Example sentences of "is now [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It is now illegal to pick them without a licence . |
| 2 | Professor Mishan argues that ‘ it is now reasonable to believe that , despite the abundance of man-made goods produced by continued growth , its net effect on human health and happiness could be adverse and possibly disastrous ’ . |
| 3 | The issue is now set to go to a full board meeting , a measure of how the directors ' proud notions of consensus have withered over this issue . |
| 4 | Allen is now set to re-emerge , however , with a ‘ new epic ’ underway in his Gloucestershire hideaway . |
| 5 | From Cave 's prototype of a converted Honda PC800 , a fleet of taxi bikes is now set to emerge , all with heated leather seats and overblankets , running boards , luggage racks and intercoms . |
| 6 | OPERATING OUT OF DELIGHTFUL SHOREHAM AIRPORT , G-BKRA IS NOW SET TO EXPAND THE EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCE OF MANY PILOTS AND WOULD-BE OPERATORS . |
| 7 | The company 's pioneering effort in optical fibres failed to make a penny for 17 years , but is now set to make a fortune . |
| 8 | The display is now set to tour Scotland for the remainder of the centenary year , taking in several locations which have strong MacDiarmid associations — Langholm , where he was born ; Montrose where his masterpiece A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle was composed ; and Lanark , close to Brownsbank where he spent the later years of his life . |
| 9 | Duke Street is now set to house a formidable trio of book dealers : moving into the former Omell Galleries on the third corner of the street , opposite both St George 's and Thomas Heneage Books , will be Simms Reed , the antiquarian and art book dealers . |
| 10 | True , betting turnover is now set to shrink in real terms this year , and the levy with it . |
| 11 | And well done the major prize-winner , Mr. S. Davies of John Broom & Co. , a keen rugby supporter who is now set to have a rather special honeymoon following his wedding next month — off with his bride to New Zealand ! |
| 12 | The government is now set to have a fresh stab at changing what all sides in the debate agree are murky laws . |
| 13 | However , the arrival of £600,000 Norwegian full-back Stig Inge Bjornbye has now cut that lifeline and Wright is now set to follow his friend and former Derby colleague Dean Saunders out of the Anfield exit . |
| 14 | Ardiles is now set to consider a bid for Watford 's former England striker , Luther Blissett , who is on-loan at The Hawthorns . |
| 15 | Bronson immersed himself in work on television movies after his actress wife Jill Ireland died of cancer two years ago but he is now set to marry girlfriend Kim Weeks , 31 . |
| 16 | With this analysis in mind , it is now useful to consider alternative forms of grants in the context of the objectives that underlie the use of intergovernmental grants . |
| 17 | It was a special open day for a jail which is now due to open in April . |
| 18 | But defender Keith Proctor has suffered a reaction to his knee injury after playing for the reserves last weekend and is now due to see a specialist . |
| 19 | All this is now due to change and it is , not surprisingly , the smaller , less profitable and traditionally-run tenanted houses that are in the front line for disposal . |
| 20 | After years of waiting , building work is now due to start on Stream Bank Cottage . |
| 21 | Mrs Thatcher is now anxious to find another equally striking initiative . |
| 22 | Due to the high resistance and small current involved in this circuit , and to preserve battery life , it is now beneficial to clean the copper side of the circuit board with a rag soaked in meths to remove finger grease which may otherwise cause leakage currents to flow . |
| 23 | That it is now compulsory to do so does not seem to increase that duty and , correspondingly , the plaintiff 's share in the responsibility for the damage he suffers . |
| 24 | It is now compulsory to wear a back protector at most events , and if not , it is still sensible to wear one . |
| 25 | Voices have sometimes been heard to question or deny the validity of this requirement but , while it is probably true to say that this issue has not been central in the cases since Thomson v. Deakin , the necessity for unlawful means has been so consistently repeated in subsequent statements of the law that it is now hopeless to argue the contrary . |
| 26 | I feel the time is now right to respond to local bargaining initiatives , C C T and L M S , with a review of how the research department could best provide their services to the people at the sharp end . |
| 27 | The time is now right to rally round the call for independence . |
| 28 | It is now straightforward to calculate how many points each strategy will recover from each kind of possible encounter . |
| 29 | It is now straightforward to show how government policies , even anticipated ones , can stabilize real output in this model of ‘ sticky ’ prices . |
| 30 | It is now possible to draw up a set of guidelines ( Table 5 ) . |