Example sentences of "now [adj] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But defender Keith Proctor has suffered a reaction to his knee injury after playing for the reserves last weekend and is now due to see a specialist . |
| 2 | Voices have sometimes been heard to question or deny the validity of this requirement but , while it is probably true to say that this issue has not been central in the cases since Thomson v. Deakin , the necessity for unlawful means has been so consistently repeated in subsequent statements of the law that it is now hopeless to argue the contrary . |
| 3 | It is not now possible to refer the rent to the Rent Officer to fix a Fair Rent . |
| 4 | It is now possible to access the database from all three of the participating institutions and call up information as well as visual images on screen simultaneously . |
| 5 | Although it is now possible to use a system of notation , choreographers still prefer to create directly on the human material , working on it and relying on the dancers ' own memories to repeat what has been designed on and for them . |
| 6 | As has been discussed by Jones and Lindsey ( 1988 ) , it is now possible to clone the maize chloroplast genome and to synthesise the protein ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase ( ‘ Rubisco ’ ) which is crucial to carbon dioxide fixation . |
| 7 | It is now possible to clone the gene that controls Bt production and experiments have proved successful in introducing the gene into tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum ) plants which subsequently develop resistance to the pest . |
| 8 | It is now possible to trace the influence of a change in a nominal monetary variable , the rate of interest , in this model . |
| 9 | Arising from the evidence in the literature and from our empirical studies at Chelsea College it is now possible to offer a model which is compatible with all the evidence and which also has considerable predictive potential . |
| 10 | Using genetic engineering it is now possible to remove the gene that produces this protein and to produce large volumes of the new bacterium which , if sprayed on a newly planted crops , will considerably reduce frost damage . |
| 11 | IT 'S now possible to tie the knot in 14 different exotic locations in the new Kuoni Weddings brochure . |
| 12 | Not only is it possible to get an accurate computer analysis of the fundamental frequency of speech ( which can be displayed on a screen for someone doing practice on intonation , or can be used in the study of the intonation of large samples of natural speech ) , but it is now possible to get a computer to produce a simple phonetic transcription of what is said to it . |
| 13 | With hindsight , of course , it is now possible to question the glamorizing of drug-taking in such films as Easy Rider , Psych-Out and The Trip and others ; the in-built health warnings were seldom noticed and there was a certain drugs bandwagon rolling , anyway , largely created in the pop industry where drug usage was not only referred to , even poetically eulogized in song , but physically demonstrated by some of its more tragic exponents like Brian Jones , Jimi Hendrix and Janice Joplin , to name but three in a long line of fallen idols and heroes . |
| 14 | It is now possible to make a booking or get a ticket printed in your office or at your hotel ; there are increasingly sophisticated computer systems to help the traveller get the best value and convenience in their travel arrangements . |
| 15 | But it is now possible to find a kennel or cattery , using the Recommended Kennel and Cattery Guide , which lists the country 's top boarding establishments , supported by comments from satisfied customers . |
| 16 | Be aware of the proper treatment as it is now possible to halve the mortality so that it is often inappropriate to leave people at home . |
| 17 | It 's now possible to place a governor AND meter in an Atplas meter box — eliminating the safety problem inherent with the old method . |
| 18 | He was soon released , however , and the news spread that he had abruptly reversed his political stance and was now willing to accept the regime ; whether prison or Jessey 's advice lay behind the change is unclear . |
| 19 | Oliver had reassured her that Sir Thomas could not possibly have committed suicide through anguish at her rejection and she was now prepared to enjoy the rest of the week immensely , even if it did involve a murder investigation . |
| 20 | To say that the GMC should not get involved in assessing the acceptability of a treatment a doctor uses in the way it is now prepared to assess a doctor 's professional behaviour is to cede the argument to those who claim that self regulation has become an introspective , bureaucratic activity that has grown detached from its original purpose of protecting patients . |
| 21 | But in the short and euphoric interval , even Mr Mann has softened his approach , indicating that he was now prepared to accept the constitution of India , and distancing himself from the latest demands by the ultra-belligerent Sikh student movement for an alternative government . |
| 22 | But in the short and euphoric interval , even Mr Mann has softened his approach , indicating that he was now prepared to accept the constitution of India , and distancing himself from the latest demands by the ultra-belligerent Sikh student movement for an alternative government . |
| 23 | OPERATING OUT OF DELIGHTFUL SHOREHAM AIRPORT , G-BKRA IS NOW SET TO EXPAND THE EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCE OF MANY PILOTS AND WOULD-BE OPERATORS . |
| 24 | Ardiles is now set to consider a bid for Watford 's former England striker , Luther Blissett , who is on-loan at The Hawthorns . |
| 25 | The company 's pioneering effort in optical fibres failed to make a penny for 17 years , but is now set to make a fortune . |
| 26 | It is now easy to determine the degeneracy pressure due to electrons . |
| 27 | County Council believes therefore that is is now appropriate to clarify the strength of the general thrust of strategic policy as regards the development of the open countryside by introducing its new Policy E two . |
| 28 | It is now appropriate to consider the extension of the solution into the prior regions I , II and III which describe the approaching waves that give rise to this particular interaction . |
| 29 | a note of any changes between this period last year and now likely to affect the forecast ; |
| 30 | With the remaining doubters now likely to join the majority , Mrs Thatcher seems certain to end up in a minority of one in opposing the conference . |