Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] now [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | However , Bristol & West now offer 100% mortgages when there is no deposit . |
| 2 | Officials at Japan 's Ministry of International Trade & Industry now say that they 're tired of quibbling over market share figures with the US , and say they do n't intend to allow the US to establish a new market share goal in upcoming semiconductor talks , which will begin in Hawaii next Tuesday , the Wall Street Journal reports — ‘ Because there was a controversy over the old 20% figure , which was taken as some form of commitment , we have no intention of referring to any new numbers ’ Koji Matsui , deputy director of the industrial electronics division of the Ministry declared . |
| 3 | Refuge theory would predict that where forest now stands today , there would have been savanna and that the higher wetter country would have been the ‘ refugia ’ in glacial times . |
| 4 | Far preferable is the approach taken in Victoria , Australia , where incest now covers the introduction of the penis into the vagina , anus or mouth of another person and the introduction of an object into the vagina or anus . |
| 5 | Chappell & Co. now appealed to the House of Lords . |
| 6 | Of the 24 shareholders Haug & Co. now held 9¾ shares having released 1¼ since 1564 ; Sir William Cecill with 2 was the second major shareholder . |
| 7 | Ushers , magistrates , Clerks of the Court , solicitors , and even the odd judge or barrister now nod affably to me or wish me a good day and more than one defendant , during the break while evidence is being weighted , has asked my ‘ professional ’ opinion as to his chances . |
| 8 | ( It will be clear that PHOTOGRAPHY NOW gives no special favouritism to work from Britain — but our belief that work here is at a very impressive pitch of creativity is echoed internationally , judging from the exhibitions and other attention from around the world , and much of the Museum 's collection can be found in the Aperture publication BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHY : TOWARDS A BIGGER PICTURE , published in New York in November 1988 ) . " |
| 9 | Although rail now has the reliability necessary to support the development of intermodal road/rail freight transport in the UK , now established , productivity and cost structures still leave a great deal to be desired . |
| 10 | Although industry now requires fewer workers per unit of factory floorspace , its actual demands for floorspace have increased . |
| 11 | In northeastern China , Leeming ( 1985 ) reports that in the vicinity of the Great Wall in Shaanxi Province the desert margin has advanced markedly in the last 150 years so that sand now extends 70 km south of the Great Wall , and in the nearby Yulin area grazing land and arable fields have been engulfed . |
| 12 | This contract may be strengthened by the fact that deregulation now permits the use of futures and options by pension funds and unit trusts , and also by recent changes in the tax regime as regards profits from derivative trading . |
| 13 | He liked Mrs. Blick one of the old school , always addressed by name , a caring sort Good Morning Mrs B. Over the years their relationship has developed so that Art now called her Mrs B. He had once served at a library committee but that was when her husband was alive many years ago . |
| 14 | A centre fixing anchors the top , so that shrinkage now takes place equally in from each side . |
| 15 | They reminded him of the ignominious episode of the oath-taking , and pointed out that Rodrigo now had a personal ‘ army ’ almost as large as the King 's . |
| 16 | The secularisation of Holy Week and Easter now seems complete except for a faithful remnant of practising Christians — about 10 per cent of the population on most calculations . |
| 17 | It is accepted that individual positions are unequally rewarded , but the questions of access and opportunity now become central , and although Western capitalist societies do not claim to be equal , they do claim to offer equal opportunity to all in the competition for unequal positions . |
| 18 | It wo n't be easy , not with the coffers bare and momentum now turned in the downward direction . |
| 19 | Commercial clubs started to open and snooker now has an exceptionally high profile with Wattana a national hero , and Sportsman of the Year after winning the world amateur title in Sydney last November . |
| 20 | Ladbrokes drastically revised their price on the Henry Cecil-trained colt , pushing him out to 8–13 ( from 2–5 ) and Coral now quote 4–7 . |
| 21 | Men such as Huxley and Hooker now played a significant role in the creation of the British scientific establishment by building up a system of government support for research and education . |
| 22 | Kraal who had been Woil 's greatest mocker and enemy now became his greatest friend , for he admired Woil 's cunning and quick thinking , and grieved to see him so downcast . |
| 23 | If appraisal now reveals that it has some validity in principle , the next stage is application . |
| 24 | Hall ( 1981 ) has described the deprivation and disadvantage now characterizing the inner city , confirmed by a series of reports commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Council ( Cherry , 1987 ) . |
| 25 | There are two reasons why common sense and intelligence now demand one more effort in Oxfordshire : |
| 26 | This trick went Jack , Queen , Ace and declarer now played 2 more rounds of Spades trumping in dummy . |
| 27 | Externally , it is little altered , the mill house and mill now forming an elegant dwelling and farm . |
| 28 | Music and poetry now poured from him , but his behaviour ( eccentric before the war ) grew increasingly erratic . |
| 29 | Analysis of the issue is complicated by questions about the changing composition of the labour force , which large numbers of married women have joined since the war , and about the extent to which the unemployed lack the skills and capacity now required by industry . |
| 30 | It was mid-morning , the sun not quite at its highest , the rooms still bearable , with every shutter and curtain now closed ready for the afternoon glare . |