Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] now [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moving right up to date , Johnny is now signed to Virgin 's Point Blank label , and his first release — titled ‘ Let Me In ’ — has already been nominated for a Grammy award . |
| 2 | Indeed , Asian communities in the London area , parts of the Midlands , and in West Yorkshire are now served by specialist services , a development which has been much helped by the availability of trained Asian health care professionals and a strong community infrastructure . |
| 3 | We have achieved a better than expected pro-forma combined profit and Stoddard Sekers is now putting in place the strategic plans to enable it to grow strongly both organically and by acquisition ’ . |
| 4 | The teeming slums of Kampala are now coming to life . |
| 5 | Mr Herrick is now fighting for compensation . |
| 6 | We are told by The Observer that the hon. Member for Livingston is now running as part of a comic team with the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , East ( Mr. Prescott ) — a wonderful pantomime horse — in seeking the job of the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 7 | The 200-strong rebel army which had in December 1989 infiltrated from neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire was now thought to number some 5,000 men and boys , a small proportion of whom had reportedly received training in Libya and Burkina . |
| 8 | Having mopped up the majority of Motif users , IXI is now gunning for Sun Microsystems Inc 's Open Look user base — both installed and new accounts — as its next outlet ( UX No 388 ) , and has hired the advertising guns of Saatchi and Saatchi to try and tease Sun users to X.desktop with its largest advertising campaign to date . |
| 9 | Diana was now growing in self-confidence , a quality recognized by her elevation to school prefect . |
| 10 | Criticised for making so many alterations since becoming manager , Taylor is now looking for stability . |
| 11 | Just five per cent of land in Essex is now covered by woodland , compared with an average of ten per cent for the rest of England and a European average of 20 to 30 per cent . |
| 12 | No apparent damage , because Niki is now reeling in car after car and when he overtakes Senna , he thinks he 's in second place . |
| 13 | Louise was now quivering with indignation . |