Example sentences of "[be] now [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If these problems can be overcome by the planners who are now setting to work under the direction of the UN Secretary-General , the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal could be an important step in strengthening international law . |
| 2 | The teeming slums of Kampala are now coming to life . |
| 3 | , Right , I 'm now going to hand out the score sheets for you , do n't worry about the initials at the top of the columns , because they will become clear as we go on . |
| 4 | Upstairs the young postulants were now retiring to bed in the long dormitory . |
| 5 | Meanwhile many intelligent deaf people who might have gone into education , but now finding these opportunities non-existent because of the Education Act of 1893 which had implemented the Royal Commission for the Education of the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb 's recommendations , were now turning to missioner positions in deaf societies and institutes for a living . |
| 6 | At first the case failed because there was no category of clergy malpractice , but a Judge was found who soon put that right and the case is now proceeding to trial . |
| 7 | Mark … the jockey that rode him to victory at Cheltenham has retired from the saddle but still rides him out on the gallops and is now helping to tarin him |
| 8 | Britain , of course , lagged behind the States , but it is now beginning to surface . |
| 9 | Thornton Swish is now offering to double-glaze the seven windows and french doors at the house in Chester-le-Street , County Durham , for £3,900 . |
| 10 | Today there is much public concern about the amount of incest that occurs and is now coming to light . |
| 11 | She shows that unequal access to cash is a source of friction , and that rows about money are a common cause of the domestic violence which is now coming to light ( Pahl , 1983 , 1985 ; see also Brannen and Wilson , 1987 ) . |
| 12 | In the heart of the City , one of the most adventurous projects in many decades is now coming to completion . |
| 13 | If the hon. Gentleman would listen rather than talk , he would learn that the price formula for gas has also been revised : where it was minus 2 on the controllable costs it is now going to minus 5 — another tough target . |
| 14 | The broad thoroughfare was now corning to life . |
| 15 | An average of 75% of leavers was now proceeding to University . |
| 16 | His war wound which had pained him earlier was now turning to agony . |
| 17 | The wind was now gusting to Force 11 and visibility still poor . |