Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] now [adv] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the first place , there is the doctrine , which may now perhaps be regarded as a rule of evidence , that , if a voluntary disposition in favour of the husband is impeached , the burden of establishing that it was not improperly or unfairly procured may be placed upon him by proof of circumstances raising any doubt or suspicion . |
| 2 | The " old men " may have also left patches of unworked ground which could now readily be worked with explosives . |
| 3 | Its lift on , lift-off operations there will now also be spread across two container terminals and an inland storage site . |
| 4 | The attack showed that security force members were at risk all the time and they could now best be repaid by finding a political solution to the Ulster conflict . |
| 5 | A Co-op spokesman says : ‘ We have found an alternative firm but it has meant that instead of mortgage repayments being met for a year , they will now only be paid for six months — and the price has had to rise as well . ’ |
| 6 | The duties of the subscribers must at some stage be noted , and since we have already come across three of them , they can now conveniently be listed in full : |
| 7 | It stated : ‘ Although the voluntary system , as we have shown , was once the chief form of collective action outside the Poor Law , it can now best be seen in terms of the ways in which it complements , supplements , extends and influences the informal and statutory systems ’ ( p. 26 ) . |
| 8 | With the passage of time , I think that it can now safely be revealed that the deciding factor in the failure of the 1989 English/Scottish Institutional merger was the marked reluctance of the Queen Street pipes and drums to convert to Morris-men . |
| 9 | This means that it can now only be altered by amendment by leave of the House . |