Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb mod] now [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 15.38 ( i ) Pupils working towards level 7 should continue to participate extensively in widely varied group work in a range of groupings where they should now be encouraged to take on an increasingly responsible and , as appropriate , individual or independent role , eg by taking notes of the discussion and checking them with the group , representing group views in plenary sessions . |
| 2 | I hope that you may now be encouraged to experiment with weaving , and it may help you to use up those oddments of hand knitting yarn which you do n't have time to knit . |
| 3 | Imagine our horror at the thought that we might now be held legally responsible for the tragic results of an inadequate diet . |
| 4 | To speak of these ‘ new styles ’ of politics is not , of course , to say that political struggles between classes have ceased , but only that they may now be modified by other kinds of political action and be less predominant in political life as a whole ; or to argue that the nature , aims and strategies of the principal classes have changed substantially , as Mallet and Touraine have suggested . |
| 5 | What is even more chilling for the people who have bought their council houses at a discounted price is that they will now be taxed at today 's full value . |
| 6 | Their efficiency and reliability have also increased , to the extent that they can now be regarded as a primary recharging source for a yacht 's batteries alongside the engine alternator or the petrol generator . |
| 7 | That they can now be reprinted is a confirmation of his final optimism when he wrote : ‘ They murder our love — and it lives . |
| 8 | Whether they actually were subversive becomes irrelevant to the extent that they can now be retrieved to offer a potential that has a contemporary , that is twentieth-century , political relevance . |
| 9 | The best speech synthesisers are capable of producing speech of such high quality that only an expert can distinguish it from a recording of a human being 's speech ; less sophisticated synthesisers are becoming so cheap that they can now be bought for attaching to ordinary micro-computers . |
| 10 | I felt that it should now be placed on record that the monumental and disgraceful row which was a feature during the Battle of Britain between the two Air Vice-Marshals — Keith Park and Leigh Mallory — was in no way comparable to the discord that appeared to exist between Bennett and AVM Sir Ralph Cochrane , AOC No 5 Group . |
| 11 | Consequently , we feel entirely justified in holding that it should now be abandoned . |
| 12 | It went ahead later on such a scale and at such a pace that it can now be seen as one of the most important facts of modem history . |
| 13 | The evolutionary story , to the extent that it can now be understood ( and to the much more modest extent to which I understand it myself ) seems to me to give some support to the view that in this respect the historical story means very much what it seems to mean . |
| 14 | The novelty of this discontent was that it could now be mobilised by the political left . |
| 15 | If there is to be a full hearing of her application for a residence order it seems improbable that it could now be heard before the end of July at the earliest . |
| 16 | He did not believe her promise not to betray him , and he feared that he would now be caught , and hung . |
| 17 | It followed as naturally as night followed day that he should now be punished for it . |
| 18 | The bank was instructed that the sum of £20,000 from the deposit account was now held by the assignee , who was described as ‘ the purchaser , ’ and that he should now be identified by the bank ‘ as a depositor . ’ |
| 19 | It therefore seems probable that what the early personality studies of living creative subjects had revealed was their tendency to the schizoidness of which Bleuler writes , and which would now be referred to as ‘ schizotypy ’ . |
| 20 | They included ‘ Flying Scotsman ’ and ‘ Mallard ’ , which in 193 8 set up the world speed record for a steam locomotive of 126 m.p.h. , and which can now be seen at York ( q.v . ) . |
| 21 | Exactly fifty years earlier , two scientists in the Physics Department demonstrated a device which changed the course of history , and which can now be found in 48% of British homes . |
| 22 | The poor little rich girl who got into the FBI through her father 's influence and who would now be married to some rich Miami socialite had it not been for the timely intervention of Colonel Philpott , who was pressed into giving her a job with UNACO . |
| 23 | The bids confirmed that they were best to hang on to them and they will now be refurbished and pole-mounted at the entrance to the Museum . |
| 24 | But a recent six weeks of intensive training in Australia helped to regain his sharpness , and he must now be rated as a double gold medal candidate for the European Championships , also in Sheffield , this summer . |
| 25 | Think what unhappy circumstances would attend his career if he should now be trapped by a penniless girl without family whose reputation is known throughout India . " |
| 26 | But it may now be said that , so far from being a depressing conclusion , this states precisely the practical importance of conventionalism for adjudication . |
| 27 | What is in issue here is whether it should now be varied . |
| 28 | Who knew whether it could now be called upon to fight a steady fighting withdrawal ? |
| 29 | The Third Programme 's elitist appeal ( as it would now be called ) to a minority ‘ whose tastes , education and mental habits enable them to take pleasure in close and responsive listening to broadcasts of artistic and intellectual distinction ’ ( Annan , 1977 , p. 12 ) was so limited that in 1957 it was confined to weekday evenings and weekends from 2.30 onwards . |
| 30 | Put the culture , as it shall now be called , in a warm room . |