Example sentences of "[was/were] now [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It would be splendid if I could state that audit regulation had solved all the profession 's problems , that all audits were now models of perfection , carried out by accountancy paragons .
2 Instead of government there were now centres of power ; and it was to one of these , in Hanoi , that Bao Dai addressed his reply to the Vietminh .
3 We were now face to face with this man of diverse talent — poet , novelist , song-writer , performer — after following his career for nearly two decades , reading his books , playing his records , watching him sing , reading of him through the eyes of his critics — no easy feat when one is not inhibited by astigmatism !
4 But the Vietcong were already moving amongst the peasants of the South , who were now supporters of Communism .
5 Richard was now King by right of birth and seniority .
6 The changes had effectively brought the security forces under the direct control of the President , who was now Minister of Defence and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces .
7 The only non-civilian member of the Council of Ministers was now Minister of Defence and Chief of Defence Staff Lt.-Gen.
8 He said that the LFA differential with lowland sheep farmers was now £13.07 per ewe , compared with the previous £11.87 .
9 It was now time for expansion .
10 After ricocheting from one emotional moment to another today , she was now face to face with possible disaster .
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