Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] now [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Bristol & West now offer 100% mortgages when there is no deposit . |
| 2 | Officials at Japan 's Ministry of International Trade & Industry now say that they 're tired of quibbling over market share figures with the US , and say they do n't intend to allow the US to establish a new market share goal in upcoming semiconductor talks , which will begin in Hawaii next Tuesday , the Wall Street Journal reports — ‘ Because there was a controversy over the old 20% figure , which was taken as some form of commitment , we have no intention of referring to any new numbers ’ Koji Matsui , deputy director of the industrial electronics division of the Ministry declared . |
| 3 | Chappell & Co. now appealed to the House of Lords . |
| 4 | Of the 24 shareholders Haug & Co. now held 9¾ shares having released 1¼ since 1564 ; Sir William Cecill with 2 was the second major shareholder . |
| 5 | Ushers , magistrates , Clerks of the Court , solicitors , and even the odd judge or barrister now nod affably to me or wish me a good day and more than one defendant , during the break while evidence is being weighted , has asked my ‘ professional ’ opinion as to his chances . |
| 6 | The secularisation of Holy Week and Easter now seems complete except for a faithful remnant of practising Christians — about 10 per cent of the population on most calculations . |
| 7 | It is accepted that individual positions are unequally rewarded , but the questions of access and opportunity now become central , and although Western capitalist societies do not claim to be equal , they do claim to offer equal opportunity to all in the competition for unequal positions . |
| 8 | It wo n't be easy , not with the coffers bare and momentum now turned in the downward direction . |
| 9 | Commercial clubs started to open and snooker now has an exceptionally high profile with Wattana a national hero , and Sportsman of the Year after winning the world amateur title in Sydney last November . |
| 10 | Ladbrokes drastically revised their price on the Henry Cecil-trained colt , pushing him out to 8–13 ( from 2–5 ) and Coral now quote 4–7 . |
| 11 | Men such as Huxley and Hooker now played a significant role in the creation of the British scientific establishment by building up a system of government support for research and education . |
| 12 | Kraal who had been Woil 's greatest mocker and enemy now became his greatest friend , for he admired Woil 's cunning and quick thinking , and grieved to see him so downcast . |
| 13 | Hall ( 1981 ) has described the deprivation and disadvantage now characterizing the inner city , confirmed by a series of reports commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Council ( Cherry , 1987 ) . |
| 14 | There are two reasons why common sense and intelligence now demand one more effort in Oxfordshire : |
| 15 | This trick went Jack , Queen , Ace and declarer now played 2 more rounds of Spades trumping in dummy . |
| 16 | Externally , it is little altered , the mill house and mill now forming an elegant dwelling and farm . |
| 17 | Music and poetry now poured from him , but his behaviour ( eccentric before the war ) grew increasingly erratic . |
| 18 | Analysis of the issue is complicated by questions about the changing composition of the labour force , which large numbers of married women have joined since the war , and about the extent to which the unemployed lack the skills and capacity now required by industry . |
| 19 | It was mid-morning , the sun not quite at its highest , the rooms still bearable , with every shutter and curtain now closed ready for the afternoon glare . |
| 20 | They suggested that the title might be the cause of a lack of appreciation by the funders , the local authorities , of the complexity , responsibility and professionalism now required of the post holder . |
| 21 | ‘ Security of the rear ’ in peace and war now embraces , in addition to the Soviet Union , a number of states which , however limited in sovereignty , are manifestly foreign . |
| 22 | Gods whose ways co-existed with farming and nature now functioned all the better in the guise of saints . |
| 23 | Self-government disappeared from Welsh history amid universal derision , and attention now concentrated on further building up the Welsh Office instead . |
| 24 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 25 | But times seem to have changed and pre-stunning now meets only token resistance , if any at all . |
| 26 | In some areas , a large proportion of the local population are in this position , reinforcing the sense of decay and despair now found in many city areas . |
| 27 | Police and army now worked more closely together without the quarrels which had hindered operations in the past . |
| 28 | The council tax , increase in rents , and tax on electric and gas now means I must find approximately another £22.50 a week . |
| 29 | Oh really , desktop publishing went out with the Ark — Humpty NCR Dumpty has spoken and DTP now means Distributed Transaction Processing . |
| 30 | Drugs and terrorism now came top of the list . |