Example sentences of "this was now " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was now cruelly exacerbated ; for she became even more dependent on them , not least financially . |
| 2 | This was now ; there was a reason for everything ; it was simply a matter of courage and patience . |
| 3 | However , this was now slowing down as the asset value and employment value of the farm was appreciated — a situation that compared with Orkney and North Yorkshire . |
| 4 | To this was now added , untimely as his father 's nose-bleed at Salisbury , a bout of measles . |
| 5 | This was now only a week away . |
| 6 | The Raworth regenerative system could only be properly tested if the whole service was worked by regenerative cars and this was now possible . |
| 7 | This was now . |
| 8 | This was now attempted , but I got nowhere near finding out , because none of them would estimate over the phone . |
| 9 | One veteran observer of the New York museum scene summarised the insular society 's predicament : ‘ During the 60s , 70s and 80s when all other institutions realised that there was no way that they could build up an endowment without catering to the masses and without appealing to the federal government , museums went with cap in hand ; they saw this was now the game . |
| 10 | This was now achieved . |
| 11 | He told George Seferis that , in his prose writings , the need for honesty and clarity entailed the kind of elaborate elucidation which audiences found dull ; but this was now the manner that Eliot adopted , and it is possible to see the equivocations and hesitations of his later prose work as aspects of what was essentially a Socratic method of inquiry rather than an expression of caution or indecision . |
| 12 | This was now the prayer of all British colonial administrators : ‘ peace in our time ’ . |
| 13 | This was now , at forty-two , her lot . |
| 14 | In other words , the repatriations of the Yugoslavs should continue ; the methods being used to carry them out were found to be " satisfactory " as an alternative to the " use of force " , and this was now a matter of full agreement between Eighth Army and AFHQ . |
| 15 | It occurred to him with a sudden pang that this was now in jeopardy . |
| 16 | Whereas in March 1989 a public-sector debt repayment ( PSDR ) of nearly £14,000 million in 1989-90 had been forecast [ see p. 36529 ] , this was now expected to be only just over £7,000 million , and a broadly similar PSDR of £6,900 million was currently projected for 1990-91 . |
| 17 | This was now centred on Madain ( or Ctesiphon ) , not far from the site of future Baghdad . |
| 18 | But this was now increasingly unusual : the individual ambassador or envoy leading and controlling a mission whose other members were clearly his subordinates was established as the norm . |
| 19 | But this was now an outdated view , or on the verge of being so . |
| 20 | In practice Anglo-American co-operation had been increasing for some years , but this was now expanded . |
| 21 | There had always been a radical element in the local Labour parties and this was now augmented by former members of the ILP who were returning to the Labour Party in large numbers . |
| 22 | We 've talked to the existing publishers and this was now eight weeks ago and they still have n't written despite many phone calls from me to put suggestions forward as to costings and so on . |
| 23 | There was a stall in front , but because of the inclement weather this was now bare so they opened the door and went inside . |