Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] now [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That division now has four distinct areas of operation — submersible pumps , downhole data acquisition , wellhead equipment , and tubular inspection — each with as representation in the USA . |
| 2 | The main half-timbered building now forms part of a farm , and is in a poor state of repair . |
| 3 | Barry reckons we 've become very self-centred and that money now means everything . |
| 4 | What had previously been a safety valve for German economic change now assumed the aspect of a threat to an already shaken German identity and sense of purpose in the world . |
| 5 | After focusing on nursery rhymes and Enid Blyton , the political puritans now have the legacy of the celebrated 19th century Danish storyteller under their microscope . |
| 6 | Covert operations now extend well beyond Northern Ireland and the British mainland . |
| 7 | According to this theory , half-formed thoughts , memories as well as low-quality visual and auditory inputs now become grist to the perceptual mill , combining to give hypnagogic images . |
| 8 | In both cities coalitions of the PP with right-wing regional groups now seemed a possibility . |
| 9 | The journalists ' satisfaction at retribution on a man who sneered at Britain in her finest hour now sounds like delusive and individual rant . |
| 10 | What had started out as a quest for metallic hydrogen now became a serious hunt for fusion . |
| 11 | And it was about that that Peggy now spoke to Mrs White , saying , ‘ I bet you had some clearing up after the mob on Friday night . ’ |
| 12 | Four daily InterCity services in each direction now take this route . |
| 13 | Her never-failing enthusiasm and dedication helped to build the strong support now enjoyed in this area , and although she is now retired , she still attends a weekly class . |
| 14 | But Scotland , with an economic base now concentrated on light rather than heavy industry , and services and decision-making centres far away from Edinburgh and Glasgow , can not hope to be spared the effects of recession . |
| 15 | Conflicting signals now began to emerge from the Commission . |
| 16 | By the year 1931 , the population of Great Britain had reached 44.9 million persons , but that figure now included the people in Northern Ireland . |
| 17 | But these Portuguese lived in an age when Christian burnt Christian to save souls , and their Jesuit missionaries now condemned the doctrine and ritual of the Church which the Portuguese troops had helped to save . |
| 18 | CBC Regional Offices now occupied the mezzanine floor on the west side of the hotel , where Hilda Wilson was the Senior Secretary . |
| 19 | Rosalynde Ainslie commented in 1966 that ‘ many of Cameroon 's finest journalists now work abroad ’ . |
| 20 | Then , buttonhole stitch into each stitch now showing , both layers together . |
| 21 | Inflationary gap Now relax the assumption that wages and prices are fixed , and consider Fig. 10 which illustrates an inflationary gap . |
| 22 | ‘ The repeated testing is leading to problems in that animals now associate being put in a crush with being tested and one can get considerable stress in older animals . |
| 23 | Official forecasts suggest that the country 's GDP will shrink by 0.4% this year , and even that prediction now looks rosy . |
| 24 | However , there is also in English a more substantial effect on linguistic form for all the separatives ; they are ungrammatical in predicative position , even when qualifying the same nouns that they can accompany fully acceptably in attributive position : ( 47 ) the king is/will be future fortunately , Dostoievsky 's execution was mock Likewise , in the attributive phrases in ( 48 ) , possible and occasional are separative , qualifying the relationship between the entity of the noun phrase and the descriptions RIVAL and SAILORS respectively , rather than directly qualifying the entity itself : ( 48 ) a possible rival now came on the scene Wilkes and Andersen are occasional sailors ( the last pair of words has much the same meaning as the phrase week-end sailors ) . |
| 25 | According to Alliance Internationale de Tourisme the private car now carries about 75 per cent of all travellers . |
| 26 | Interim review now included by auditors |
| 27 | Even that future now seems in doubt |
| 28 | On Germany , Bush said that he was not sure whether differences over the terms for German unification had been narrowed , although each side now understood the other 's concerns better . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Her ghostly presence now haunts the ruined castle . ’ |