Example sentences of "[be] now a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knives are now a standard part of the criminal 's equipment and it is very difficult for us to defend ourselves without going beyond the law , but there are ways — as you will see later . |
| 2 | Lastly , the opponents of drainage schemes have long complained about the secrecy with which the Ministry of Agriculture and the water authorities have shrouded their calculations , together with their almost universal resistance to public inquiries , which are now a normal part of the process of consultation preceding road and reservoir schemes . |
| 3 | Automated telling machines outside banks — ‘ through the wall banking ’ as it is picturesquely called — are now a familiar part of the High Street scene . |
| 4 | To give more power to the carver 's elbow there are now a wide range of electric carving systems , and here we test a selection of machines and tools that may offer more than a saving in time |
| 5 | There are now a wide range of postgraduate degrees in diplomas with an EFL orientation . |
| 6 | Exit polls are now a vital part of election night specials — but they are also fatal to the programmes ' capacity to grip an audience through suspense . |
| 7 | These include tribunals , which are now a formal part of the system of adjudication . |
| 8 | This is an area which has expanded enormously in the last twenty years , and there are now a large number of independent schools ( of varying degrees of professionalism and quality ) , as well as state sector Colleges of F.E. and H.E . |
| 9 | That there are now a large number of techs in the country with no young people waiting , modern apprenticeships are going to help that process even further and why are n't modern apprenticeships being welcomed ? |
| 10 | This is now a flourishing area of research , but we shall pick on only one illustration . |
| 11 | The only redeeming feature is historical , since the novel is now a fascinating evocation of Greenwich Village 's long-vanished Bohemia . |
| 12 | The school is now a regular target of vandals . |
| 13 | Purchasers should be aware that environment-friendly CFC-free insulation is now a standard feature of most manufacturers . |
| 14 | However , there is now a wider awareness of the need for greater attention to be paid to changing public attitudes and to the financially unquantifiable effects and social costs of closures to residents ( Hillman and Whalley 1980 ) . |
| 15 | This is now a typical case of the characteristic initial-value problem . |
| 16 | This difference may account for the fact that although there is now a great deal of empirical evidence linking monetary or aggregate demand shocks to real output fluctuations — evidence which we shall discuss in later chapters — the evidence that unexpected price changes affect output is much weaker ( see , for example , Fair , 1979 ) |
| 17 | The advantage of this is that there is now a great deal of choice at competitive prices . |
| 18 | There is now a small body of case law illustrating the application of the reasonableness test by the courts . |
| 19 | There is now a general awareness of the desirability of providing accurate and well-maintained inventories of the holdings of all major publicly funded institutions in order to guard against the loss of objects . |
| 20 | There is now a general acceptance of the belief that the work and context of the mass media deserves deep analysis and that processes of maintenance and reproduction , of manufacturing consent and consensus , are by no means simple or closed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | There is quite a considerable emphasis on traditional animal husbandry and land management in the French uplands , more so than is often evident in the UK , especially in Wales where there is now a long-founded tradition of agricultural improvement of rough grazings . |
| 23 | For the first time since the 1950s the UK is now a net exporter of television sets . |
| 24 | But with patient training and understanding , Lisa is now a much-valued member of the workforce . |
| 25 | But there are some who would say that there is now a contemporary form of false religion ( idolatry and superstition if you prefer ) in the veneration of such characters and their elevation to sainthood . |
| 26 | This suggests that there is now a greater degree of overlap in the characteristics of people accommodated in different forms of care . |
| 27 | There is now a greater degree of formal equality within the social security system . |
| 28 | There is now a well-developed body of theory which explains many aspects of the identification of people from their faces . |
| 29 | There is now a good deal of evidence of such discrimination . |
| 30 | This farmer is now a successful brewer of real ale called , appropriately enough , Larkins ( the name Mr Dockerty 's farm shares with the popular Kentish family created by H E Bates ) . |