Example sentences of "now [vb pp] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With planning consent now received for an improved access for the physically handicapped and an extension to provide a parish office and toilet for the disabled , tenders will shortly be invited for the building works . |
| 2 | Government spending had already been reviewed and cut substantially , but the time had now come for a great public gesture ; this was supplied by the appointment of the Geddes Committee , a typical Lloyd George manoeuvre using businessmen instead of MPs or ministers . |
| 3 | I think the time has now come for the National Heritage Memorial Fund to be split and a separate body established for Scotland . |
| 4 | So pressure was now applied for a speedy conclusion to the work . |
| 5 | Sadly too , in the 1950s , restorers used disastrous materials for restoration — concrete and iron — and the gardens are now closed for the foreseeable future . |
| 6 | Councillors have now called for a full investigation before any action is taken . |
| 7 | Some of these men had been posing as caravan holiday makers for some weeks and now settled for a long , cold night on the clifftops . |
| 8 | Training is now provided for the BVetMed degree , entitling graduates to be registered as members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons , which confers on them the title of veterinary surgeon and the sole right to practise as such . |
| 9 | The affair had dominated relations between the two countries , and Rocard now hoped for a fresh start , although Bolger noted that they would have to " agree to differ " over French nuclear policy . |
| 10 | It was once intended to dump this and most of the rest of the waste now earmarked for the new dumps at sea . |
| 11 | Early in June 1689 Edinburgh Castle , which had been held for James , surrendered , but Blair Castle , at Blair Atholl in Perthshire , eight miles [ 13 km ] north-west of Pitlochry , had now declared for the Jacobite cause . |
| 12 | The Prix Galien , which was a national prize in France , is now awarded for a new medicine marketed in several European countries . |
| 13 | The sharp tongue is now reserved for the consciousness-raising rap session she gives at American universities , where students are allowed to ask whatever they like about her life , her sexuality , her views of the world , provided they can cope with the answers . |
| 14 | In the health-conscious '90s such sumptuous flavours are now reserved for the all-too-brief moment of self-indulgence that is typical of Christmas . |
| 15 | The gases have been used to cool most types of fridges for decades but are now headed for a world-wide ban in 1996 after being blamed for causing holes in the ozone layer , which shields the earth from the sun 's harmful ultraviolet rays . |
| 16 | Over the next two days , Harry cycled through Zutphen and Arnhem to Eindhoven , where a cafe owner gave him coffee and rolls , and a priest , who was a friend of the cafe proprietor advised Harry who was now headed for the Dutch/Belgian border . |
| 17 | It is now divided for an old people 's residential home and private residence , yet much the same in appearance as the original . |