Example sentences of "[Wh det] now [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesperson for Upjohn says that the company prefers to maintain an independent anti-AIDS programme , which now receives more than a fifth of the corporate budget for drug discovery research . |
| 2 | His book starts , for instance , by making a sort of sense out of a nonsense letter of Lear 's of 1862 and proceeds from there , through a rag-bag of examples , towards a theory of the Remainder which now becomes central rather than marginal , or at least just as central as the rules of Langue . |
| 3 | The decision was clearly a surprise to him , for in the current issue of the LTA 's own magazine , photographs of both Jeremy and Jo are , as British team members , featured in a large article on the Olympic Games , which now becomes meaningless . |
| 4 | Under the Act , which now replaces that of 1948 , British citizenship is restricted to those with close personal connections with the United Kingdom , the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man . |
| 5 | He therefore views multi-employer ( association ) bargaining as being principally a political institution rather than an economic one — a contention which now requires further examination . |
| 6 | The new technology has meant many changes in the new plant which now requires fewer operators to achieve productivity levels of two to four times greater than in the older production plant . |
| 7 | So they have they have in fact embarked on a course which now lets these newspapers really deliver them up on a plate I mean they can fry them , they can bake them , they can grill them , they can roast them because they 've put themselves in a position where they now deserve the criticism and the level of imagery which they 're getting . |
| 8 | His business , which now employs 60 people , has prospered in the UK recession because of its reliance on export markets . |
| 9 | Much of the record 's royalties have been invested in the couple 's production company Cherry Bear , which now employs three staff and runs a studio out of their terraced house in London . |
| 10 | Mr MacConachie took over Sherwoods 12 years ago and has built it up from a 34-man , £25m. business , to one which now employs 125 . |
| 11 | The Group , which now employs 70,000 personnel , is active in a number of diverse areas . |
| 12 | Julie was co-director of an information technology firm she helped to establish and which now employs 25 people . |
| 13 | Small as his or her influence may be — and it may not be small — the situation is one which now involves two people instead of one , a triad instead of a dyad , a family-plus-an-outsider rather than a family on its own . |
| 14 | The constants in the model were growth rates in electricity use by commercial premises , industry that uses little electricity , and irrigation , which now takes 20 per cent of Karnataka 's electricity . |
| 15 | None of these large animals could possibly have passed over the arms of the sea which now separates these countries , and their presence plainly indicates that a land communication must have existed since the origin of the species … ’ |
| 16 | A major rationalisation exercise was carried out and resulted in the creation of a single Head Office at Nailsea which now undertakes all the accounting and administration for Wimpey Hobbs , Wimpey Asphalt and the Overseas Contracting activities . |
| 17 | Over 60 members heard the history of the scheme which now includes 400 gardens . |
| 18 | Eileen Sessions , former head teacher at Smestow School , Stafford , whose introduction of Golf Foundation lessons to her school curriculum 1971 led to the establishment of a Staffordshire County Schools ' Association which now incorporates 60 schools , is the first winner of the Sir Henry Cotton Award for Meritorious Service to Junior Golf . |
| 19 | They point out that the acquisition , which now comprises more than a quarter of the MAC 's permanent collection , is of extremely uneven quality , but the MAC policy practically forbids deaccessioning . |
| 20 | The government argued that local government reorganisations in the 1960s and 1970s were typical of ‘ a time when resources seemed to be freely available … the heyday of a certain fashion for strategic planning , the confidence in which now appears exaggerated ’ ( DOE 1983b:2 ) . |
| 21 | After pledging £20,000 for wheelchair races , the region 's support increased to £95,000 after a substantial shortfall in the commercial sponsorship which now appears certain to be repeated this year unless additional major supporters can be found . |
| 22 | The major changes in their economic position which began in the late nineteenth century and have lasted until the present , essentially are responsible for creating the dependence of younger people which now appears such a natural part of human life . |
| 23 | The Bank of England which now holds these cheques will thus debit the accounts of the commercial banks with itself . |
| 24 | The declamatory style of writing ( which now seems dated ) too often obscured the probity of the Situationist 's critique of the alienating and manipulative effects of late capitalism and its creation of pseudo-needs . |
| 25 | This omission , which now seems curious , was based upon the conventional notion of the organism as respondent . |
| 26 | Yet it is Osborne 's drama which now seems strident , sentimental and old-fashioned , while Miss Bagnold 's , lovingly revived at the King 's Head , Islington , continues to sparkle and delight . |
| 27 | Karnataka also has a range of options for cutting energy use , for example by switching cement production , which now consumes 20 per cent of the state 's electricity , to a less energy-intensive technology . |
| 28 | Completion of the new extension , which now connects two factory units into one much larger complex , has meant considerable reorganisation within Lyle Carpets . |
| 29 | Nevertheless the suggestion that structuralism and poststructuralism have denied history is a persuasive one which now has wide currency . |
| 30 | Firstly HILDA LODGE whom you met before when she became our Vice Chairman in 1981 has now changed her hat to become the Chairman and she is already busy in her new role , well supported by the Executive Committee which now has four new members following the elections of earlier this year — so please meet : — |