Example sentences of "now [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is very much the same as sample 3 , but the tucking needles are now tucking for two rows before knitting two rows . |
| 2 | Once again , the same format as the previous two samples , but needles are now tucking for four rows before knitting for four rows . |
| 3 | And we are now catering for 160 staff at Glasgow Development Agency in their new top quality restaurant where there is emphasis on healthy eating . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | Broadleaves now account for 46 per cent of all new plantings in the UK . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They now account for forty per cent of sales . |
| 8 | With little promotional support , cask ale sales are rising and now account for 20 per cent of the total beer market . |
| 9 | They were both introduced in 1979 and now account for 30 per cent of sales in the US of Z80-type microprocessors . |
| 10 | What will be the new proper numbers of the agents at the side of the page when now stands for 8 ? |
| 11 | Last night the company said it was now looking for four full-time and one part-time person . |
| 12 | But she has been able to provide brief descriptions and detectives are now looking for three youths . |
| 13 | On top of this military expenditure , the government had to find the cost of Edward IV 's funeral ( £1,886 ) and the cost of Edward V 's coronation , now rescheduled for 22 June . |
| 14 | On top of this military expenditure , the government had to find the cost of Edward IV 's funeral ( £1,886 ) and the cost of Edward V 's coronation , now rescheduled for 22 June . |
| 15 | Diarrhoea , which I had now had for five days , finally drove me from my bed at six-thirty . |
| 16 | Put your pointer over one of the sides of the border that now stretches for twelve cells , click , and drag the range to where you want it . |
| 17 | Shares fell by 15% after Eurotunnel announced a further delay in the opening of the Channel tunnel ; this is now scheduled for 15 December 1993 . |
| 18 | Most people now opt for one of the textured nylons , such as Ardura , Cordura or Kodra . |
| 19 | Rural land now accounts for 85 per cent of the country 's total land area of 10.597 million ha . |
| 20 | The ‘ peripheral ’ workforce as a whole now accounts for 34 per cent of those in employment — 8.1 million people . |
| 21 | Unleaded fuel now accounts for 46.7 per cent of all the petrol consumed in the EC , according to figures released by Eurostat , the Community 's statistics office . |
| 22 | Nothing costs over £50 , prices start at £9 , and the line now accounts for 65 per cent of my overall sales . ’ |
| 23 | Traffic now accounts for 51 per cent of total nitrogen oxide emissions , compared to 31 per cent in 1980 . |
| 24 | Clearly the agenda for Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley will be to prune the £80 billion the DSS spends on various welfare benefits , as this now accounts for 29 per cent of the government 's social security budget . |
| 25 | I have now settled for two types of float for bream fishing . |
| 26 | WONDER BOY LEE SHARPE , hugely popular with the Old Trafford fans , must now rest for two months to recover from viral meningitis . |
| 27 | Which has now run for five years and could continue for another twelve to fifteen years , until he 's supplied the remaining six albums . |
| 28 | Orbis Ali , an Afar , announced that his resignation was in protest against the civil war , which had now continued for one year , and against the deteriorating economic situation . |
| 29 | He projects a fiscal surplus for 1990–91 of £7 billion , the same as the outturn he now expects for 1989–90 . |
| 30 | Will he now confirm , since he seems to regard all problems as being entirely domestic , that over the second half of the last year industrial production fell in the United States , in Japan and elsewhere and that Germany 's gross domestic product has now declined for three quarters in succession and Germany is in recession ? |