Example sentences of "now [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand that the company has now completed a feasibility study on such an installation and is considering the appointment of consultants to prepare an environmental impact analysis , including consideration of alternative technology . |
| 2 | In addition to the many personal representation made to members of the council on the subject of fox hunting on county council land , the county secretary has now received a total of two hundred and six written representations nearly as many as me . |
| 3 | We have now received a report from Computer Services on a Committee Management System . |
| 4 | Er we have now received a package from them . |
| 5 | On 2 November 1715 , General Forster , who had now received a commission from the Earl of Mar appointing him Commander-in-Chief of the Jacobite forces in England , led his somewhat reluctant army through Longtown and Brampton towards Penrith , though the Highlanders with him had cheered up , and become noticeably more loyal , on being promised the handsome pay of sixpence [ 2.5p ] a day . |
| 6 | I trust that you have now received a list of the Social Work Centres and also that you had a profitable meeting with regarding the design of the front cover . |
| 7 | We have now received a list of debenture holders of this line , which we feel sure sure will interest our readers . |
| 8 | He had now formed a plan to write about the falsely sunny period before the Great War . |
| 9 | Ray Brabrooke of High Rise Fishkeeping fame ( the man with a 54 tank fishhouse five storeys up in a tower block ) has now formed a club dedicated to those who love to grow aquatic plants . |
| 10 | The centre has now gathered a number of signatures from other voluntary and community groups which are supporting its request to the Office of Wages Councils to reconsider the abolition of the Wages Council . |
| 11 | The French manufacturers Arva , who have been making an interesting alternative range of transceivers for some years , have now developed a system of amplifying the radio signal so that a ski patroller in a helicopter can home in on a buried skier . |
| 12 | The three freed men , Winston Allen , Noel Bell and James Hegan , have now joined a campaign for Latimer 's release . |
| 13 | Pauline Mitchell , Darlington council 's housing director , said they had now installed a humidistat and extractor fan in the house . |
| 14 | Here they 've now installed a greenhouse which is their pride and joy and somewhere to relax after a hard day 's gardening . |
| 15 | Galloway had now installed a motor mechanic there whom he had hired to look after his new motor vehicles . |
| 16 | The ducks , who live on a pond within the precincts of the court , have now added a duckling to their numbers . |
| 17 | Among those who received awards yesterday was Claire Metcalfe , 15 , of Thornaby , who has been practicing judo since she was five and has now won a place in the national team . |
| 18 | You 've missed a You 've now dropped a plus sign out have n't you ? |
| 19 | Better news is that the Meco factory in Worcester , which was due to close , has now earned a reprieve , saving three hundred jobs . |
| 20 | What started as ‘ just a bit of fun ’ has now earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records . |
| 21 | In place of the nineteenth-century sense of a succession of literary historical " periods " , scholars have now revealed a continuum of " interlocking elements " making it clear that in all times the " spirit of literature " is one . |
| 22 | Apparently even the Prime Minister has now seen a copy . |
| 23 | That I 'm organizing in that I have now done a little bit more research . |
| 24 | He has now written a play about Alfred called Brother Mine , and Finney 's pugnacious indignation is a wonder to behold . |
| 25 | She 's spent 6 years researching his life and she 's now written a book which describes him as a talented , but essentially ordinary man . |
| 26 | It has now prepared a short-list of five projects for the next round of decisions to be made in a year or two , although the agency warns that these more ambitious and expensive projects can only be funded at the rate of one every 2½ years . |
| 27 | Our newly appointed Treasurer has now prepared a Balance Sheet for the nine months ended 31 December 1991 . |
| 28 | Their role in bringing environmental impact assessment ( EIA ) on to the statute book is well known , but the Commission has now made a proposal ( CEC 1989 ) for the ‘ establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Monitoring and Information Network ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ The Queen has now made a gesture towards public opinion and has recognised in the modern world that the monarch does have to pay income tax . |
| 30 | It is perhaps interesting to note that whilst the LMS legislation would appear to be part of a wider strategy for the control of public expenditure , it has now spawned a range of better-informed pressure groups which , when focusing on the quality of the education service , find themselves increasingly calling for greater expenditure on books , teaching materials , equipment and the maintenance of school premises ! |