Example sentences of "be now [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many companies are now acting on top executives ' concern over education by forging closer ties with schools through compacts , which link performance at school to job or training opportunities . |
| 2 | Engineers from St Helens Council 's highways department are now relying on computerised Met Office reports to help them plan the gritting of icy roads . |
| 3 | But many seals and otters are now dying on inaccessible rocks and today 's high winds are preventing any rescue attempt . |
| 4 | Ever since Mr Gorbachev attended our G7 meeting last year and Mr Lamont went to inspect the Russian chaos , Britain has effectively adopted the Soviets and we will be pressing hardest to help — even George Bush is now jumping on this bandwagon . |
| 5 | Cornwall County Council is now acting on that recommendation , but there 's little sign of other counties following suit . |
| 6 | Mlle Adjani , who made her first film , Faustine , at the age of 16 and is best known for The Story of Adele H , is now working on new film projects and promoting Christian Dior . |
| 7 | Bull has already revealed details of its Integrated Systems Management effort , based around the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Management Environment , and is now working on some of the first practical applications to run on top . |
| 8 | Sapiens International Corp NV has definitive agreement to acquire SmartStar Corp , the privately-held Goleta , California that came up with the first applications generation language for Digital Equipment Corp 's VAX/VMS , and is now working on object-oriented user interfaces for databases . |
| 9 | From a slow start in the 1950s , and after a great deal of scepticism , as well as a great deal of research , triticale is now growing on more than half a million hectares , in the USSR , Europe , the United States and South America . |
| 10 | With a lighter heart , she would tell Maisie of her other child , Cissie , who was now going on thirteen , a lovely girl who was the same forthright and delightful character as her mam before her . |