Example sentences of "[is] now [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferranti is now convinced that it was the victim of fraud perpetrated by International Signal and Control which it took over two years ago . |
| 2 | Elsworth , who blames himself for ‘ choosing the wrong race ’ for Ghofar twice this season , is now convinced the horse is a much more adaptable jumper than the rather hesitant seven-year-old Brendan Powell rode in 1990 . |
| 3 | It 's not only her clothes that have changed — George Michael is now famous the world over . |
| 4 | Under Irish law , abortion is a criminal offence and recently the courts ruled that even the provision of information on abortion is now illegal . |
| 5 | There have been six records of the race tundrae , but none since 1938 , presumably as collecting is now illegal . |
| 6 | Added to this is the pressure from wild-life traders for skins , eggs , live birds , and butterflies , much trafficking in which is now illegal , but nevertheless rampant . |
| 7 | It is now illegal to pick them without a licence . |
| 8 | A piece of farming tradition passed into history today : the burning of straw and stubble is now illegal . |
| 9 | The use of IT in chemical laboratories is now extensive , but it is both expensive and specialised . |
| 10 | Yesterday 's message of ‘ bran alone ’ is now outdated and for some very good reasons . |
| 11 | The UK is now subject to the monopoly legislation of the European Community as well . |
| 12 | However , the land in question is now subject to a court order . |
| 13 | Flexible working is now ubiquitous — 88 per cent of all operators report flexibility within grades and over 80 per cent across grades . |
| 14 | Professor Mishan argues that ‘ it is now reasonable to believe that , despite the abundance of man-made goods produced by continued growth , its net effect on human health and happiness could be adverse and possibly disastrous ’ . |
| 15 | There is now substantial clinical ( Bocca , Calearo , Cassinari and Migliavacca , 1955 ; Oxbury and Oxbury , 1969 ; Celesia , 1976 ) and experimental ( Rosenzweig , 1951 ; Satz , Levy and Tyson , 1970 ; Majkowski , Bochenek , Bochenek , Knapic-Fijalkowska and Kopec , 1971 ; Andreassi , De Simone , Friend and Grota , 1975 ; Mononen and Seitz , 1977 ) evidence to support the view that the crossed pathways are more important than the uncrossed pathways in transmitting auditory information . |
| 16 | Computed tomography is a poor technique for staging prostatic cancer and there is now substantial evidence to demonstrate that MRI is significantly better . |
| 17 | There is now substantial evidence to show that 1,25 ( OH ) 2 D 3 acts as a differentiating agent and that some of these actions are associated with a modulation of receptor concentrations . |
| 18 | There is now substantial evidence that vascular disruption and focal thrombosis , related to macrophage infiltration , occurs in Crohn 's disease . |
| 19 | Since leaving Bristol Paul has obtained an MMus from the Royal College of Music and is now Principal Trumpet with English National Opera . |
| 20 | He is now principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra and last night made his second Liverpool appearance with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra . |
| 21 | He has not only remained in his job as a chemical engineer but has also been promoted twice and is now principal chemical engineer with Ciba , in Paisley . |
| 22 | Although this conference comment is now well over fifteen years old it still holds good . |
| 23 | These ‘ Stars ’ are the Bolshoi 's has-beens and also-rans , headed by Natalya Bessmertnova , who though a great ballerina in her prime is now well over 50 . |
| 24 | The membership of the Institute is now well over 4,000 and is attracting a rapidly growing number of corporate members . |
| 25 | Fig 31 The board is now well through the turn , and to stop it turning too far , take the weight off the edge and move forwards . |
| 26 | Somatostatin , a hormone that inhibits the release of growth hormone , is now well know , but its opposite proved elusive . |
| 27 | Hence , a sequence of shots might be : mother and toddler together on sands , toddler crawls out of picture leaving mother watching to see where it goes cut ; an older child digging a sand castle cut ; closer shot of mother looking out of picture in opposite direction , turns to look back in direction of off-frame toddler , cut from her to toddler who is now well on way to the sea cut ; father getting to his feet to go after child , pan with him as he sets off and catches up with the wanderer , they start to walk back to mother cut ; the older child carries on with its castle-digging ( see pages 62–63 ) . |
| 28 | Sir John Moores , a great Evertonian , is now well into his 90s and nobody has a crystal ball to tell whether the heir , or heirs , will have the same enthusiasm for the club . |
| 29 | One is the effort he expends , in his long Dialogue with a Friend , to convince others that he is now well . |
| 30 | Faldo has increased his lead at the top of the world rankings and is now well ahead of Fred Couples and Jose Maria Olazabal . |