Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] now [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to this theory , half-formed thoughts , memories as well as low-quality visual and auditory inputs now become grist to the perceptual mill , combining to give hypnagogic images . |
| 2 | Some authorities now favour homes taking fifteen to twenty children , particularly for the difficult medium-term cases where the child is away from their natural home for more than a few months . |
| 3 | If the frail or housebound are to eat properly , it is essential to see that they have help with their shopping , for carrying or pushing heavy baskets soon becomes an impossibility and very few shops now deliver goods . |
| 4 | Some companies now offer career break schemes to give both women and men a longer period of time off — often up to five years . |
| 5 | Because of this , the tobacco industry has been legally obliged for some years now to print health warnings on packets . |
| 6 | Some universities now have deputy or pro vice chancellors , who chair major committees and stand in for the vice chancellor . |
| 7 | THE sickening events in Romania over the past few days now leave Albania as the last resort of old-style Stalinism . |
| 8 | The majority of British universities now send copies of their theses to the British Library ( BLDSC ) for microfilming . |
| 9 | The video standards body , VESA , completed a local bus standard in 1992 and some machines now have VESA Locl Bus ( VL Bus ) slots . |
| 10 | Consequently , some Brazilians now regard BNDES as a relic of the 1950s , useful in its day but no longer a major instrument of development policy . |
| 11 | English Hops now use merchants throughout the world to sell their products . |
| 12 | ( 12 ) Some doctors now advise couples who are having difficulty starting a family that both partners should give up smoking . |
| 13 | The growing international importance of economic and particularly commercial forces now influenced diplomacy in a number of ways . |
| 14 | We are already aware that , more often than not , many hon. Members now use debates in the Chamber as an opportunity to score party political points . |
| 15 | Some hospitals now offer Meptid instead of Pethidine . |
| 16 | English roses now include bush growth forms — both large and small — climbers , singles and the fullest possible doubles . |
| 17 | Obviously it 's harder to get a peek at the innards if you 're buying via mail order , but many direct sellers now have showrooms that you can visit . |
| 18 | as if referring to very different events now taking place in eastern Europe , many jackets were criss-crossed with heavy webbing belts , more reminiscent of aid-workers than vampire attire . |
| 19 | The high walls now give protection from cold winds to animals from warmer climates as well as to those from temperate ones . |
| 20 | The Chief Constable said it was clear hard-liners now held sway within the republican movement . |
| 21 | And with harassed English treasurers now seeking help from the Scots on how to implement the tax next April , one senior council official said he could offer only two words of advice — ‘ Expect chaos . ’ |
| 22 | Some analysts now believe profits may be closer to £12m in 1992 . |
| 23 | Nissan and Sony are among those Japanese firms now considering building factories in China . |
| 24 | Instead of fighting each other and laying waste Europe , crusading-spirited warriors now had licence to fight Moslems and plunder the infidels ' land . |
| 25 | With housing prices having fallen 7.9% since November 1991 , these homeowners now owe banks and building societies more than their house is worth . |
| 26 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Ryedale ( Mr. Greenway ) , who makes encouraging noises , has also said — and it is worth repeating — spending on prison buildings has risen by leaps and bounds , with many new establishments being opened , providing extra places , while fewer prisoners now share cells , and slopping out is being phased out earlier than anyone thought possible . |
| 27 | Although not all the Tory dissidents now discussing tactics over individual bills were among the 60 who withheld their votes from her last Tuesday , the arithmetic of the leadership election does raise the question of whether she can rely on her Commons majority in the coming battles . |
| 28 | Many leading manufacturers now have women 's models in their ranges with designs catering for the shorter back length , wider hips and more pronounced bottom . |
| 29 | As several of these clients now have windows 3.1 , I thought it would be a good idea to get this running on my Epson ( once again , not for multitasking — purely for single user experience ) . |
| 30 | But if these consonants now form part of a syllable-final consonant cluster , how do we account for the fact that English speakers hear the consonants as extra syllables ? |