Example sentences of "[det] [noun] now [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some centuries now an , ‘ epicure ’ has been someone overly devoted to sensual pleasure and luxury . |
| 2 | For some decades now the lowest average fertility has been found , not at the top of the social scale , but among families where the husband is in social class IIIN ( clerical workers , clerks , salesmen ) . |
| 3 | I think we 'll see a lot of that this half now the ball up and Rozario winning his share of flick on headers . |
| 4 | For some time now a Canadian company , Delrina Technology , has been producing without doubt the best fax software , for both DOS and Windows . |
| 5 | For some time now the T'ang had been under intense pressure from the House to bring the General to trial for the murder of Under Secretary Lehmann . |
| 6 | South Cambridgeshire District Council has recognized the important part that environmental health officers have to play within the work of the District Council , and for some time now the work of the Department has been carried on under the hat of the Legal , Housing and Health Director . |
| 7 | For many years now the relationship between the prison staff and the Home Office has been — at its very calmest — one of simmering discontent . |
| 8 | The census has been for many years now an important instrument , among a range of such instruments , in the administration of the welfare state . |
| 9 | We 've got to eat a lot more chicken now the doctor 's said that he 's got |
| 10 | This and that that thing now the because we are not supposed to iron them too much . |
| 11 | Subsequently it increased again , and for several decades now the magnitude has hovered around 2.2 . |
| 12 | If they were to escape back through the trench they would have to move quickly ; any moment now the sepoys would have crossed the yard from the hospital and outflanked them . |
| 13 | And at any moment now the first members of staff would be arriving . |
| 14 | For several years now the Yanomami Indians of Brazil have been threatened with extinction . |
| 15 | Any minute now the Meltemi , the Etesian wind , will start up from the north-west . |
| 16 | Most of the buyers are women — so is the auctioneer , a brawny , competent , good-humoured young woman with a Levantine cast of countenance and a thick Midi accent — who will re-sell them locally this very evening ; any minute now the housewives of Martigues and Lavéra and round about will be turning them into la soupe or la friture for the evening meal . |
| 17 | Any minute now the Scene of Crime course would be arriving for their lecture on the collection and preservation of scientific evidence , and this brief spell of quiet would be over . |
| 18 | She felt his hands on her shoulders , and knew that any minute now the grip would tighten , and she would find herself in his arms . |
| 19 | There has remained for several seasons now an imbalance in the bowling resources at Edgbaston . |
| 20 | Nevertheless the load factors have consistently increased until most days now the flights are full . ’ |