Example sentences of "[conj] now [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Benedicta — was courteous to everyone , whether it be Hob 's wife , Ranulf the rat-catcher , or now a court gallant .
2 After the break , Abingdon continued to force Horsham back , although now the pitch was beginning to make an impression on some tired legs ; there were mistakes from both sides and also some heavy tackles which resulted in long delays whilst players received attention .
3 Moving on to extended reproduction , all previous assumptions hold except that now a portion of the surplus-value will be accumulated in the form of constant and variable capital , that is , as c or v.
4 The procedures for assessment and the evaluation of educational needs have become more formalised since the 1981 Education Act so that now a report from a qualified teacher of visually handicapped children is a requirement of the assessment procedure for a child whose learning or development is affected by defective sight .
5 Though she had been quite a successful model herself Arlene had never reached those giddy heights — the thought that now a pupil and protégé of hers might achieve it made her prickle with excitement .
6 The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time .
7 But the sovereigns from Queen Victoria onwards turned consultations with the archbishop into a constitutional convention ; so that now the Archbishop of Canterbury had the principal say in the choice of bishops and had a right to be consulted on the choice of his own successor ; or , if he had not a constitutional right , at least he had every right to proffer advice to the prime minister whether the prime minister asked for it or not .
8 The fundamental difference between the traditional novel and this the new novel is that now the style is analytical and psychological .
9 First we require normal " load and store accumulator " instructions , as described earlier for computers with a single accumulator , except that now the instruction must specify the particular accumulator involved .
10 Nor did I desist until the patients were worn out , and said that now the devil had fled .
11 Mr Young said that now the trust had its core holdings , the second tranche of money would be invested more slowly with some held back for new opportunities .
12 Equation ( 8.22 ) is the expression for the combinatorial entropy of mixing of an athermal polymer solution and comparison with equation ( 8.7 ) shows that they are similar in form except for the fact that now the volume fraction is found to be the most convenient way of expressing the entropy change , rather than the mole fraction used for small molecules .
13 Whoever was on duty would move gently any part of the affected limb , trying as they did so to persuade Jimbo that now the pain was gone he might — I did not dare to say ‘ would ’ — be free soon to walk normally .
14 The clenched fist still swung at his side , and without easing his grip , he twisted her arm so that now the pain was terrible to endure .
15 ( Note that now the property right is with the entrant , who is able to join any club she wishes . )
16 She was longing for some peace and privacy , believing that now the wedding was over she would slip back into relative obscurity .
17 It seemed that now the process was under way her contribution was not required .
18 So that now the GCSE comes along , and lo ! what do we have but composition , performance and listening over four terms , and continuous assessment , etc .
19 The Mark III version of the Marsh machine went into commercial production and now no gentleman 's laboratory is complete without one .
20 No electricity for two days , the gas turned off too , and now no water .
21 And the last thing before you shut them doors , you say , and now no smoking .
22 Out of sight , shielded by riot and revelry and now a quarter of a century older , lurks the poet who boasted he had not shown his young mug in Poor People : the sober laborious craftsman determined that his tone shall save everything .
23 A couple of feints , and now a couple more .
24 Joan Ruddock , former chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and now a member of Labour 's front bench team in the Commons , said she and many others were ‘ deeply saddened ’ by the change .
25 Mr Terry Davis , Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill , told the Guardian last night : ‘ As a former employee of British Leyland and now a member of the Commons public accounts committee , I pressed for an inquiry into the sale .
26 Remember it used to be three inches long and now a foot long , with a flapper
27 The Co-operative Bank , with lending points at several hundred ordinary Co-op shops , and now a credit card which can be used in some of the larger ones , is trying to expand its consumer lending business .
28 A foot has been put through the loft floor and now a hole needs to be repaired in a lath and plaster bedroom ceiling .
29 Hartmut , a friend from Trinity College , Bristol , a gifted personal evangelist and now a curate , was ringing to see if we would go and work with him in a small commuter suburb of Upminster in Essex .
30 And now a bite to eat , ’ said Balor , grinning the wide , flat grin of all the Gruagach .
  Next page