Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] that [pron] [is] now " in BNC.

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1 Woodley argues that there is now considerable evidence that higher education has little to fear from an influx of mature students in terms of standards .
2 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 .
3 The article concludes that what is now required is not only a consolidation but also a rethinking of educational interventions if issues of racism , ethnicity and cultural difference are to be adequately addressed in the 1990s and beyond .
4 1784 " The Meeting considering that there is now no Charity Schoolmaster in the Parish of Kildaltan , and Therefore the four pounds yearly for said Schoolmaster falls , and the Gentlemen of the Parish of Kildaltan having represented that they wish to have a fund for Purchasing Communion Tables & furms , and that four pounds sterl. will be necessary for that purpose , … agree to stent themselves for the sd. four pounds for this year . "
5 Improvements in distribution and packaging mean that it is now available all over the country , in supermarkets , delicatessens and specialist cheese shops .
6 In regard to widening the Community , does my right hon. Friend accept that there is now a powerful case for the admission of Austria and Scandinavian countries that are members of the European Free Trade Association ?
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 Weightlessness apparently does no great harm , so President George Bush says that it is now time to send people to Mars .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 AT&T says that it is now exploring the possibility of marketing the components externally .
12 Television was so quick to join the Yuppie Backlash that there is now a real danger of a Yuppie Backlash Drama Backlash , in which the viewer starts muttering about not being able to switch on the bloody set without seeing a broker being broken .
13 Does the Secretary of State accept that there is now evidence that standards in the basics , which the report identified as the key skills on which other learning depends , have fallen ?
14 Increased life expectancy means that it is now a rare occurrence for children to be orphaned .
15 Yesterday 's elections showed that there is now a widespread cynicism about the political system .
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 It might come as something of a surprise to learn that he is now considered to be an Englishman .
22 The site already has a licence for waste disposal , but Leigh says that it is now considering the future of the site .
23 But the bass player claims that he 's now put his beer guzzling days behind him .
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