Example sentences of "now [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | So pressure was now applied for a speedy conclusion to the work . |
| 3 | Councillors have now called for a full investigation before any action is taken . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Prix Galien , which was a national prize in France , is now awarded for a new medicine marketed in several European countries . |
| 7 | 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 . |