Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [conj] it [be] now " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apple Computer Inc says it is still on target for mid-1994 launch of its first RISC-based Macintosh after IBM Corp announced that it was now shipping the first PowerPC chips to Apple . |
| 2 | But later the Irish pound recovered and it is now comfortably within its level in the ERM , Europe 's currency club . |
| 3 | The Institute says that it is now receiving a steady stream of IVA notifications every month , a phenomenon which , until the recession started , was extremely rare . |
| 4 | In 1232 the Waverley annalist noted that it was now eight years since the king had confirmed the Great Charter and the Charter of the Forest and the bishops had pronounced sentence of excommunication against those who violated them . |
| 5 | In paragraph 12 of his affidavit , the coroner doubts whether it is now possible to hold a fair and useful inquest . |
| 6 | Improvements in distribution and packaging mean that it is now available all over the country , in supermarkets , delicatessens and specialist cheese shops . |
| 7 | So much tree clearance work was done during the first ten years of the existence of Catchment Boards that it is now difficult to get a complete picture of the derelict state of the rivers before the passing of the Land Drainage Act in 1930 . |
| 8 | The House of Lords disagreed and it is now the law that it may be enough for the transaction to contain an element of bounty if it is of the kind conferred by the exercise of a special power of appointment . |
| 9 | Weightlessness apparently does no great harm , so President George Bush says that it is now time to send people to Mars . |
| 10 | Lord Justice Browne-Wilkinson said that it is now apparently accepted that it is for the courts to decide whether a privilege exists and for the House of Commons to decide whether such privilege has been infringed . |
| 11 | According to Litchfield ( 1989 ) , the dried product consists of 72 per cent protein but , although it is an acceptable animal feed supplement , the drop in world soya-bean meal prices mean that it is now no longer produced on a commercial basis . |
| 12 | AT&T says that it is now exploring the possibility of marketing the components externally . |
| 13 | The Vicariate 's last head , Mgr Sergio Valech , stated that although the task was not finished , the church believed that it was now the duty of civilian society " to safeguard the basic principles of human rights " . |
| 14 | His eyes rested on her , mocking her , and Folly knew that it was now or never . |
| 15 | Increased life expectancy means that it is now a rare occurrence for children to be orphaned . |
| 16 | Does the Minister think that it is now time to implement the proposals in the report ’ Escaping the Debt Trap ’ to introduce social loans , to take more stringent action against loan sharks who exploit poor people by their extortionate interest rates and to encourage a more responsible lending policy by banks ? |
| 17 | Will the Minister confirm that it is now five years since the Herald of Free Enterprise capsized , with tremendous loss of life , and two years since the committee for the research programme into the safety of roll on/roll off ferries said that something should be done about the safety of existing ferries — those built before 1990 ? |
| 18 | Cray Research Inc , Eagan , Minnesota says that it is now offering a workstation version of its UniChem molecular modelling program written for its supercomputers : the new version is available on Silicon Graphics Inc workstations and a version for other Unix workstations will be offered later this year ; prices start at $45,000 , compared with $130,000 on a supercomputer . |
| 19 | Does the Prime Minister recall that it is now more than 12 months since he first started dithering about the election date , since when 750,000 peole have lost their jobs ? |
| 20 | Authorities of all types and sizes commented on this problem , some just touching on it , others indicating that it is now paramount to them : |
| 21 | Music , writing and nautch dancing all flourished ; the old military aristocracy complained that it was now sitar and sarangi players , not generals and cavalrymen , who were rewarded with honours and estates . |
| 22 | Two weeks ago I wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury suggesting that it was now time for the Church Militant to denounce antibiotics in the same uncompromising terms once used against usury , but I suspect my advice ( admittedly unsolicited ) will go the same way as the seed of Onan . |
| 23 | The site already has a licence for waste disposal , but Leigh says that it is now considering the future of the site . |