| 44 | The standard of play over the past few years has shown a considerable step-up and the cream of the local talent now face a daunting challenge in their bid to reclaim the title for ‘ home ’ keeping . |
| 45 | The Association now operates from Rome . |
| 46 | the Association now has a membership of approximately 1,500 , comprising freelance illustrators and agents , tutors , students and clients . |
| 47 | Yet the Preschool Playgroups Association now runs half of all registered day nurseries in England . |
| 48 | As a result those sections of the rural population who are unable to run a car now tend to find themselves more isolated from the outside world than at any time in their lives . |
| 49 | According to Alliance Internationale de Tourisme the private car now carries about 75 per cent of all travellers . |
| 50 | There 's a car now coming . |
| 51 | But the car now proved obedient , and the north-east London suburbs received her , soothing her as they usually but not invariably did with their eloquent monotony , their repetitive regularities , street after street of semi-detached houses , their lights lit , their curtains drawn , their television sets humming , their inhabitants safe within . |
| 52 | Tell your car insurance company too ; with your car now garaged , they may offer a reduction in their premiums , which will partly offset the rise in your buildings insurance . |
| 53 | My girlfriend now understands me — she knows my happiness depends on surfing . |
| 54 | One explanation could be that the prospect of defeat now seems to him , if not inevitable , then at least sufficiently likely to be worth a contingency wager . |
| 55 | The revenue now appeal , with leave given in the Court of Appeal , to your Lordships ' House . |
| 56 | The search now goes on for cancers over a wider area . |
| 57 | Can we break for tea now come back at twenty five to four . |
| 58 | For example , where does informed thinking now stand on the future of the railways , or , for that matter , the development of alternative energy sources ? |
| 59 | On Germany , Bush said that he was not sure whether differences over the terms for German unification had been narrowed , although each side now understood the other 's concerns better . |
| 60 | Back in the side now played six in a row . |