Example sentences of "[noun pl] now [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world of secondary schools was one from which I had been absent for eight years and it had in the mean time greatly expanded , so that the new secondary modern schools now occupied most — although not necessarily the most strategically important — territory . |
| 2 | Among the remaining socketry , the most important ones are : an ‘ RF-out ’ socket for connecting your camcorder to the television set for replay of tapes ; ‘ AV out ’ sockets for connection to your TV 's ‘ AV in ’ sockets ( if it has these ) for higher-quality playback ; camcorder ‘ AV in ’ sockets for dubbing pre-recorded video onto the camcorder tape ( very few camcorders now have these useful video input facilities ) ; S-terminal or RGB connections for ultra high-quality replay of super-format tapes ( your TV set will also need to have these socket inputs ) ; ‘ synchro-edit ’ for starting machines simultaneously when editing tapes ; and remote control sockets ( ‘ LANC ’ or their equivalent ) for automatic control of camcorders and VCRs by edit controllers . |
| 3 | Of really generating solutions now to solve that part of the problem . |
| 4 | The new bye-laws now cover most parts of north Belfast . |
| 5 | In the secrecy of that room , where she had lain so often in David 's loving arms , her eyes now betrayed all . |
| 6 | Its supporters now include such eminently acceptable figures as Jonathan Dimbleby , Joanna Lumley , Paul and Linda McCartney , crime novelist Ruth Rendell , president of the Royal Institute of British Architects , Max Hutchinson , even ‘ Mr Speaker ’ Weatherill of the House of Commons . |
| 7 | Many in both parties now recognise this , and that unity to bring about change in the way Scotland is governed is the only way forward . |
| 8 | Most homes now have some form of lost insulation , as a result of Government campaigns and gradually improving Building Regulations , but in many cases it will be less than the current minimum requirement for new homes , of a 100mm thick layer of glass fibre or a similar insulant . |
| 9 | The French Yellow Books now performed some of the functions of Blue Books on the other side of the Channel . |
| 10 | The French and Spanish negotiators now spent some happy weeks agreeing how to divide up England 's overseas possessions once she was defeated , the agreement between them being formally signed on 12 April 1779 . |
| 11 | Indeed , the fact that Conservatives now supported such schemes heightened their suspicions . |
| 12 | EC countries now accept that energy efficiency improvements seem to offer the most promising single policy tool for CO2 reductions . |
| 13 | MANY AFRICAN COUNTRIES NOW HAVE THIS FACILITY . |
| 14 | In other words , companies now spend fewer pounds to get a million instructions per second ( mips ) from their machines ( see table ) . |
| 15 | According to the Washington Post , more than a third of America 's companies now have some kind of drug-testing programme . |
| 16 | As a result , Japanese companies now have less room for manoeuvre . |
| 17 | Many museums and historic sites now arrange these sort of sessions . |
| 18 | Scottish universities now take many students from the Republic of Ireland and Scotland has to pay the full tuition fees for all those students . |
| 19 | And Glotz has for many years now supervised all my recordings . |
| 20 | The rural charge-payers now pay more than the urban charge-payers since they pay the same basic charge plus the charge for Parish Council services , yet the provision of services by the Borough favours the urban areas . |
| 21 | Many textbooks now do this with more than the usual letters , menus , maps , and newspaper cuttings ( old favourites chosen as much for ease of reproduction as for their usefulness ) and include pictures of cans and bottles and packets with legible labels , video covers , road signs , brochures , telex print-outs , and so on ( as in Task 54 ) . |
| 22 | Over a quarter of households prior to nationalisation had opted for a coin pre-payment meter to ease the burden , though some Boards now discouraged this ( because of the high cost of installation and adjustment , and the risk of theft ) . |
| 23 | MOST GOVERNMENTS now accept that technology is the key to a prosperous economy . |
| 24 | Many officials now spend most of their working hours entertaining visiting delegations , meeting donors , and preparing project documents . |
| 25 | Many studies now confirm that farm animals , in fact , differ very little to wild animals . |
| 26 | Preliminary figures now suggest this is an under-estimate . |
| 27 | Certainly , assorted nationalists now dominate half a dozen outlying republics , and Boris Yeltsin can stir the masses . |
| 28 | Officers now want more information about Harwell 's waste management , and they say it should be more publicly available . |
| 29 | The rivalry of the Great Powers now led all contenders to pursue the British , French and Dutch to the world beyond Europe , spreading empires to the limits of the globe . |
| 30 | For instance , local authorities now have some liability for the acute physical danger traveller children can face because of site conditions . |