Example sentences of "[adj] and now [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The state does become omnipotent and now the delusion of passive impotence — perhaps the central conflict in paranoia — becomes a reality .
2 Though this is probably fanciful and certainly without basis in contemporary record , Jaenberht 's alienation from Offa may have been very real , because of the suppression of Kentish independence after 784–5 and now the partition of his province .
3 At the wedding ceremony , when the usual problem of naming his father had arisen , John put ‘ Lawrence Tiller ( deceased ) ’ but his son was called Lawrence , was still alive and now a man of twenty-nine , working as general manager in the business .
4 The ARP warden , out of work since 1930 and now a man of standing with his steel helmet , army-style respirator and dangling whistle , banged on the door of number five pleading through the letterbox with its occupant .
5 This has certainly been the view of groups which sought to draw attention to the problems of the long-term unemployed and older workers — notably the Unemployment Alliance in the 1980s and now the Campaign Against Age Discrimination in Employment ( CAADE ) .
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