Example sentences of "is now [verb] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was known as ‘ the Inspectors ’ Course , and is now referred to as the ‘ Junior Command Course ’ . |
| 2 | However , normal mass spectrometers are not sensitive enough to detect 14 C and to reject all other elements or molecules of very nearly the same weight , such as 14 N. As this nitrogen isotope makes up some 80 per cent of the atmosphere it is very common relative to 14 C. The techniques of nuclear physics were brought to bear on this problem in the late 1970s , and it was shown that 14 C could be detected using what is now referred to as accelerator mass spectrometry , AMS . |
| 3 | Following the 1974 NHS reorganisation , we had the introduction of what is now referred to as the departmental system of budgeting ( as in level 2 in Fig. 3.2 ) . |
| 4 | For that reason , authorisation under EC rules by a member state is now referred to as ‘ the single passport ’ , since it permits the beneficiary to rely upon that authorisation from its home country throughout the Community . |
| 5 | The process was initiated in 1970 and is now referred to as the European Political Cooperation Procedure . |
| 6 | That is why it is essential that we should continue to develop the space-based defence , which was once called the strategic defence initiative or SDI and is now referred to as ’ brilliant pebbles ’ . |
| 7 | Most of what I say here is now agreed upon by other scientists working in this field , though this acceptance has come only fairly recently . |
| 8 | It argued in the early days that to be too closely allied with Catholicism would deter a broad membership , which is now drawn from among protestants , muslims , baptists , Jews — and , it emphasises proudly , atheists . |
| 9 | PAT officials say the number of cases has shot up dramatically in recent months , and is now running at about one case each week . |
| 10 | SOME 10 per cent of the goods bought at Sainsbury 's stores is now paid for by Switch debit card , accounting for a quarter of a million shoppers . |
| 11 | An 85-year-old Wigan pensioner is now looked after by her daughter — the mother applied for a grant for the daughter , because she is immobilised by arthritis . |
| 12 | The Cutty Sark is now looked after by the Maritime Trust , who teamed up with the Cutty Sark Society in 1989 . |
| 13 | After that he is more specific , and begins to refer to Caesar in this context , saying that himself and Brutus were born equal to Caesar in health and intelligence , yet Caesar is now looked upon as a man of such importance . |
| 14 | In practice this is now dealt with by an Election Court . |
| 15 | Safe Travel to School : the 1992/93 Roads and Transport Capital Budget includes a new item for a programme of works to improve safety for children on journeys to/from school and this is now dealt with in a separate section of the Plan . |
| 16 | One of the main practical impacts of the TransAction system is that almost all the conveyancing is now dealt with before exchange of contracts , and this means that the tasks that have to be undertaken in between exchange and completion are relatively minor , thereby reducing the average time between exchange and completion to two weeks or even less . |