Example sentences of "now [vb -s] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She married Allan Macdonald in 1750 and now lies at rest in the churchyard at Kilmuir , near Duntulm Castle ; beneath a white granite , Iona cross , and her winding sheet , the same sheet that softened Charles Edward Stewart 's rest during his first night on Skye . |
| 2 | Cunningham to the Secretary of the Admiralty on the surrender of the Italian fleet in 1943 : ‘ Be pleased to inform their Lordships that the Italian battlefleet now lies at anchor under the guns of the fortress of Malta . ’ |
| 3 | A bronze fountain of 1630 now stands in front of the sala terrena and on it is a copy of a Venus by B. Würzelbauer , cast in 1599 . |
| 4 | For his own charges , the escape from the relegation quicksand now depends on success in their remaining two games — away against Edinburgh Acads and at home to fellow toilers , Stirling County . |
| 5 | If he now loses at home to Portugal it could prove a mortal wound . |
| 6 | Denmark Farm now teems with life as a myriad of creatures and plants have rushed back to make their home here . |
| 7 | The latter was Derek 's choice and now hangs in pride of place in his Abernethy home . |
| 8 | And playing alongside white men he endured a decade-and-a-half of bitter scorn from people of his own race , in what he now recognises as racism in reverse . |
| 9 | Under a new Constitution approved in a national referendum on Sept. 30 , 1987 [ see p. 35758 ] , ultimate authority now rests in theory with a 51-member National Assembly , elected for a five-year term ; executive authority rests with the President , elected by the National Assembly ( currently Ramsewak Shankar who , elected on Jan. 12 , 1988 , took office on Jan. 25 — see p. 35759 ) , as head of state , head of government , head of the armed forces , and Chair of the Council of State ( the successor of the Supreme Council ) and of the Security Council ( which was to assume all government functions in the event of " war , state of siege or exceptional circumstances to be determined by law " ) . |
| 10 | The presumption now shifts in favour of maintaining planned cash expenditure , rather than a given ‘ volume ’ of provision regardless of cost . |
| 11 | A single block borrowing approval now applies for expenditure on all local authority services , except the police , probation and magistrates ' courts services . |
| 12 | But open-bridging is a big business and now accounts for borrowing of about £430 million a year . |
| 13 | Her repertoire now consists of Pasta with Meat Sauce , Pasta with Tomato Sauce , and Pasta with Onions but No Sauce . |
| 14 | The Construction industry Council is becoming increasingly influential and now speaks on behalf of all industry professionals . |
| 15 | Robert Bettauer , a former Davis Cup team member who now serves as Director of Development for Tennis Canada described the series against Sweden as a ‘ major breakthrough for Canadian tennis ’ . |
| 16 | His early days underground working alongside miners on the coal-face have imbued him with a special rapport with the thousands of miners he now oversees as chairman of British Coal . |
| 17 | Johnny Brown guided the lad at Gala U14 and U16 levels and now continues as coach to the senior club . |
| 18 | The team now continues in turn with a new word . |
| 19 | San Diego-based TeleSoft Inc says its TeleAda-Exec Ada-oriented real-time executive , is now available for MIPS Computer Systems Inc R3000 target systems : up to now , it has been available only for Motorola 68000 and Intel 80386 targets , but it now works in conjunction with the TeleGen2 Ada VAX-host/R3000-target Cross Development System . |
| 20 | Christou now appeals by leave of the full court after refusal by the single judge and we have granted leave to Wright . |
| 21 | The prosecutor now appeals by leave of your Lordships ' House . |
| 22 | B.D. Patterson , who was appointed to the Board on 17 September 1992 , now retires in accordance with the articles of association and , being eligible , will offer himself for election . |
| 23 | Speaking to a joint meeting of the University and Central Region officials recently , Professor Michael Jackson , Deputy Principal , estimated that the University now supports in excess of 2800 jobs in the Region ( 1380 employees and a further 1500 jobs in support services ) . |
| 24 | Advanced Three-dimensional Machining , part of the integrated SmartCAM package , now runs in Japanese on Sparctations and the NEC PC9800 series , priced at $31,000 . |