Example sentences of "it now [vb -s] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The only problem is that it now takes a baffling turn .
2 It is emphasising these offerings rather than the connectivity software products for which it is traditionally known — what it now calls a secondary stream .
3 It now forms a substantial part of the repertoire of several Persian .
4 It now forms a significant part of the country 's output .
5 Top left : Elizabeth Jane 's father installed this shelf above a kitchen window and it now makes a colourful setting for a blue and white plate collection .
6 It now seems a sad compromise , arrived at by friends who wanted to see him appropriately honoured , but it is one perhaps which he would have understood .
7 It now houses a restored water wheel and steam engine .
8 I hope you feel as I do , that it now provides a useful description of the contribution Area Staff make to Christian Aid 's overall task — I thought you might wish to retain a copy .
9 Launched in the UK just three years ago , it now claims a 20 per cent share of the premium sector — and a very distinctive image .
10 It now looks a big mistake to have joined the ERM at all , at any exchange rate , without first having created political institutions capable of running monetary policy in a way that takes due consideration of the needs of all members of the European Community .
11 It now has a total debt of $2.5 billion , its people have a life expectancy of just 43 years and six per cent of them have no access to clean water .
12 Hong Kong supports a ban on trade in new ivory , and we believe it now has a villain-proof system for its stocks .
13 Despite the scepticism which accompanied the launch of Pump technology and surrounded the whole concept of custom fit , it now has a strong band of converts and has even spawned a series of copycat technology among competitors .
14 However , it now has a reasonable range of productivity software ( word processors , databases , etc ) , and in specialised areas — colour graphics , desktop video — it is well ahead .
15 The company says it has four new products coming this quarter — Stacker for Macintosh , Stacker for OS/2 & MS-DOS , and two new releases of Stacker for Windows & MS-DOS to address the compression shortcomings of MS-DOS 6.0 , and it now has a streamlined organisation .
16 It now has a full FAR 23 utility and aerobatic type certificate , and a full-scale wing is on fatigue test aimed at achieving an airframe life of 15,000 hours .
17 Bayfield says the US business can remain profitable at lower volumes because it now has a reduced cost base .
18 It now has a permanent , or wintertime , population of 11,000 people and a swollen , or summertime , one three times as big .
19 With a record order book , it now has a slim chance of starting to repay a bit of the $13.5 billion that it has received in government subsidies .
20 Bristol , which hopes to grow to 10 or 12 people by year 's end and is looking for qualified X-Windows and Motif programmers , says it now has a positive cash flow .
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