Example sentences of "is now the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one in Yugoslavia disputes that this is now the position . |
| 2 | Roddick experienced her first taste of trading as a child while serving in the family café in Littlehampton in Sussex , which is now the centre of her worldwide retailing empire . |
| 3 | Why did our ancestors decide to have a town at the site which is now the centre of Newcastle ? |
| 4 | Real boulevard creation , making what is now the centre of West Berlin , around Kurfürstendamm , had to wait for its beginnings in the 1920s and its maturity under Allied rule in the 1960s . |
| 5 | Freelancing is now the name of the game . |
| 6 | The pamphlet was called ’ Save our Schools ’ and its authors included the right hon. Member for St. Albans ( Mr. Lilley ) , who is now the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , the hon. Member for Enfield , Southgate ( Mr. Portillo ) , who is now the Minister of State , Department of the Environment , the hon. Member for Gainsborough and Horncastle ( Mr. Leigh ) , who is Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , the hon. Member for Stirling ( Mr. Forsyth ) , who is the Scottish Office education spokesman , the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire ( Mr. Forth ) , who is now at the Department of Trade and Industry , the hon. Member for Darlington ( Mr. Fallon ) , who is sitting on the Front Bench now , and the hon. Member for Southampton , Itchen ( Mr. Chope ) , who is now a junior Transport Minister . |
| 7 | Anthea became the first woman jockey to beat the male professionals over the Grand National fences on J J Henry , who is now the Beaumont stable hack . |
| 8 | In the 20 years since the House voted to accede to the European Community — which is now the destination of no less than 52 per cent . |
| 9 | ( See the earliest drawing ) , was unsatisfactory , so in September 1908 a trial tee was constructed somewhere near what is now the ladies ' winter tee on the 16th , the 17th green being more or less as we know today , although at this time a twin green with the first . |
| 10 | I did ring Agnes away back in January and thanked her for having you ; I was ringing her partly to tell her that , strangely , one of her Hungarian friends from Southampton ( called ) is now the computer expert at Chambers , whose services I 've been using recently to accomplish the final formatting of my questionnaire and piece of sample text . |
| 11 | A weekend 's sport in California no longer requires a surfboard : panning for gold is now the sport of choice . |
| 12 | Is the Minister aware that the Commissioner for Agriculture is now the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development ? |
| 13 | Ms Bone is now the publisher , responsible for the day to day running of the press , while David Martin was last summer appointed executive chairman . |
| 14 | It is now the driver 's responsibility to ensure that all 4–14 year olds wear rear seat belts if they are fitted and that under 4s use appropriate restraints if they are available . |
| 15 | The new matrix is symmetric , since both its i , jth and j , ith elements are unity ; moreover , its determinant is -1 , since in moving the jth row to the ith position unc we cross j — i rows ; but the original ith row is now the i + 1th and so in taking it to the jth position we cross j — i — 1 rows . |
| 16 | Emili F. Miró , grandson of the artist , recently confirmed that one of the three finest collections of works by Miró is now the possession of the Japanese shipowner and real-estate dealer Katshuda . |
| 17 | The laboratory technician is now the school technician . |
| 18 | Perhaps there is some activity you have often thought you would try ‘ sometime ’ : Is now the opportunity to begin dog-training , Jogging , meditation , writing to The Times or writing for the radio ? |
| 19 | The analogy is now the addition of a thermometer in the water in the kettle with its dial visible to the operator . |
| 20 | Canon Claude Rutter , who was rural dean of Sherborne for eleven years and is now the diocese 's Rural Link Officer , agrees with him . |
| 21 | 90 per cent availability is now the norm , and there have been weeks when the 150/ 2 series , arguably the most reliable diesel trains ever to have run in Britain , have attained 100 per cent availability during the daytime . |
| 22 | Thus was shared space introduced to Germany , with a new traffic sign indicating a rest and play area , new priorities , changed parking arrangements , speed limits set at walking/running pace and a street design using similar principles and infrastructure to the now familiar array used in the Woonerf So popular have these approaches to residential area layout become that some variant of restraint is now the norm in newly constructed housing areas . |
| 23 | In some cities , Tempo 30 is now the norm . |
| 24 | It is now the norm for an Inspector ( Engineering ) to hold a Private Pilot 's Licence as well as engineering qualifications . |
| 25 | We seek to ensure that our reporting staff focus especially on human rights and in Latin America where democracy is now the norm , a great deal of our effort goes towards assisting those democracies in reinforcing human rights and , in particular , in upholding the rule of law and justice . |
| 26 | Near the site , perhaps under what is now the Palazzo Arcivescovile , was the city 's first Bishop 's Palace , called the Domus , from which the name Duomo derives . |
| 27 | From Miss Betabuys to the most sought after lodger in The Street , she is now the Belle behind the bar at the Rovers Return . |
| 28 | Originally it was used to summon Farnborough children to school , when the latter was housed in the earliest part of the house during the nineteenth century : the low bit on the west side which is now the kitchen . |
| 29 | It is now the works of Imperial Chemical Industries , who produce most of Britain 's industrial explosives , for use in quarries , mines and civil engineering works . |
| 30 | This , as I understand it , is now the construction accepted by the majority of your Lordships in the light of the Parliamentary history . |