Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] now [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the Frankish court , where Alcuin now resided , was favourably disposed towards Aethelred and it may be that Frankish support was what enabled a prolongation of his rule . |
| 2 | Refuge theory would predict that where forest now stands today , there would have been savanna and that the higher wetter country would have been the ‘ refugia ’ in glacial times . |
| 3 | Far preferable is the approach taken in Victoria , Australia , where incest now covers the introduction of the penis into the vagina , anus or mouth of another person and the introduction of an object into the vagina or anus . |
| 4 | The drama begins about 210 million years ago , when the North American plate finished some 600 km inland roughly where California now meets Nevada and Arizona . |
| 5 | On Monday 21 July 1690 a huge fleet put at 111 sail appeared off Portland in Dorset , but de Tourville instead sailed on , appearing next day in Torbay , opposite the fishing hamlet where Torquay now stands . |
| 6 | The River Anker , flowing through the middle of the Mancetter pottery area , joins the Tame where Tamworth now stands , and thence to the Trent , while the Oxfordshire potters were never far away from the Thames and its tributaries . |
| 7 | Although houses now look cheap again , relative to average earnings , there are major constraints on demand still — even if the Chancellor resists the temptation to act on mortgage interest tax relief this time around . |
| 8 | Although rail now has the reliability necessary to support the development of intermodal road/rail freight transport in the UK , now established , productivity and cost structures still leave a great deal to be desired . |
| 9 | Although industry now requires fewer workers per unit of factory floorspace , its actual demands for floorspace have increased . |
| 10 | Men like Acton used the twin issues of prostitution and venereal disease to insist that medics rather than moralists now had far greater claim to authority on social and environmental issues . |
| 11 | Although Ruth now knew that she would be on the moor throughout the coming winter , and perhaps if she was lucky see the first , early signs of spring , she knew she was now taking her farewell of its chief beauty . |
| 12 | Just as Coleridge in 1796 abandoned political life in dismay , so Wordsworth now turned from politics in search of another version of his friend 's ‘ deep Sabbath of meek self-content ’ . |
| 13 | The irony of black power is that just as whites once used skin colour as a source of privilege , so blacks now use it as a source of entitlement . |
| 14 | Aberdeen took advantage of Hibs not having a league fixture last week , and they did it in style , this spectacular overhead kick from Duncan Shearer clinching a two-nil victory over Dundee United at Pittodrie , which took the Dons to joint top spot in the Premier table , although Hibs now have a game in hand . |
| 15 | Aberdeen took advantage of Hibs not having a league fixture last week , and they did it in style , this spectacular overhead kick from Duncan Shearer clinching a two-nil victory over Dundee United at Pittodrie , which took the Dons to joint top spot in the Premier table , although Hibs now have a game in hand . |
| 16 | A senior official , Cheng Xianshun , stressed however that " although Tibet now has the bluest sky and cleanest water in the world , we should not be smug and must pay full attention to all environmental problems which will arise in the course of economic development " . |
| 17 | The agency provided funds for a specifically approved line of research only , so Jones now decided to tell them of the new ideas . |
| 18 | With that sort of credibility , the task becomes feasible — and probably at lower interest rates than Britain now has . |
| 19 | Although Clinton now appeared certain to win the nomination — he had amassed 947 delegates compared with the 129 won by Brown — many senior Democrats believed that his candidacy could be beset , and possibly destroyed , by further personal scandals . |
| 20 | The company also has 50 former proprietary 8870 sites , although users now have the option to migrate old Comet applications to Unix machines via the Cross Basic tool . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , the shooter was offered nearly £4,000 for his trophy , and he got his name in the paper , although police now say they ca n't trace either him or the bird . |
| 22 | This design is rarely found outside Persia , although India now produces rugs in traditional Persian herati schemes . |
| 23 | Although ministers now stress that they recognise the importance of backing basic research without strings , the suspicion still lingers that decisions are shifting towards short-term payoffs . ’ |
| 24 | Although ministers now stress that they recognize the importance of backing basic research without strings , the suspicion still lingers that decisions are shifting towards short-term payoffs . |
| 25 | They moved into a second floor flat , so Dawn now had to run her own home and travel to work each day . |
| 26 | She had actually thought of asking for no less than John now proposed ; so why did it feel like a slap in the face ? |
| 27 | If Courtney now receives the sentence which his crimes deserve , this newspaper will have scored a victory . |
| 28 | If appraisal now reveals that it has some validity in principle , the next stage is application . |
| 29 | If gallerists now sense a hesitancy on the part of collectors , this is not the direct or exclusive result of those collectors ' financial circumstances post reunification . |
| 30 | Even if BZW now gets its core equity business on a sounder footing , it still has two potentially divisive problems . |