Example sentences of "in [noun pl] now " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's crime in traffic in cities now . |
| 2 | Erm you know you get it in packets now anyway . |
| 3 | no , well they come all in packets now do n't they ? you have to buy a packet |
| 4 | It is therefore imperative to record these experiences in words now , to recreate them ‘ in substance and in life ’ , so that they can restore him in the future . |
| 5 | Secondary education , mainly in schools now known as grammar schools , was available nationally for 20% of children over the age of eleven , with pronounced regional variations . |
| 6 | erm and I would like to think that in spite of all the pressures that you have in schools now with National Curriculum and everything else , there will still be space for children to be able to express emotions . |
| 7 | In spite of the revival of interest in airships now they can be filled with cheap helium , they are still unattractive in most circles and it is no good quoting the figures for people killed in airship crashes against those killed every day on the roads and similar statistics , or the successful career of the R100 , although filled with hydrogen . |
| 8 | Her house is in ruins now , covered with flowering weeds and inhabited only by seagulls . |
| 9 | Crackpot Hall is in ruins now , with its roof gone and floors crumbled in , leaving bedroom fireplaces suspended crazily high above the ground . |
| 10 | It was agreed that £240 be given in donations now , with the proviso that later in the year further sums would be sent , particularly to Headquarters Benevolent Fund , the Star and Garter Home and the Poppy Appeal . |
| 11 | Downland breeding species such as the Dartford Warbler , Grasshopper Warbler , Stonechat , Wheatear , and Stone Curlew used to be found in areas now covered by residential and industrial development , and some species dependent on beaches have been severely reduced , such as the Little Tern and the Ringed Plover . |
| 12 | They appear to have been settled in the seventh century in areas now known as Kosovo , Montenegro and Bosnia . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've always wanted to walk Coast to Coast , but Wainwright 's route is getting very worn in places now . |
| 14 | And in it now , dressed in a frilled nightie , sat the child , and by her side and combing her thick black wavy hair from her brow was her father , partly dressed in trousers now . |
| 15 | An added irritant is that the SERC employs permanently people who would not even get jobs in universities now . |
| 16 | They 'd gone to see another hill , which had been a Roman fort , covered in ferns now . |
| 17 | Two of the best pieces here are Emeric Pressburger 's entrancing memoir of his Berlin hobo days in the 1920s , and the cinematographer Nestor Almendros 's insights into what a woman needs to become a screen goddess ; neither helps justify the book 's claim to be about what is happening in movies now . |
| 18 | Will did n't act in plays now . |
| 19 | We get more involved in things now . |
| 20 | I 'm in difficulties now . |
| 21 | " Universal " pansies should be available in pots now and will flower in mild spells all winter followed by a big burst in spring . |
| 22 | Almost in tears now , Rose rushed out of the dining-room , narrowly avoiding a collision with Monsieur Gauthier bearing a loaded tray . |
| 23 | He forecast : ‘ This Treaty will end in tears it is better that it ends in tears now than it ends in very bitter tears in five , ten or 15 years . ’ |
| 24 | She 'd even felt quite calm , only thinking that in the oven his dinner would be in cinders now . |
| 25 | The public has become more aware of the importance of groundwater ( it is interesting to see how widely the term aquifer is used in newspapers now compared with during the drought of 1975–76 ) , and public use of the Hydrogeology Group 's enquiry service has increased . |
| 26 | Well we dredged it , alongside of Cliff Quay , that was twenty eight feet of water at low tide , that was that 's what they guarantee , apart from what they call and then two blasts off , two ships was laying that 'd be at twenty eight feet , then that would rise ten feet below what they call , cos all in metres now . |
| 27 | I do n't think she is interested in men now . |
| 28 | A few years later , Ralph Berger discovered the loss of neck muscle tone which accompanied REM sleep.9 These two findings , linking EEC patterns with eye movement and neck and throat muscle activity , have formed the basis of the recording and scoring methods for sleep in humans now in use all over the world . |
| 29 | But you see they 've had computers in hospitals now for years |
| 30 | I wo n't write a word more now , but go to my work , cool down , go out , and in the evening post this letter with proofs of my regret , though not recantation , and also proofs of some joy or success I may have this afternoon in fields now rejoicing in sunshine after rain , — to delight my own sweet little one , too tolerant , too childishly submissive , not by nature , which would be weak , but by love for me , which is strength . |