Example sentences of "now [vb base] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is from that sheet that the figures were transcribed on to the erm on to the pink and the , the , the , the , erm blue and the yellow sheets which have been circulated and which have been amended so that the figures now correspond on both sheets . |
| 2 | Wilkinson 's Royal Berkshire side went on to beat Raynes Park and now qualify for next Saturday 's final at the Puma Centre in Welwyn . |
| 3 | Now sit in that chair |
| 4 | The only significant opportunities for low-income people to decentralize locally ( as opposed to the longer-distance moves facilitated by the New and Expanded Towns programmes ) have derived from the re-cycling of older and poorer quality housing in the inner suburbs and from the development of spare peripheral sites by city councils-the ‘ outer council estates ’ which now suffer from major social and physical problems because of inaccessibility , limited facilities , faulty design and inadequate maintenance . |
| 5 | The regulations — intended to see off slum landlords — now insist on minimum standards for safety features such as fire escapes , firedoors and hygiene and toilet facilities in any rented property with more than five tenants . |
| 6 | So many porn stars have died from AIDS that producers now insist on safer-sex techniques in the making of videos . |
| 7 | Now tax on electric , gas , and every other fuel and still no shouting . |
| 8 | We remain uninformed both about the now-extinct intermediates and the evolutionary processes that would have been responsible for the diversification of early multicellular animals into what we now perceive as distinct phyla , each with its own body plan . |
| 9 | Mexico 's par bonds , which once fetched 42 cents on the dollar , now sell at 70 cents , reaping pretty profits for the likes of Citicorp and Lloyds . |
| 10 | Many of the larger investment managers now concentrate on institutional funds or set very high minima of £1m or so for the private client portfolios they will take on . |
| 11 | In modern Britain , a mere six publishers now account for 80 per cent of all daily , Sunday , and local newspaper sales ( Coxall and Robins , 1989 , p. 312 ) . |
| 12 | Broadleaves now account for 46 per cent of all new plantings in the UK . |
| 13 | It is noticeable , however , that whereas the G-5 countries now account for 75 per cent of the world 's FDI flow , their position as the five major exporters is a much less concentrated 45 per cent . |
| 14 | He said that imports through European Community countries now account for half of cocaine seizures , and ‘ the practical reality is we can not afford to have open frontiers with countries like the Netherlands , because the consequence is that drugs in increasing numbers come into our countries . ’ |
| 15 | Thirteen of the Pacific nations — the US , Canada , Japan , Australia , New Zealand , Hong Kong , Malaysia , Singapore , Indonesia , Thailand , Brunei and the Philippines — now account for half of the world 's growth . |
| 16 | They now account for forty per cent of sales . |
| 17 | They now account for another quarter . |
| 18 | The aim is to reduce the ranks of the young unemployed who now account for more than half the nation 's two million jobless and to give them an added skill which will help them find work when the training is over . |
| 19 | Employment problems now account for more claims than any other factor , according to LPG , who in one recent case picked up a £13,000 legal costs bill for an accountant dismissed by Lambeth Council . |
| 20 | With little promotional support , cask ale sales are rising and now account for 20 per cent of the total beer market . |
| 21 | They were both introduced in 1979 and now account for 30 per cent of sales in the US of Z80-type microprocessors . |
| 22 | Now meditate on these words of Paul , thinking about what they tell you about the grace and love of God in your own situation or that of someone close to you . |
| 23 | 1.22 The automatic directions now provide for mandatory disclosure of the substance of expert evidence which is to be relied upon at trial within 10 weeks of close of pleadings . |
| 24 | Ex-England and Ipswich boss Bobby Robson , now coach of Sporting Lisbon , has sent his Australian international Vlado Bosinoski , to Portman Road for a week 's trial . |
| 25 | The ancestors of those who now process with marching bands , once crouched in rows panning the streams under the eye of armed guards . |
| 26 | Though the unit still has responsibility for keeping ministers informed of developments in the UK oil and gas industry , most of the 86 staff working for OSO now focus on worldwide developments , including opportunities in the former Soviet republics and other areas which were closed markets to British exporters until a few years ago . |
| 27 | In East Germany , in contrast , the curators and other employees now depend upon private trustees from the West for their livelihood . |
| 28 | This is a far cry from the laws which now pertain to this crop , more familiar today under its Latin name of Cannabis sativa . |
| 29 | Malcolm Muggeridge asked whether it was n't time for the monarchy to engage professional public relations consultants , ‘ in place of the rather ludicrous courtiers who now function as such . ’ |
| 30 | Unofficial forecasts for inflation this month alone now range between 25 and 60 per cent — and companies will be free to set whatever prices they like from now on . |