Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] now [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Companies which looked inwards to Whitehall are now listening to their customers and shareholders . |
| 2 | The press release also pronounced Christmas trading to be ‘ excellent ’ , and said that both Waterstones and Harrods were now committed to a long and successful relationship . |
| 3 | Moving right up to date , Johnny is now signed to Virgin 's Point Blank label , and his first release — titled ‘ Let Me In ’ — has already been nominated for a Grammy award . |
| 4 | OSF is now believed to be looking for a commercial partner to take over and productise the technology , which is much-needed within the industry . |
| 5 | LASMO 's interest in Syria is now confined to the Al Bishri block . |
| 6 | Indeed HP and IBM are now thought to be working on much closer relationship ( UX No 430 ) . |
| 7 | Indeed Hewlett-Packard and IBM are now thought to be working on much closer relationship — ‘ Hewlett-Packard and IBM is a done deal , ’ according to one insider . |
| 8 | Curtis is now confined to a wheelchair after a stage accident in 1990 but this album — great value at £7.99 for CD and £4.99 for cassette — reminds us how good he was . |
| 9 | Financial details were not revealed , but IBM is now said to be ‘ one of the two largest investors ’ in the privately held firm . |
| 10 | Pierce Turner is now committed to the slow , accretive process of building a following by extensive touring . |
| 11 | It is surely significant ( both scientifically and economically ) that the great " hard rock " massif of Scotland is now known to be almost entirely surrounded by much later " soft rock " basins . |
| 12 | The 200 TDi is now fitted to the Defender range and it looks as if the old Land Rover 2.5 litre unit will be dropped . |
| 13 | Kate Redmond was now engaged to a quiet American , Gene Romero , and he had been moved to the South Coast in readiness for the invasion . |
| 14 | Two police officers from Wiltshire are now going to Ireland to arrange an application for extradition . |
| 15 | At its most blatant , posts which had once been the preserve of dons from Oxford or Cambridge were now given to businessmen . |
| 16 | Scotland 's Lord Advocate is now known to be taking a personal interest in the case . |
| 17 | That the signing of Nafta was now thought to be unlikely until after the November 1992 US presidential elections was a serious political setback for Salinas , who had invested considerable political capital in reaching an accord . |
| 18 | The teeming slums of Kampala are now coming to life . |
| 19 | The government and the TUC were now committed to a concordat to bring inflation down to 5 per cent over three years , while new TUC guidelines were issued over picketing and the operation of the closed shop . |
| 20 | Formerly affiliated to the Psychopomps gangcult , her chapter was broken up in 1995 during a pitched battle with the Road Cavalry in Spanish Fork , Deseret , Jessamyn is now believed to be working alone . ’ |
| 21 | Mr Sam 's now said to be seriously ill , but stable in hospital after two operations . |
| 22 | So October was now devoted to preserving this munificence . |
| 23 | But Joseph was now resigned to moving to the reservation , saying : ‘ It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk , but I urged my people to be quiet , and not to begin a war . ’ |
| 24 | According to Holden , most sheep in Britain are now returned to their natural vegetarian diet as a result of the BSE scare , and the Royal lambs are unlikely to have a provenance significantly different from that of the average British sheep . |
| 25 | ‘ Historically , people have looked to Europe as a place to make up the profit margins they had to give away in the States , ’ Apple spokesperson Frank O'Mahoney admitted to me immediately before launching into a lengthy explanation of how computer prices in Europe are now tumbling to less obscene levels . |
| 26 | Pegasus is now looking to ‘ drastically cut costs across the company , ’ according to Minotto , and has suspended acquisition policies until further notice . |
| 27 | We are pleased to note that both France and the United States have joined Russia in adopting temporary moratoria on testing , and the US is now committed to achieving a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty at the latest by 1996 , and to resuming talks with Russia to that end . |
| 28 | Already linked with top Italian clubs Roma and Juventus , Platt is now said to be booked for a £5.7 million summer move to Napoli . |
| 29 | Former Governor Jerry Brown of California is now reduced to a spoiling game . |
| 30 | Mrs Barlow is now thought to be living in the United States . |