Example sentences of "be now [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as I say , this is about ten years ago but we 're now run into another problem whereby the erm institutions are beginning go back again and want to project their own images , right the way through . |
| 2 | The airlines insist the pilots must submit their claim to the regulated wage-fixing system , under whose guidelines most pay rises are now limited to 6 per cent . |
| 3 | Nuclear tests are now limited to 150 kilotons . |
| 4 | ‘ But the volunteers are now listed as potential donors for other cases . ’ |
| 5 | Christopher added that ‘ we are now engaged in intensive consultations with our partners from the leading industrial democracies to develop a joint programme of assistance ’ . |
| 6 | Many farmers are now engaged in rearing sheep on a commercial basis . |
| 7 | The only differences which Clare would notice are that machines have replaced axes , and that the moles are now gibbeted on barbed-wire fencing . |
| 8 | This reflects a change in attitude , the power cars are now seen as separate locomotive units . |
| 9 | And yet many foods are now refined to such an extent that the natural fibre has been removed . |
| 10 | Some foods such as meats , fish and bacon are now packed in gas-flushed packs to extend their storage lives . |
| 11 | Here many problems arise , for so many ethnic boats are now ruined by heavy outboard motors which weight the air with the smell of diesel fumes , and dispel any feeling of paradise . |
| 12 | But those incinerators are now regulated under integrated pollution control procedures , and HMIP authorisations will be based upon guidelines reflecting the best available technology not entailing excessive costs . |
| 13 | The bristles are now arranged in two vortices : why should this be ? |
| 14 | The countries of the Pacific are now inhabited by half the world 's people — 2,400 million of them . |
| 15 | ‘ Consumers are now misled by traditional perceptions that chicken is necessarily a lower fat product than beef or pork , ’ says Professor James . |
| 16 | Most Bewick 's Swans are now recorded in wet grasslands or large areas of open water in the interior , although des Forges and Harber record none in the interior before 1940 and as recently as 1961 most were still seen at the coast . |
| 17 | The woods and fields , now somewhat solitary , being deserted by their more tender summer residents , are now frequented by these rich but delicately tinted and hardy northern immigrants of the air . |
| 18 | Many essential services are now operated by public bodies organized on a regional basis ; leading examples are gas , electricity , water and the hospitals . |
| 19 | Over 800,000 people are now covered by new occupational pension schemes . |
| 20 | Some 750 active or auxiliary substances are now covered by European monographs which have replaced national standards . |
| 21 | Britain has become a country where almost every aspect of industrial relations are now covered by legal restraints . |
| 22 | If you have chosen Contents cover , your Contents are now covered against accidental loss or damage whilst in transit between your present and new private dwellings . |
| 23 | People in need of care and help and even children are now regarded as legitimate targets by the IRA 's faceless men . |
| 24 | Arthur 's Miller 's plays such as All My Sons and Death of a Salesman are now regarded as virtual classics , and so are Tennessee William 's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire . |
| 25 | However , it is fair to say that despite these distinctive efforts , and one reason why such people are now regarded as classical contributors , for most within the early social survey tradition the divide seemed unbridgeable or irrelevant . |
| 26 | Manufacturers are now geared to one-room flexible living as never before . |
| 27 | 6 The nine students are now split into three groups . |
| 28 | If these white units are now connected to other white units , and black to black ( b ) , to form five equal chains of each colour with , then the number of possible arrangements of these chains decreases to about 10 3 . |
| 29 | This confirms the trend towards women starting their own businesses ( 40% of new , small businesses are now begun by female entrepreneurs , many home-based ) , and avoiding macho and masochistic corporate cultures — where the majority of you feel ‘ women lack the confidence to reach the top ’ . |
| 30 | Many labour markets are now characterized by countervailing market power ; there is bilateral bargaining between unions and large firms or employers ' organizations . |