Example sentences of "be now the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They promised ta tax cuts , they promised to cut crime , they promised to look after the environment , they promised to improve e education , they promised to improve the the democratic process , they 're now the party of careful housekeeping . |
| 2 | They 're now the focus of more grown up feelings . |
| 3 | As you will see , I am now the Professor of Physics here . |
| 4 | Warps in space time and black holes are now the stuff of science fiction ; this assimilation into popular literature shows in one way how strong the impact of Einstein 's ideas has been . |
| 5 | Disgorged are now the Ministers of day ; |
| 6 | The following year British Rail 's London Midland region hopes to run electric HSTs , but these are now the subject of a row between the region and engineers at BR 's headquarters . |
| 7 | The same applies , I believe , to the question under discussion , except that while our sexual desires are now the subject of free and frank discussion , our homicidal ones still dare not speak their name . |
| 8 | Deposits and long-term loans , given by private collectors to the museums before the war were subsequently considered State property and are now the subject of legal actions . |
| 9 | These were the seductive amusements of my youth : they have clung to me through a long life , and they are now the solace of my old age . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Beloved , we are now the sons of God , and it does not yet appear what we shall be , but we know that when he appears we shall be like him , for we shall see him as he is . |
| 11 | ( 10.10 ) With this , it may be noted that ( 10.11 ) and t and z can be expressed in terms of f and g by ( 10.12 ) The boundaries of region IV are now the hypersurfaces on which , and the focusing hypersurface in this region occurs when . |
| 12 | In child care the movement towards specialisation has been even more marked , and child protection teams , for example , are now the norm in local authorities . |
| 13 | Surely he would not dare to ask that Akram and Waquar Younis be permitted 25 overs each and that a little life be left in pitches which are now the equivalent of a moribund second-day Test strip ? |
| 14 | Needless to say , though , drawings which bear a good provenance are usually of good quality : the drawings collected by such a fine connoisseur as the seventeenth-century English painter Peter Lely are now the pride of the world 's greatest museums . |
| 15 | We may , in fact , reinterpret any of the diagrams of Figs ( 2.25 ) -(2.31) by assuming that the whole space is filled with a material of conductivity unc and the field lines are now the lines of current flow as well . |
| 16 | McKenzie and Kearns struck up an immediate friendship and prop-hooker understanding and are now the cornerstones of the Randwick , New South Wales and Australian packs . |
| 17 | Fossil evidence reveals that these giants occupied the woodlands and mountain forests of southern China until the ice ages drove them south into what are now the islands of Sumatra and Borneo . |
| 18 | What used to be swamp and marsh on the park 's fringes are now the suburbs of Miami , Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach . |
| 19 | Partly that is because the people in power are primarily interested in the high-quality urban schools that their own children attend — and the best schools in Delhi or Nairobi are now the equal of any in the West . |
| 20 | With no village shop , bus service or school , the village church and public house are now the focus of activity in the parish , with little to mar the tranquillity of the quiet backwater . |
| 21 | We are not the partners who must be consulted — we are now the obstacle around which the rest of Europe must find a way . |
| 22 | These are now the basis of the GEMCOR range . |
| 23 | Piatakov also spoke , arguing that national rights were now the weapon of a counter-revolutionary bourgeoisie . |
| 24 | In fact , a recent flip through Faye 's pile of fashion magazines told Belinda that simple spaghetti-strapped dresses modelled on the design of slips were now the height of fashion for evening wear in New York and Paris . |
| 25 | Roddick experienced her first taste of trading as a child while serving in the family café in Littlehampton in Sussex , which is now the centre of her worldwide retailing empire . |
| 26 | Why did our ancestors decide to have a town at the site which is now the centre of Newcastle ? |
| 27 | Real boulevard creation , making what is now the centre of West Berlin , around Kurfürstendamm , had to wait for its beginnings in the 1920s and its maturity under Allied rule in the 1960s . |
| 28 | Freelancing is now the name of the game . |
| 29 | The pamphlet was called ’ Save our Schools ’ and its authors included the right hon. Member for St. Albans ( Mr. Lilley ) , who is now the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , the hon. Member for Enfield , Southgate ( Mr. Portillo ) , who is now the Minister of State , Department of the Environment , the hon. Member for Gainsborough and Horncastle ( Mr. Leigh ) , who is Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , the hon. Member for Stirling ( Mr. Forsyth ) , who is the Scottish Office education spokesman , the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire ( Mr. Forth ) , who is now at the Department of Trade and Industry , the hon. Member for Darlington ( Mr. Fallon ) , who is sitting on the Front Bench now , and the hon. Member for Southampton , Itchen ( Mr. Chope ) , who is now a junior Transport Minister . |
| 30 | In the 20 years since the House voted to accede to the European Community — which is now the destination of no less than 52 per cent . |