Example sentences of "[conj] now the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The nun realised that now the child had no one to protect her , some of the other children were making up for lost time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The fundamental difference between the traditional novel and this the new novel is that now the style is analytical and psychological . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Nor did I desist until the patients were worn out , and said that now the devil had fled . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ( Note that now the property right is with the entrant , who is able to join any club she wishes . ) |
| 12 | She was longing for some peace and privacy , believing that now the wedding was over she would slip back into relative obscurity . |
| 13 | It seemed that now the process was under way her contribution was not required . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A band like that survived because of the existence of indie labels that kept going in the Eighties even though many of their major acts like The Smiths , and now The Fall and Blue Aeroplanes , deserted them for the majors . |
| 16 | It was too late to be worrying over any implications inherent in spending Christmas with the Danbys and now the day had dawned Meredith was rather pleased she was going to be with company , especially after her sighting of the whatever-it-was during the night . |
| 17 | For months Weatherbury people had been discussing the party that Mr Boldwood was going to give just before Christmas , and now the day had finally arrived . |
| 18 | It was about a wife who 'd cheated on her husband , she 'd left him for his best friend , and now the man was on the road trying to mend his broken heart . |
| 19 | And now the man who yearned with all his heart for all his life to be a woman and who is just months away from radical surgery wants to remain a man . |
| 20 | whereas it looks as though , you know this chap , they found a way to make sure there 's no metal in it and now the machine it |
| 21 | It is generally agreed that he has mishandled the students , who have been threatened , bullied , fired on with tear-gas grenades ; and now the university is closed which means that these cynical and angry students are all over the country spreading disillusion . |
| 22 | The work was completed , the Tyndalls eventually passed away and now the University has a music Department housed in pure poetry . |
| 23 | ‘ The end result is that I 've large arrears on the centre 's mortgage , and now the building society is threatening repossession in the new year , unless we can clear the arrears . |
| 24 | And now the company is advertising in the local paper for windfall apples that would normally be left to rot on the ground . |
| 25 | KC ‘ What worried me most er at the beginning and now the treat … and now fading to a great degree , was the extraordinary presence of another absence er of another kind of speaking . |
| 26 | And now the quarrel was under its own impetus , and once again a trial seemed to be in progress , with both of them as accusers , but both figuring also as investigators of the lowest description , wretched hirelings , turning over the stones to find where the filth lay buried . |
| 27 | Instead we 've had limp-wristed pardoners , a well paid return after a couple of years and now the insult of Johnson being only 10 and a bit seconds from another Olympic final . |
| 28 | Bemac 's workforce has fallen from 215 to 140 in the past year and now the firm has appointed a consultant to advise on the restructuring of the company . |
| 29 | This was substantially enacted by the Misrepresentation Act 1967 ( see also pp. 124–5 ) , and now the court may treat a contract as still subsisting despite the existence of innocent misrepresentation , and award damages to the injured party , instead of rescinding the contract . |
| 30 | And now the Court of Appeal has strongly indicated it would regard as binding a ‘ living will . ’ |