Example sentences of "[coord] now the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The last of the swallows had gone long ago and now the black outline of rooks could be seen flying around the ploughed fields looking for grubs . |
| 32 | At Montmartre , I was disappointed by the Sacré Cœur , and I dared , privately , to categorise it as vulgar ; but , of course , I was quite unused to Second Empire Romanesque , and knew only the filigree stonework of English Gothic , and now the glorious tracery and the flying buttresses of Nôtre Dame . |
| 33 | Then it was in ‘ B&D blue ’ , and now the only visual change is a switch to the black plastic body of more recent models . |
| 34 | He was the only man she had ever known and now the only human being she saw . |
| 35 | The knowledge gave him renewed confidence , and now the strange bizarre names came to him more easily . |
| 36 | This is particularly true of the value of votes for the smaller parties of the centre — the Liberal Party , the SDP and now the Liberal Democrats ; and of the value of votes for Labour in the South and for the Conservatives in the North and in Scotland . |
| 37 | I was just going to make a cup of tea , and now the lecky 's gone . ’ |
| 38 | Years later it was divided into three houses to accommodate a growing family , and now the middle house and its crumbling neighbours belonged to Smallfry and Buddie . |
| 39 | During the conversation Jean had brought food and had placed it on the table before Lucy , Doreen and Silas , and now the latter laid down his fork while he regarded Doreen with infinite patience . |
| 40 | The content and the form of the advertisement have been dealt with , and now the key point is to get the message over to the customers . |
| 41 | After some initial hesitation , the Church Commissioners agreed and now the remaining repairs , principally to the stonework , can be carried out on a rolling programme over several years . |
| 42 | Mistress Oaks was well known in the district for keeping a good table and now the snowy white cloths were spread with an abundance of good things , fulfilling all their expectations . |
| 43 | And now the intimate clothes which she had put on so unthinkingly on the day of her death would be smoothed out by strange hands , scrutinised under ultra-violet light , perhaps be handed up , neatly docketed , to the judge and jury in the Crown Court . |
| 44 | Critical attention on the Renaissance during the 1980s and now the 1990s is no more disinterested than during the 1940s or at any other period . |
| 45 | Six cylinder saloons and coupes followed , then the 5-series , the 3-series — how logical it all seems today — the 6-series , the sevens and now the eights . |
| 46 | Jacquie , who can be contacted on 0483 301831 for information — or for a fundraising pack that could be used by clubs , pubs and organisations — told the Herald : ‘ Politics and now the general election have tended to dominate newspapers for a long time , squeezing out reports on stories about Africa — good as well as bad . |
| 47 | This was amended to $100bn in a 1987 revision of the law , and now the Congressional Budget Office , which keeps track of such things , tells us that this too will be overshot , resulting in a deficit estimated at $117.8bn . |
| 48 | There ar there is er an excessive proliferation of European bodies with the European parliament and now the new committee of the regions and then you also have the economic and social committee . |
| 49 | The plant was taken over just two months ago , and now the new owners have decided to relocate in the Midlands . |
| 50 | She 'd bought an array of stylish cosmetics , received a free lesson on how to apply all her expensive purchases from one of the white-coated assistants in the department store , bought shoes and bags and accessories , flashed her friendly credit card until she thought the plastic might melt from overuse — and now the finishing and most dramatic change of all ! |
| 51 | Well , we recently reviewed a couple of power attenuators by Palmer , and now the American company PS Systems have launched a product to help you run an amp flat out , but at a volume that wo n't offend even the most sensitive ears . |
| 52 | Idiotic and dangerous to send an untrained man to Moscow … inadequate preparation on East Europe desk … incompetence … and now the turned bloody ankle of embarrassment . |
| 53 | And now the local results . |
| 54 | AND now the latest in corporate hospitality for pleasing clients always aspiring to something better : croquet . |
| 55 | But the margin of retreat for the French had become very narrow indeed , and now the full weight of the Germans in the West could be thrown against Pétain 's men on the Right Bank of the Meuse . |
| 56 | The seeds sprouted and the fuchsia cuttings struck , and now the little red wellies look wonderful . |
| 57 | ‘ You used my cards yesterday and now the three of hearts is missing . ’ |
| 58 | Since that time the trees which had once enthicketed the hut had been lopped down and now the pyramidal vernal tent stood isolated among a company of stumps , like stepping-stones from the forest to Kitty 's lair . |
| 59 | ( Edited by Derek Hodgson , available from Yorkshire , CCC , ) The late withdrawal of Craig McDermott from the Yorkshire staff has caused embarrassment and inconvenience in several quarters ; at the ‘ Welcome to Craig McDermott ’ dinner which was held recently in Leeds United 's banqueting suite , there was one conspicuous absentee , and now the Australian fast bowler has made rather a mess of the Yorkshire yearbook . |
| 60 | The Labour Government had cancelled their previous and more ambitious scheme for the tunnel and now the next Conservative Government was wondering if their current one was ambitious enough . |