Example sentences of "is now [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Computed tomography is a poor technique for staging prostatic cancer and there is now substantial evidence to demonstrate that MRI is significantly better . |
| 2 | There is now substantial evidence to show that 1,25 ( OH ) 2 D 3 acts as a differentiating agent and that some of these actions are associated with a modulation of receptor concentrations . |
| 3 | There is now substantial evidence that vascular disruption and focal thrombosis , related to macrophage infiltration , occurs in Crohn 's disease . |
| 4 | Since leaving Bristol Paul has obtained an MMus from the Royal College of Music and is now Principal Trumpet with English National Opera . |
| 5 | He is now principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra and last night made his second Liverpool appearance with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra . |
| 6 | The ventilator , improved and updated , is now standard equipment in most operating theatres around the world . |
| 7 | In books written by vets on the subject of cat ‘ care ’ and cat ‘ health ’ , it is now standard practice to refer to the spaying of females and the castration of males as minor , routine operations . |
| 8 | She is now rarest parrot in the world , but please do n't tell customs . |
| 9 | This probably resulted from the fall in sea level during the glacial period , which would have exposed more land around the continent , allowing the mantle to spread over a wider continent , to cover what is now shallow sea-bed , and to thicken inland along the line of the present coast . |
| 10 | He is now Prime Minister but was then Leader of the Opposition . |
| 11 | She is now joint heir with the owner of the fields . |
| 12 | Former learning Outcome 1 is now two Learning Outcomes . |
| 13 | My work with UNICEF is now all part of it . ’ |
| 14 | Surprisingly there is now one spot in the timetable when there are two passenger trains in Aberystwyth at the same time , necessitating shunting in the station to the centre road or run round and shunt token working with Borth as the intermediate point . |
| 15 | The quasi-liberal Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party , which topped the poll six weeks ago , is now one seat short of an overall majority in the Congress of Deputies . |
| 16 | The quasi-liberal Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party , which topped the poll six weeks ago , is now one seat short of an overall majority in the Congress of Deputies . |
| 17 | As things stand , there is now one car for every 4.7 metres ( 5.1 yards ) of road in Japan — a sixth of the space in America or France . |
| 18 | The racing festival is now bigger business than Wimbledon or the Open golf championship . |
| 19 | There is now definite evidence that villagers are trying to meet their energy needs by substituting one resource for another — agricultural wastes for firewood , for example . |
| 20 | The latest news of Bill : he is now official coach for the whole of Bedfordshire for Indoor and Outdoor Bowls . |
| 21 | The goodies , of course , are the potential benefits of the National Lottery , the introduction of which is now official government policy . |
| 22 | But a compromise has just been worked out between the governor , the tribes and Bruce Babbitt , the ex-governor of Arizona who is now interior secretary , under which casino gambling would be restricted to the reservations , and the tribes would be given slot machines in proportion to their population . |
| 23 | But there is now tacit acceptance at the Lord Chancellor 's department that the subject must be investigated . |
| 24 | There is now great momentum and enthusiasm from everyone in the project team which forms an excellent springboard for commissioning this year . ’ |
| 25 | Lyric Fantasy is now 2–1 favourite ( from 5–2 ) with William Hill for the King 's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot tomorrow week . |
| 26 | How one reconstructed a dinosaur might depend upon one 's views of relationships between reptiles and birds ; and indeed with the coming of cladistics , taxonomy based on descent , this is still a live issue , though there is now general agreement that Iguanodon stood on its hind legs . |
| 27 | Maurice Adams , formerly Deputy Director with responsibility for new developments in the UK and overseas , is now General Manager of Acet with responsibility for all ACET operations . |
| 28 | At first the allies decided that the Kurds and the Armenians should be given states of their own in what is now eastern Turkey . |
| 29 | Where they spend winter has hitherto been uncertain ; there is now strong evidence that most of the stock moves south in autumn and winter immediately under pack ice ( Marschall 1988 ) , where they browse on algae . |
| 30 | You fail to do so at your peril : ‘ Me ’ is now categorical imperative . |