Example sentences of "[verb] now be [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why the Scots in general , and the sea-fishermen in particular , should have put up with this monstrous injustice is hard to understand , but the insult has now been compounded to a degree which surely demands some national response . |
| 2 | This study has now been tied to a vision of Englishness which is itself insulated from any concern with cultural power and control . |
| 3 | 1988 The fact that Diana is bored by Charles 's polo obsession is now common knowledge and , significantly , the kiss on the mouth has now been reduced to a mere peck on the cheek . |
| 4 | The original dispersed development strategy ended up with a shortfall , something like two thousand dwellings , compared to the sites which had been agreed between the various authorities at the time , it 's also worth noting that that was based on a dwelling target of nine thousand one hundred for Greater York , I think that 's correct , over the period since actual sites which have been agreed between the authorities since then have clearly increased , so as you 've seen in my appendix eight the residual requirement has now been reduced to a a level of nine hundred and forty seven . |
| 5 | However , the Albion workforce , which has now been reduced to a strength of 480 after 67 redundancies two weeks ago , intends to maintain a high profile in its campaign to save the factory . |
| 6 | It has now been restored to a superb family home by the present Lord and Lady Feversham and it is hard to imagine that only a few years ago the house was little more than an empty , echoing shell . |
| 7 | The restructuring of the UK Refining and Chemicals businesses was the most extensive of all the rationalisation remits , but has now been brought to a successful conclusion . |