Example sentences of "today [be] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 While Darwinian processes are likely to be only one of several mechanisms responsible for evolutionary change in form ( there is much debate , which need not concern us here , about the relative contribution of these other mechanisms ) , the point for the present is that all forms of life on earth today are clearly the results of comparable evolutionary pressures over the whole of geological time .
2 Says Dr Graham-Brown : ‘ The brown belles of today are probably the wrinkled prunes of tomorrow . ’
3 Hoover 's optimism about the future of the USA had been underlined by the words he used on accepting nomination We in America today are nearer the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land .
4 There , the producers of today are frequently the consumers of yesterday .
5 Dining rooms today are wherever the food is served .
6 The stones that we see today are therefore the remains of the supports that once held the nets in position .
7 Not since the Jockey Club was founded 243 years ago has such radical racing reform been in the air and today is also the threshold of a new era which begins with Britain 's betting shops next Thursday .
8 Whatever its status as a castle , an Englishman 's home today is easily the most familiar measure of his finances .
9 The living ‘ opera ’ of today is arguably the musical .
10 The cratering of the terrestrial planets today is largely the result of exposure to asteroids and comet debris , each planet sharing to a significant extent a common population .
11 The Curve sex metaphor holds up , with a daring quiet passage mid-set ( ‘ Sandpit ’ , ‘ Today Is Not The Day ’ ) that expertly separates from the furious foreplay and the steaming climax .
12 He sharply reminded his party that ‘ The Empire of today is not the Empire of the first Jubilee of Queen Victoria ’ ; he had some effective fun at Churchill 's expense ; he strongly defended the ‘ Delhi Pact ’ between Irwin and Gandhi ; and he ended on a note of clear challenge :
13 I am concerned that the man who is here today is not the same as the man who was here yesterday .
14 ( The national currency today is still the US dollar . )
15 His campaigning manner today is much the same as it was when he set out three weeks ago to seek his coveted mandate .
16 It is still true to say that the law of sale of goods today is basically the common law , i.e. the law as stated over the years by judges in the process of deciding cases before them .
17 But the Minstrel 's manager says today is precisely the right time for them .
18 There have been many peace rallies many times before in Northern Ireland , the significance of today 's not the numbers , a thousand or so , but who they were .
19 The Brother spoke from memory , and indeed his theme today was not the structure of the Legiones Astartes .
20 Long and low , with transept towers and a vaulted nave , the building as it stands today was largely the work of Bishop Grandison of Exeter , a ‘ magnificent and diligent prelate ’ who ruled over the diocese in the fourteenth century .
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