Example sentences of "now [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Scottish variants on the ecological engineering theme have now proven themselves adequately , it seems , to permit considerably wider application , whatever the scientific differences over their contrasting approaches . |
| 2 | The LTTE has also been responsible for massacres , both of Sinhalese and Moslem civilians , since June 1990 and against rival Tamil political groups who , in some cases , have now aligned themselves with the government 's forces . |
| 3 | Most of the Moscow think-tanks have now aligned themselves with Mr Yeltsin . |
| 4 | It has now aligned itself with Chorus Systemes SA , the French microkernel company partially owned by SVR4 proponent Unix System Laboratories . |
| 5 | Charles now placed himself on a par with Lothar and Louis the German ( whose teenage sons had recently begun to play an active political role themselves ) . |
| 6 | But we have now taught ourselves to see benefits to the organism as incidental , as far as natural selection is concerned . |
| 7 | William and Margaret Joyce had not even now committed themselves irrevocably . |
| 8 | On top of the increased taxes — direct and indirect taxes that would come from their spending pledges — the Opposition have now committed themselves to no capping on high-spending local authorities . |
| 9 | The Spanish , Dutch , Danish and Belgian Ministers have now committed themselves to the view that such discrimination is unacceptable . |
| 10 | The announcement of our success , subject to the specific changes agreed during the validation being made , was welcomed by all concerned but the realisation that we had now committed ourselves to commencing a new course on 5 September 1988 made for a summer of hard curriculum development work . |
| 11 | The country has now committed itself to stay up to date with future payments . |
| 12 | This this Council has now committed itself to a equality of opportunity and social justice . |
| 13 | The Lord who had revealed himself fitfully and alternately under the old covenant , when Moses commuted between the Lord on Sinai and the people on the plain ( with the glory reflected from his communing with God waxing and waning correspondingly ) has now revealed himself steadily and with unwithdrawn accessibility . |
| 14 | He did n't know why he had come , hated himself for coming , but had by now tormented himself into a state of mind where he was deliberately looking for fresh spasms of anguish . |
| 15 | With Hartie mortally wounded by the vengeful NZRU council , Kirwan has now made himself available and the newly appointed backs coach Earle Kirton has been heard suggesting that ‘ King John ’ might be assigned a new role at centre , a position he is successfully filling for his second division Italian club Thiene who are coaches by another Kiwi , John Boe . |
| 16 | So have you , have you have you now persuaded yourself that perhaps you 're over optimistic about I mean cos you were suggesting that attitudes had changed |
| 17 | The perplexing thing was that Bella , whom he had now nerved himself to telephone every other evening with news of Sam , seemed not to mind the untenable situation particularly and had taken up the flute . |
| 18 | Nor , Branson had now convinced himself , was an airline that far removed from the principle of expanding into related businesses . |
| 19 | Fortunately the matter has now corrected itself and , whoever is in jail , Mr Mugabe is at liberty and is the long-standing leader of the nation who has reinforced his position by appropriate leadership legislation . |
| 20 | The AFO now called itself the Anti-Fascist People 's Freedom League ( AFPFL ) and its general secretary and political spokesman was Thakin Than Tun . |
| 21 | This clearly symbolised Russia 's new strength and the international position to which she had now raised herself with spectacular speed . |
| 22 | Whilst it is true to say that it might have started off that way ( call me a sceptic if you will ) , it has now found itself a major market position . |
| 23 | Breeze had now recovered herself sufficiently to ask if she might ring up Susan , which she did — explaining where she was , but reserving the details till later . |
| 24 | Although still in a state of shock , Mr Singh has now appointed himself to the full chairmanship and , along with myself , represented the club at the funeral . |
| 25 | I have no desire to smear or jeer at the Opposition and the fact that they have now declared themselves fully in support of the Community , because that is a matter of intense pleasure to me . |
| 26 | She had now stationed herself directly behind Rupert , and suddenly she extended a hand the size of a tennis racquet and grabbed all the hair on Rupert 's head in her fist . |
| 27 | The first was an attempt to establish a privileged relationship with West Germany , to whose existence he had now reconciled himself . |
| 28 | Elsewhere in a key speech , Mr Hurd said the storm which blew through Britain 's institutions last year , ‘ uprooting some and damaging others ’ , has now blown itself out , leaving 1993 a year for ‘ recovery and replanting ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I believe the storm has now blown itself out and that 1993 is a year for recovery and replanting . ’ |
| 30 | She believes that Hewlett-Packard has now carved itself enough of a breathing space to be able to consider various options at both ends of the market . |