Example sentences of "now [vb -s] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesperson for Upjohn says that the company prefers to maintain an independent anti-AIDS programme , which now receives more than a fifth of the corporate budget for drug discovery research . |
| 2 | This now contributes more than a third of Zurich 's total premium income , and well over 40% of its non-life business . |
| 3 | Malaysia now produces more than a third of the world 's 's palm oil , and oil palm nuts make an attractive food for the Malayan wood rat ( Rattus tiomanicus ) , the ricefield rat ( Rattus argentiventer ) , and the little rat ( Rattus exulans ) . |
| 4 | Transcendental Meditation now has three and a half million followers worldwide . |
| 5 | He now has less than a month to ‘ re-engage ’ the negotiations before the United States imposes a savage and crippling 200pc trade tariff on £200m of imported European goods . |
| 6 | Having made a perfect pain of myself ( not very hard ) on the Edelrid stand last year , it 's good to see their Full Carbon Helmet now has elastic and a headtorch clip front and back . |
| 7 | It now seems likely that a committee of inquiry into the hours and working practices of the Commons , staffed by senior MPs from all sides , could be announced shortly by the government . |
| 8 | It now seems likely that a ‘ joint list ’ of green candidates for local government posts will only be submitted in the Paris region , and the Alsace , An agreement reached in October 1982 that would have linked the Amis De La Terre ( AT ) , the Confederation Ecologiste and the Mouvement D'Ecologie Politique ( Now VPE ) disintegrated last month when it became clear that the VPE wanted to have a dominant say over its two partners . |
| 9 | They point out that the acquisition , which now comprises more than a quarter of the MAC 's permanent collection , is of extremely uneven quality , but the MAC policy practically forbids deaccessioning . |