Example sentences of "is now [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For 1969–83 registrations at age 15–24 were obtained from the Northern Region Cancer Registry and ( for 1969–73 in what is now South Cumbria ) the North Western Regional Cancer Registry ; in general , no further effort was made to ascertain cases . |
| 2 | There was in fact one huge southern continent , which we now call Gondwanaland , consisting of what is now South America , Africa , Madagascar , India , Antarctica and Australia all rolled into one . |
| 3 | Due to cutbacks in Adult Education last year , Margaret was made redundant from her part-time post as lecturer for Special Needs in Wandsworth Adult College ; she is now Curriculum Manager for Basic Education , Special Needs , Physical Education and Complementary Health with Surrey Adult and Continuing Education Service and enjoys this work very much . |
| 4 | Since the break-up and dispersal of the super-continent Pangaea , a process that began at least 200 million years ago , the Kowloon peninsula and Hong Kong and its 242 islands have remained attached to what is now mainland China . |
| 5 | It is now History plc . |
| 6 | It was used as a lace factory until 1877 , and is now government property . |
| 7 | A typical rhynchosaur is Hyperodapedon gordoni , found in what is now north-east Scotland in the late Triassic Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation of Elgin . |
| 8 | ‘ The old six five-minute rounds and best of three falls has gone , it is now time limit matches with one fall to decide . ’ |
| 9 | This is possible with ballot laws is now ballot bill . |
| 10 | Joined the Group in 1982 and is now Group director responsible for Safety , Health and Environmental matters . |
| 11 | They were commissioned by John Cox who worked with Hockney at Glyndebourne and who is now Production Director of the Royal Opera . |
| 12 | He began his career as intake foreman at the maltings when it was built and is now barley buyer for the south of England . |
| 13 | Clarke is now tournament professional at the K-Club , Straffan , County Kildare — he has just switched from the equally fashionable Mount Julliet , County Kilkenny — and manager Andrew Chandler believes a European victory is definitely on the cards for Ulster 's emerging star . |
| 14 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates , generally regarded as the wealthiest person in the US , is no longer the country 's most eligible bachelor — he became engaged over the weekend to 28- year-old Melinda French , a Dallas-born product manager at Microsoft who joined Microsoft in 1987 and is now product manager for the Microsoft Publisher desktop publishing programme . |
| 15 | Her first job in the area at Ayresome Junior School , Middlesbrough , gave her first hand experience of the problems faced by teachers in the region and she is now county education committee spokesman . |