Example sentences of "[pers pn] is now [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As usual , Len had side-tracked himself , but what would his reaction have been if he had satisfied his curiosity and said , ‘ Yes , I have a mother : she is now living alone in a manor house in Northumberland , ’ and had gone on to tell him , why .
2 She is now wearing two hearing aids and says the clarity of the sound from the loop system is like a new life .
3 She is now considering other TV offers .
4 As she is now studying fell-time for the Ministry , she resigned from the post at the end of October , 1991 , and we have appointed another worker , Mrs .
5 Rather than take the easy route of making populist entertainment , she is now doing all she can — even press interviews — to persuade the audience to come to her .
6 It is now seeking more volunteers .
7 To date , LanOptics has used distributors such as Datarange Communications Ltd , but following the establishment of the UK company , it is now to sell direct where it feels this is more strategic .
8 It also renders the food safer as it is now proven that moisture , in addition to heat and time , kills off salmonella , chlostridium botulinum and lysteria most effectively .
9 It is a good sign that it is now circling round nations and nationalism .
10 BT says it is now providing additional security at exchanges , and is asking the public to report any suspicious incidents .
11 ICI has just developed a new composite widely touted to be a likely contender ; it is now undergoing clinical trials at Liverpool University .
12 It is now getting dark as we settle for the night in the German slit trenches and I share a trench with three French Commandos .
13 It is now believed these these also act as anti-oxidants .
14 It is now known that information flow from Vl to V4 is segregated in an anatomically discrete channel so that V4 receives input from identifiable subfields of V2 which receive their input from similarly identifiable zones in V1 .
15 It is now established that insulin has an antinatriuretic action resulting in increased sodium reabsorption probably from the proximal convoluted tubules .
16 ‘ The Commission itself has placed a great emphasis on the promotion of milk and it is ironic that it is now undermining that investment with a proposal which could result in further reductions in the intake of milk by those who need it most ’ .
17 Now the coal field is a clearly very complex issue , but basically it it is now becoming clearer that er the life of the coalfields will not be as long as originally envisaged .
18 The plants lumped together under the umbrella name of herbs do not appear at first glance to be essential to maintain life , but it is now becoming apparent that this concept could be wrong , and that herbs are as necessary as oxygen , though the ingredients they contribute , such as minerals and vitamins , may only be found in minute quantities .
19 Because of the rise in unemployment it is now becoming standard that almost all those in the 15–18 age range are in education or training schemes and retirement is increasingly common from 55 years upwards , particularly from manufacturing industry .
20 It is now becoming difficult for consultants to call themselves generalists covering all functions and all industries , and still be credible in today 's highly professional and competent search market .
21 It is now becoming clear that the same is true of the City of London 's many law firms .
22 Although the concept of tumour cells producing degradative enzymes is appealing , particularly in the light of Liotta 's three step theory of invasion , it is now becoming clear that production and regulation of metalloproteinases in health is a delicate host derived balance .
23 But it is now becoming clear that the people who really shape fashion and move our society are young professional men and women in their late twenties , rather than teenagers . ’
24 It is now becoming clear even to those of a partisan view that the culpability of the federal army , which is no longer responsive to any of the organs of the previous state , must bear a heavy responsibility for what is happening .
25 It is now proposed that fraud as to the nature of the act and impersonation of any man , not merely a husband , should be regarded as vitiating consent for the purposes of rape and that a statutory provision should be introduced to this effect .
26 GPT was formed to unite the telecoms businesses of GEC and Plessey , but as a result of the Plessey takeover it is now owned 60 per cent by GEC and 40 per cent by the German group , Siemens .
27 Up to now , distribution has been via system integrators to the Federal and commercial markets , but it is now lowering retail prices for all its ViewStation FX Series of X terminals by 30% to 50% when it sells them direct .
28 As a result he is now registered blind in one eye .
29 Prosecutors agreed not to go ahead with the case , in return for Chieke pleading guilty to separate , less serious matters , for which he is now serving 12 years in prison .
30 He is now undergoing specialised magnetic therapy treatment — normally used on horses — in a desperate battle to be passed fit for the sevens tour .
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