Example sentences of "now [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he knew why the moment he entered the old schoolroom , for after allowing him to pass her she closed the door and stood with her back to it , her pale face , now tinged to a deep red , thrust out towards him as she cried , ‘ Think you 're smart , do n't you ? |
| 2 | ‘ People are entitled to be angry — the cynical deceit of the Tory election campaign , the easy promise that all the economy needed was the reassurance of a Tory victory , all now exposed in the harsh light of the real world . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The front two pews were removed ; a raised platform was built for the Communion table and choir who now sit inside the new , straight Communion rail . |
| 5 | There is nothing in the history of the 1920s and 1930s to justify the cosy nostalgia that is now cloaked around the pre-war years . |
| 6 | It had shifted from its deep root and was loosened so that all the ‘ bad ’ — as his mother had called it — was now gathered into the volcanic pimple . |
| 7 | Well he 's got six for twenty-five at the Oval so he 's doing well in his test career , but it 's Lawrence now to bowl for the left-handed , who pushes that one back down the pitch , gets plenty of time . |
| 8 | The focal points of the diagram are now arranged down the left-hand side of Figure 7.2 below . |
| 9 | Dismissals are now explained as an inevitable response to pressures beyond managerial control be they the result of higher taxes to pay for the public finance deficit or the need to introduce even greater levels of mechanization to meet world competition . |
| 10 | The chair had spun out of the central track along the ridge and was now skewed at the precipitous edge of what would be a steep and stony career . |
| 11 | The strategy that Freeman is following is similar to that of classical structuralism ( e.g. Lévi-Strauss 1963 ) now melded into a Lakoffian brand of cognitivism . |
| 12 | Here , the only water is from artesian wells , now contaminated by the industrial effluent and the huge garbage-dump , where the rubbish from Nova Iguacu has been partly ploughed back into the disturbed hillside . |
| 13 | Laurentius is now collaborating with the technological giants Philips in Eindhoven to perfect the image of the X-ray using computer-boosting techniques , so that a clear positive print of the watermark and the structure of the paper can be achieved . |
| 14 | Local libraries and Citizen 's Advice Bureaux hold lists of solicitors practising in a locality and many firms now advertise in the Yellow Pages . |
| 15 | It is possible now to go through the whole liberal arts course at Stanford University without ever reading Shakespeare ( a DWEM ) and there are many musems in the US now which can not contemplate an exhibition without first measuring it up against the PC yardstick . |
| 16 | We agreed , after it was over — after the stitches ( a large number ) had been removed — that he had shown he was good enough now to go on a big trip . |
| 17 | In creating the replica pavement , Mr Bob Woodward , a builder by trade , has undertaken such thorough background research that he is now regarded as a leading international expert on Roman mosaics . |
| 18 | About his men , Lancaster is quoted as saying : ‘ A tramway servant is now regarded as a responsible public servant and not , as formerly a drudge ’ . |
| 19 | Gairloch is now regarded as an early Besshi-style Cu-Zn deposit ( Jones and others , 1987 ) . |
| 20 | Swallowed saliva is now regarded as an important mechanism for neutralising acid within the oesophageal lumen and esophageal pH exhibits an incremental increase with repeated swallows . |
| 21 | Similarly , conspicuous consumption or display is now regarded as an acceptable form of behaviour . |
| 22 | They were reactions against what was now regarded as an old-fashioned evolutionism . |
| 23 | Blessed with a talent considered sublime even in the cynical schools of northern England , Wattana is now regarded as the only player outside the leading ‘ gang of four ’ with the technique and temperament to survive 17 days in one of sport 's most demanding cauldrons . |
| 24 | Gradually the delicacy now regarded as the traditional English fruit fool came to be accepted as a purée of fruit plus sugar , fresh thick cream , and nothing more . |
| 25 | This may well be the case , but it leaves one with an increased sense of respect for Eric Shipton and his companions who , in 1929 , made each of the first three Nelion-Batian traverses ( up and down by what is now regarded as the Normal Route ) , in one day . |
| 26 | A large body of " spreading " data is now accumulating in the cytogenetic literature , spanning all eukaryote species from plants to man . |
| 27 | The woman , identified as Roberta Jones , is now listed in a serious condition on Sunday night at Harbourview Medical Centre , according to the hospital 's nursing supervisor . |
| 28 | The ability of the modem to translate signals makes the information services market we have today a possibility … information publishers must now prepare for a new challenge and for a similar degree of networking capacity for video and other multimedia as they currently experience for data … ’ |
| 29 | The aircraft had gone , the space it had occupied now filled with a small single-engined plane . |
| 30 | The dogs grew noisy with excitement , and each wire door was now filled with the pressed muzzle of an anxious face . |