Example sentences of "it now [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The only problem is that it now takes a baffling turn .
2 It is emphasising these offerings rather than the connectivity software products for which it is traditionally known — what it now calls a secondary stream .
3 Ever since the ancient Alexandrians , textual criticism had been a highly valued activity ; it now acquired a new lustre .
4 It now forms a substantial part of the repertoire of several Persian .
5 It now forms a significant part of the country 's output .
6 And it now provided a convenient framework for the praise of a comital lineage .
7 Top left : Elizabeth Jane 's father installed this shelf above a kitchen window and it now makes a colourful setting for a blue and white plate collection .
8 The British Rail scheme would certainly cost less than the old plan as it now proposed a single-track tunnel , not a twin tunnel .
9 It now seems a sad compromise , arrived at by friends who wanted to see him appropriately honoured , but it is one perhaps which he would have understood .
10 It now houses a restored water wheel and steam engine .
11 I hope you feel as I do , that it now provides a useful description of the contribution Area Staff make to Christian Aid 's overall task — I thought you might wish to retain a copy .
12 It now looks a big mistake to have joined the ERM at all , at any exchange rate , without first having created political institutions capable of running monetary policy in a way that takes due consideration of the needs of all members of the European Community .
13 It now has a total debt of $2.5 billion , its people have a life expectancy of just 43 years and six per cent of them have no access to clean water .
14 Hong Kong supports a ban on trade in new ivory , and we believe it now has a villain-proof system for its stocks .
15 Despite the scepticism which accompanied the launch of Pump technology and surrounded the whole concept of custom fit , it now has a strong band of converts and has even spawned a series of copycat technology among competitors .
16 However , it now has a reasonable range of productivity software ( word processors , databases , etc ) , and in specialised areas — colour graphics , desktop video — it is well ahead .
17 The company says it has four new products coming this quarter — Stacker for Macintosh , Stacker for OS/2 & MS-DOS , and two new releases of Stacker for Windows & MS-DOS to address the compression shortcomings of MS-DOS 6.0 , and it now has a streamlined organisation .
18 Bayfield says the US business can remain profitable at lower volumes because it now has a reduced cost base .
19 With a record order book , it now has a slim chance of starting to repay a bit of the $13.5 billion that it has received in government subsidies .
20 Bristol , which hopes to grow to 10 or 12 people by year 's end and is looking for qualified X-Windows and Motif programmers , says it now has a positive cash flow .
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