Example sentences of "[noun] now [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most pupils are now familiar with the teletext information pages on television 's Ceefax and Oracle facilities and many schools now have access to Prestel ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 2 | From Wolhusen the circular itinerary now continues south on road 10 which has come in on the left ( ie east from Luzern . |
| 3 | Do n't Climb Out Of The Window now has pride of place alongside the great authors at Blackwells bookshop in Oxford . |
| 4 | RIGHT : This rare , surviving winding engine now forms part of Camp Mill 's fascinating display . |
| 5 | An insurance company can choose whether or not to insure anyone , and all companies now refuse insurance to people with HIV . |
| 6 | UK chairman John Gardner now has responsibility for manufacturing , logistics , mainframe development and corporate services . |
| 7 | In this context , the material before the board indicated — ( 1 ) that investors were persuaded by company representatives employed by the Winchester Group to cancel their existing policies and to ‘ switch ’ to Norwich Union without their best interests and any disadvantages attendant upon so doing necessarily being considered ; ( 2 ) that other undesirable selling practices — for instance ‘ overselling ’ whereby investors are persuaded to take out a range of policies which they may not be able to afford in the long term — have been employed by company representatives selling on behalf of the Winchester Group ; ( 3 ) that the fact find forms completed by the Winchester Group for forwarding to Norwich Union were inadequate for the purposes of ensuring that products were only sold to investors on a ‘ best advice ’ basis ; ( 4 ) that the connections between Mr. Tee and Mr. Kissane ( a former director of the Winchester Group now awaiting trial on charges of theft of client moneys ) and also between the Winchester Group and Mr. Randhir Singh were such as to call into question the extent to which the controllers , directors and senior managers of the Winchester Group could be regarded as being of good character and competent or otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and also whether the Winchester Group could be safely regarded as a fit and proper person for the purposes of enjoying appointed representative status ; ( 5 ) that policies had been sold by eight persons engaged by the Winchester Group who had not been appointed as company representatives of Norwich Union or in any other way authorised to sell investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and that other individuals who had been appointed as company representatives had not been registered as such with Lautro ; ( 6 ) that certain company representatives engaged by the Winchester Group appeared to be channelling client moneys through their own personal bank accounts . |
| 8 | Elsewhere , guidebooks now pinpoint severity with laser accuracy — grades : adjectival and numerical : even death-potential ; and those oh-so-helpful lists , usually hidden away at the back , slightly shamefacedly among the first ascent details . |
| 9 | for more than 6 weeks now entails loss of pension and loss of Housing Benefit ; formerly local authorities had discretion to continue entitlement to Housing Benefit for quite prolonged admissions . |
| 10 | With the points gained from round 1 , Oates now holds second in class and looks forward to round 3 at Silverstone on April 4th and 5th , supporting British Touring Cars . |
| 11 | The films were n't doing business , the unprofitable US studios were being gobbled up by large conglomerates and ‘ rationalized ’ , changes in US fiscal policy implemented in 1967 to help in funding the Vietnam war now discouraged investment by US companies abroad , and the American unions had initiated a campaign in 1968 to ‘ combat foreign production by American producers . ’ |
| 12 | The festival now takes place in July at the Grand Theatre , the famous City Varieties , Leeds Playhouse , Leeds Civic Theatre , and three of the local authority 's community theatres . |
| 13 | Most senior executives now have access to desktop microcomputers and , of course , fax and telex are used regularly . |
| 14 | A Farmland and Rural Development Act was passed in 1988 and farmers now have access to grant aid to help in diversification projects . |
| 15 | Dale now works freelance from home and plans to diversify to explore other subjects and techniques . |
| 16 | As well as rehearsing the Girls Jessie Wharton now became companion to Mrs Tiller . |
| 17 | Many of the senior men in the ministry now see management as part of their office . |
| 18 | First , quite a lot of people now make money from Superfund . |
| 19 | The most vulnerable young people now leave school without qualifications and are selected for the underclass through one of the Government 's YTS schemes . |
| 20 | The Centers for Disease Control now reports evidence of hantavirus infection in 12 out of 42 deer mice ( Peromyscus maniculatus ) trapped around the homes of infected people , which suggests that this illness may have a rodent vector . |
| 21 | This comment by the Reporter now forms part of Sheriff Principal Ronald Ireland 's written note in his ruling following that first appeal : ‘ Sloan to prove other members are involved ’ . |
| 22 | Virtually all competition now takes place on mats , since hard floors are known to present a hazard to the falling competitor . |
| 23 | All EC Single Market directives on closer alignment of national pharmaceutical legislation now require compliance by medications , substances and analyses with European Pharmacopoeia convention in its own right emphasises the symbiosis between the two institutions . |
| 24 | In Britain , the NHS market reforms placed quality on the agenda for the first time , and purchasers now specify quality in contracts with providers . |
| 25 | The god of conspicuous consumption has been refashioned , and money-harvesters now worship frugality with style . |
| 26 | The RAF says the women , who are divorced or separated , are now occupying the homes illegally — the women say they and their children now face life in bed and breakfast accomodation . |
| 27 | As I said earlier , more than three quarters of recently retiring pensioners now have income from savings , and more than 60 per cent . |
| 28 | I am in my third year now studying history of art . |
| 29 | The citation order now gives precedence to processes , such as circulation control and cataloguing , rather than to types of libraries . |
| 30 | The narrow whitewashed streets now play host to jet-setters , artists and students from all over Europe ; and in the evening the whole town comes alive with plenty of discos and lively nightspots . |