Example sentences of "but now [that] " in BNC.
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| 31 | His father had taught him that these must be suppressed , but now that the old attorney was dead Paul felt free to become himself ; what that might mean was not yet clear to him . |
| 32 | The reply was , ‘ Not Rs5,000 , Your Ex cell ency , but Rs25,000 , but now that you speak to me about it I will not take it . ’ |
| 33 | But now that the resort is quieter and cleaner , it more than compensates for the lack of clothes bargains . |
| 34 | Perhaps I just had n't noticed before , but now that I did , it seemed that funerals , and allied subjects , were very much the in thing . |
| 35 | ‘ But now that you mention it , it could be the Special Calf-Skin Carry-On Bag . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ But now that you mention it , I think I 've discovered something very odd going on around here . ’ |
| 37 | But now that I am , you see Marion as a threat to your position . |
| 38 | But now that faithful old slogan has been dropped . |
| 39 | But now that the boys are at school , she can concentrate on improving her own skills around the twisting track marked out by red and white truck-tyre barriers . |
| 40 | But now that the GLC was about to be abolished and GLEB was in trouble , the paper , with Horsley 's enthusiastic support , decided to move to Manchester . |
| 41 | ‘ My first aim has to be success with Llanelli but now that I 've accepted this position I 'm going to be totally committed to developing Welsh rugby ’ . |
| 42 | But now that Lorenzini had mentioned him he realized that it was n't . |
| 43 | I ALREADY reviewed this back in July but now that it 's finally been given a British release ‘ Perfect Day ’ will , in time , be seen as a perfect moment from MFS 's classic period , alongside excursions from Cosmic Baby , Microglobe and Mind Gear . |
| 44 | Not that it mattered ( I told myself again ) one way or the other , but now that my brother 's arrival was postponed at least until Monday , it would be good to have something of the story checked . |
| 45 | But now that Dempsey had gone , the question had to be asked ( no date , p.82 ) . |
| 46 | The genuineness of the Ring of Minos has been questioned by Nilsson , but now that it is lost , allegedly buried somewhere in the garden of Nicolaos Pollakis , the priest of Fortetsa , who for a time shortly after its discovery was its owner , the question will probably never be resolved ( Warren 1982 ) . |
| 47 | Nitro-chalk was at one time a by-product of the gas and other industries , but now that manufacturing methods have changed , it is not so plentiful or cheap . |
| 48 | But now that the road to peace in Cambodia once more looks at risk , the country needs the world 's attention again . |
| 49 | But now that the population is no longer growing , increases in GNP will have to rely almost entirely on rising productivity — and during the 1970s and 1980s productivity grew , on average , by only 3% a year . |
| 50 | But now that the North Sea is open too the members of the EEC , the saithe , which is popular especially in France and Germany , is being fished heavily . |
| 51 | The US Federal Trade Commission 's investigation of Microsoft Corp has had an air of unreality about it , with few people imagining that it will come to anything very much or lead to any significant change in the market , but now that the thing may be coming to a climax , what are the possible outcomes ? |
| 52 | It needed a two-tier design approach , but now that it 's got one — compliments of the VRX implementation ( UX No 379 ) — the window of opportunity is n't as wide open . |
| 53 | I 've had support from as far away as Boston , Massachusetts ( nowhere else , actually ) , for the retention of old Sir Wynkyn at the head of this column , but now that I have met the new fellow , commissioned at vast expense ( as the Editor has been at pains to point out ) , I feel he 's quite me . |
| 54 | But now that I look at her , I 've changed my mind . ’ |
| 55 | All through our time at Canjuers , through the days of rain and abscesses on our hands , mud and sleeping in sodden clothes , we had dreamed of the moment when we would be able to walk into a cakeshop or bar and be able to buy what we wanted , but now that the choice was available , we did nothing about it . |
| 56 | But now that King James VI of Scotland was also King James I of England he was determined to rule both kingdoms so as to allow no further violence between them . |
| 57 | They used to be called blue-green algae because they appeared to be close relatives of the green algae that are common in ponds , but now that their very primitive character is recognised , they are referred to as cyanophytes or simply , blue-greens . |
| 58 | Three years earlier Richard had performed homage to King Louis at Montmirail but now that he had worn the ring of St Valerie he could claim that he held his duchy in indissoluble union with the people of Aquitaine and the saints who watched over them . |
| 59 | But now that he had had a good sleep , he could see that Strawberry was really a harmless , decent sort of fellow . |
| 60 | But now that we 're getting or going to get presumably more involved in union matters it might be advantageous if we could have a minute taker . |