Example sentences of "[noun sg] now [vb -s] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The triple-towered castle which is today still a prominent landmark now serves as a historical museum .
2 Charities for the homeless report that 5,000 new people a year arrive on the streets and that the total figure now stands at a staggering 300,000 for the whole country .
3 The wreckage of the gantry now lies in a dry dock .
4 And for those people who are n't happy with what Stacker does anyway ( like our esteemed editor , for example ) , the package now comes with a useful Unstack feature so you can automatically return your system to its original state as if nothing had ever happened .
5 A ‘ typical ’ consumer now chooses from a wider ‘ repertoire ’ of drinks than was the case in the 1960s .
6 The Vale of White Horse Gliding Centre now operates from a nearby farm , and will soon be offering flights seven days a week .
7 The American stockmarket now trades on a not-cheap price-earnings ratio of 14 based on Wall Street 's profit estimates for 1990 .
8 The house now belongs to a buxom blonde from Lyon , wife of a driving instructor .
9 Mike Yarwood and the catchphrase ‘ Silly Billy ’ had a lot to do with it , but more important is the fact that the Labour Party now belongs to a younger generation .
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