Example sentences of "but now [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inland is the great lowland plain of the Levels — once a marshy sea but now drained by the ruler — straight ‘ rhynes ’ . |
| 2 | The other variables with i subscripts are as before but now refer to the ith country . |
| 3 | When a medical career has to be ended early because of staffing reductions ( virtually unheard of in the NHS before the reforms but now planned in the wake of the Tomlinson inquiry ) age usually predominates over other factors such as experience and skill . |
| 4 | Amongst a broad section of opinion , not only vote-seeking politicians , the idea of ‘ reconstruction ’ with its blueprints for the future tapped currents of social thinking which antedated the war , but now sustained by the example of the role of the State in managing the war effort . |
| 5 | This collection , often inadequately reviewed at the time , but now seen as the heart of his poetic achievement , contains poems described by Hardy himself as ‘ possibly among the best I have written ’ . |
| 6 | He is frequently described as ‘ having the stoop of an ageing crop-picker and the face of a curious little boy ’ — which may have been true 30 years ago , but now belongs to the discard-tray with other caricatures : caricatures , as Oscar Wilde observed , are compliments that mediocrity pays to genius . |
| 7 | Modern Tarquinia ( earlier known as Corneto but now re-named after the Etruscan Tarquinii ) is built near to the original city . |
| 8 | They had been subdued in the Occupation years , but now went into the sixieme for a good time . |
| 9 | The words belong to Paul Highsmith , who taught in England and Wales for six years but now teaches in the liberated zone of the emerging East African nation of Eritrea . |
| 10 | The outstanding part of the building sculpturally , however , is the Portico de la Gloria , originally the façade but now approached via the classical stairway on the west front , from the square below . |
| 11 | Goldfish Facts Family : Cyprinidae ( Carp Family ) Scientific Names : Carassius auratus Origin : Southern China First kept as Pets : 265 AD by China , but now found in the wild throughout the world . |
| 12 | Introduction to Britain : Around 1700 Distribution : Originated in China , but now found in the wild throughout the world . |
| 13 | Lyle , who was born in Shropshire , but now lives on the exclusive Went-worth estate , is scheduled to move into a 16-bedroom home near Edinburgh in February and he added : ‘ Who knows , the baby might even be born in Scotland . ’ |
| 14 | But now to get into the pit it 's one of the jobs to go to . |