Example sentences of "now [verb] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | A special unit set up by the Government has now traced more than half the cash which was spirited away by the late Robert Maxwell . |
| 2 | If they are priced in dollars , D-Marks or some other foreign currency , they will now earn more pounds and will therefore be more profitable for exporters . |
| 3 | One woman in ten now drinks more than the recommended safe limit of 14 units a week , with a unit being a glass of wine , a half pint of beer or a pub measure of spirits . |
| 4 | The EEC countries are now producing more of nearly all agricultural products than can be consumed or profitably exported . |
| 5 | A spokesperson for Upjohn says that the company prefers to maintain an independent anti-AIDS programme , which now receives more than a fifth of the corporate budget for drug discovery research . |
| 6 | Natural gas , which is an ecologically acceptable hydrocarbon fuel , now represents more than half of our reserve base . |
| 7 | Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition . |
| 8 | Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition . |
| 9 | Lending institutions now sell more and more of their mortgages to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac , which in turn package them into securities and sell them to investors . |
| 10 | This now contributes more than a third of Zurich 's total premium income , and well over 40% of its non-life business . |
| 11 | Malaysia now produces more than a third of the world 's 's palm oil , and oil palm nuts make an attractive food for the Malayan wood rat ( Rattus tiomanicus ) , the ricefield rat ( Rattus argentiventer ) , and the little rat ( Rattus exulans ) . |
| 12 | Europe now produces more food than she needs and has for some years been supporting a section of industry that provides employment for less than 1% of our National workforce ; good for British agriculture , but how much better if the support had gone to those industries that took up a greater proportion of the work force , i.e. the engineers with 10% . |
| 13 | The partners are now subcontracting more Airbus work to other companies and countries . |
| 14 | And when it comes to lipsticks , it now offers more shades than any other company in the world . |
| 15 | Street children like Manoel now fear more than temporary incarceration at Febem , the Dickensian state orphanage that has long been a synonym for alienation and violence . |
| 16 | Home Economics syllabuses , ever ambitious , are gradually now incorporating more elements of home-making , child care , nutrition ( Kenya and Nigeria ) , while needlework assumes less paramount importance . |
| 17 | The family now say more research is needed into anorexia to prevent future tragedies : |
| 18 | Ironically , the properly market now wants more certainty about the future . |
| 19 | That , in fact , er there are three provinces who are already now contributing more than anyone else that , they feel that the churches should go forward to try and raise the minister 's to what was proposedly that the assembly last year , they should be paid thirteen thousand two hundred but in order to do that see another six hundred thousand pound raised and it is likely that this will be put as a challenge to the churches at assembly . |
| 20 | Kavos has been the fastest developing resort in Corfu over the past two years and now has more bars , tavernas and discos than just about anywhere else on the island . |
| 21 | The OALD now has more words , more examples , more information on usage , pronunciation and stress , and more illustrations than ever before ; and it is easier for the student to use . |
| 22 | In effect , the correct word now has more ’ competition ’ . |
| 23 | However , enthusiasm for mazes has been renewed in recent years and , with over 100 , Britain now has more mazes open to the public than any other European country . |
| 24 | " Gabon is specially significant because it probably now has more elephants than any other African country , and so far they have been relatively undisturbed by poachers . |
| 25 | Officers now want more information about Harwell 's waste management , and they say it should be more publicly available . |
| 26 | Second , what education now needs more than ever is a period of calm and stability in which changes can be introduced or consolidated in partnership with the teaching profession without undue haste and lack of preparation . |
| 27 | Euro Disney , whose Euro Disneyland near Paris has now been open a year , said it lost FFr1.1 billion ( $100m ) in the six months to end-March , and now needs more money to restructure FFr21 billion of debt . |
| 28 | It is now seeking more volunteers . |
| 29 | However , he felt his moderating influence in the army was now needed more than ever . |
| 30 | On the practical side he was now selling more fossils than insurance . |