Example sentences of "[pron] [is] now [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is now seeking a sponsor to help her reach her dream of a place in the 1996 Olympics . |
| 2 | Significantly , Roxburgh decided to pay heed to the excellent club form of Gordon Strachan and the Leeds United man displayed an admirable combination of cockiness and sheer resolve on the right side of a midfield which contained the Celtic pair Roy Aitken and Paul McStay , and the former Parkhead workhorse , Murdo Macleod , who is now enjoying a renaissance in West Germany . |
| 3 | The name being dropped enthusiastically in cities down the M1 and along the M62 , it 's now earning a reputation as one of the grooviest nights in the north . |
| 4 | Yes , I wanted to emphasise the way some men feel constrain before , not because I want to suggest it 's now becoming a problem for men and we should be worrying about them , but because you asked what prospects there were for doing something about it and I think if something 's to be done about it , and it 's a problem of everyone devising new standards of behaviour , it 's very important that quite large numbers of men should be prepared to play a part in trying to work out what these standards should be , and there is quite substantial interest in trying to do that , both at the level of the teaching staff at the university and at the level of the undergraduates . |
| 5 | With 120 stores throughout Scotland and the North of England , it is now considering a summer stock-market flotation to help with further expansion into England . |
| 6 | Cray Research Inc , Eagan , Minnesota says that it is now offering a workstation version of its UniChem molecular modelling program written for its supercomputers : the new version is available on Silicon Graphics Inc workstations and a version for other Unix workstations will be offered later this year ; prices start at $45,000 , compared with $130,000 on a supercomputer . |
| 7 | He is now writing a follow-up and wants to include others reminiscences of the time on topics such as rationing , the black-out , evacuation , all forms of civilian war service , the Home Guard , and more ! |
| 8 | That is why he is now writing a book for the ‘ home cook ’ . |
| 9 | Though he says the courts here are subservient to the regime , he is now fighting a lawsuit he has brought against the Department of Lands . |
| 10 | He 's now organising a letter writing campaign , and wants people to send a specially prepared letter of protest direct to the Iraqi Government . |