Example sentences of "now [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , however , is only a temporary lift ; orders and prices are both down and , if the recession lasts as long as Taylor now thinks likely , margins will soon start to narrow as well . |
| 2 | She became a pilot and now flies jumbo jets between Bali , Hawaii and Los Angeles . |
| 3 | The Sun now emits ultraviolet radiation , but a young T Tauri type star would have emitted up to 10 000 times more . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Continental has traded in Eastern Europe for 20 years and now supplies 25 per cent of the region 's imported grain . |
| 6 | Rather than paying out subsidies , the Government now receives substantial annual taxation receipts . |
| 7 | As a result of the United Kingdom initiative , the Internal Market Council of the European Community now receives regular updates on the implementation of single market measures . |
| 8 | The Library now receives Current Contents on diskette as well as paper copies . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Well I think it 's it 's a hiccup , nothing more , but I think the trend is clearly established , and it 's very much agreed , it 's recognized in the Labour Party , that the world outside has changed , women are now half the workforce , women are now half the college and university graduates , women 's work now represents forty percent of our G D P , so we have to increase women 's representation to recognize the world has changed . |
| 11 | The payment of interest on consumer credit now represents some £2,500 million a year , making this a vital area of consumer concern . |
| 12 | Natural gas , which is an ecologically acceptable hydrocarbon fuel , now represents more than half of our reserve base . |
| 13 | United States judges also have gone abroad on rare occasions , e.g. , to England in the Westinghouse case , but it is understood that the United States now discourages this practice . |
| 14 | This now contributes more than a third of Zurich 's total premium income , and well over 40% of its non-life business . |
| 15 | Two fields that came on stream in 1992 are helping maintain this level of output : Miller ( BP : 40% ) now produces xx barrels of oil a day ( b/d ) and yy million cubic feet of gas a day ( cf/d ) , while Donan ( BP : 100% ) produces yy b/d . |
| 16 | Timex 's plant in Dundee has stopped making watches ( it now produces printed circuit boards ) , and its workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred . |
| 17 | Parfums Christian Dior , internationally renowned for its quality and vitality , now produces six fragrance lines for women and three for men , as well as a large variety of beauty care products and make-up . |
| 18 | To overcome this problem one enterprising manufacturer now produces narrow contoured baskets which fit snugly on to the shelves of all popular designs . |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | 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% . |
| 21 | None of these large animals could possibly have passed over the arms of the sea which now separates these countries , and their presence plainly indicates that a land communication must have existed since the origin of the species … ’ |
| 22 | You know , it seems everything round now goes wrong ! |
| 23 | Frequently , such furniture now displays longitudinal splits in the boards . |
| 24 | One supplier of this type of boarding , Caradon Celuform , now offers much more than just a maintenancefree material . |
| 25 | ‘ To know the law now offers such protection should help some of the difficulties associated with house purchasing which , for many , can be an extremely harrowing experience . |
| 26 | Its 90-day notice account , for example , now offers 8.8 per cent on £5,000 rising to 10.75 per cent on £50,000 . |
| 27 | English now offers material appropriate to their knowledge and experience , and provides the opportunity for them to be equally articulate in the new language . |
| 28 | The palazzo now offers five lovely apartments all of which are furnished to a high standard some with antiques — and of individual character and charm . |
| 29 | And at Zen Cargo , on the old Coconut Grove site , Lawrence Leun , owner of Zen , now offers European food with oriental influences . |
| 30 | The range now offers two patterns in 10 soft colourways sympathetic to current bathroom decor trends . |