Example sentences of "[noun sg] [am/are] now [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dining room and kitchen are now a financial asset and a major addition to the atmosphere of the school . |
| 2 | It is the Armenians who live in what is left of the Armenian Republic — in the Soviet Republic of the same name — who perhaps have the only fragile opportunity of one day restoring their nation ; just as the Arab inhabitants of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are now the only Palestinians to be able to fight with any effect for their statehood . |
| 3 | The Lancashire side are now an even-money bet for the title . |
| 4 | It shows that positive policies to ease the pain of job-loss are now the norm rather than the exception . |
| 5 | Within a few weeks he began to feel better , and his depression , anxiety , tiredness , panic attacks , fainting and sweating are now a thing of the past Problems , due to too much caffeine are fairly common , but not everyone has the sort of symptoms that Ken experienced . |
| 6 | The triggers for Britain 's nuclear bombs were tested within their thick concrete walls and they housed the first experiments into radar.The buildings , on a remote spit of land on the Suffolk coast , may not be the oldest but they are certainly among the most historic and sinister in the ownership of the National Trust.They are on Orford Ness , a desolate wildlife haven , which has become the Trust 's latest acquisition at a cost of £3.5 million.Yesterday , in pouring rain and silence broken only by the eerie shriek of gulls , the buildings were shown to journalists for what is thought to be the first time since they were erected.Strands of barbed wire and a Ministry of Defence ‘ keep out ’ notice are now the only remaining evidence of the tight security , overseen by armed guards , which surrounded one of Britain 's most secret research establishments . |
| 7 | It is possible from the village , without too much effort , to survey the great wilderness of Fisherfield Forest from the east by taking the private road to the little huddle of buildings known as the Heights of Kinlochewe and thence following a rising track to the left until the vast amphitheatre is revealed in a surround of formidable mountains of which Slioch and Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair are now the most prominent . |
| 8 | Synthonia are now the only side without a win after they were soundly beaten at Blackhall . |
| 9 | On that same day in a letter to The Times the President of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund , announced that work in their laboratories had proved that the danger of contact with cancer patients was negligible — we were not contagious — and that ‘ the importance of early diagnosis , the local character of cancer at its start , and the possibility of permanent cure by early operation are now the accepted basis for the treatment of this disease . ’ |
| 10 | Mr Kinnock took a leaf from Harold Wilson 's book — and coined a goodish phrase — when he declared that ‘ education and training are now the commanding heights of the economy ’ . |
| 11 | Dominic Gough , Newham NW ‘ Education and training are now the commanding heights of every modern economy . ’ |
| 12 | If recession and rising unemployment are now the results , she must share the blame . |
| 13 | So much so that taekwondo and karate are now the most popular styles in the world , practised by perhaps 30m enthusiasts in 120 different countries . |
| 14 | The relationships of the conodont animal are now a little clearer , but still not certain . |
| 15 | With no village shop , bus service or school , the village church and public house are now the focus of activity in the parish , with little to mar the tranquillity of the quiet backwater . |
| 16 | These personal line drawings of the author 's family are now a tradition with this scribe , reflecting his work before he trained as a calligrapher . |