Example sentences of "now can [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Seeds collected now can be tested for resistance either this year or at some time in the future , ’ he says . |
| 2 | A mistake spotted now can be rectified on the polyester film , but once you have committed your design to the board , it could be difficult or impossible to effect any corrections . |
| 3 | When a wind-blown spore — which now can be called pollen — lands on an egg-bearing cone , it germinates , not into a filmy thallus for which there is now no need , but into a long tube which burrows its way down into the female cone . |
| 4 | The problems of the here and now can be accepted , not as obstacles to our task but as the task itself , and what previously appeared to be massive impediments to effective support work can simply become our new challenge . |
| 5 | Video 's role now can be to provide the variety , interest and stimulation which are very important at this stage when motivation is often beginning to wane . |
| 6 | But even if you ca n't predict exactly what your baby is going to be like as a toddler or pre-schooler , let alone as an adolescent , sorting out her needs and wants in the here and now can be fascinating . |
| 7 | The problem that concerns us now can be expressed as follows . |
| 8 | It may have had a different meaning in a different place ( e.g. " cot " means a child 's bed in British English , but also a bed for adults in Indian English ) , or at a different time ( e.g. " gentle " used to carry the meaning of " upper class " , as in " gentry " , but which now can be used as an approving description — something like " sensitive " — of anyone 's character ) . |
| 9 | Thus as a first approximation ( but see below ) , now can be glossed as " the time at which the speaker is producing the utterance containing now " . |