Example sentences of "now [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now 70 and barely able to look after himself he was easy prey for the two con men who called at his home . |
| 2 | Now 70 and barely able to look after himself he was easy prey for the two con men who called at his home . |
| 3 | The line is now extinct but at the time we arrived they had lived in the castle for some five hundred years . |
| 4 | I sat on a log among the shadows of creatures now extinct and others long since departed for pasture in the south . |
| 5 | Frank is now 79 and we invited him out of retirement to skipper another tug and remember the heyday of the canals . |
| 6 | It is now mass-produced and freshly baked in supermarkets ' own in-store bakeries all over the country . |
| 7 | Erm , this was in fact something you know , coming from , I think the feminist movement and very much a a it was quite new for middle class women to go out and work , and you know they are now aghast that they 're you know , having to juggle all these things but these were traditions that had in fact , been handed down . |
| 8 | It is now dear that Waite 's involvement was peripheral and that he was used by North as a cover to conceal the true reason for Jacobsen 's release . |
| 9 | From his office window , the Bursar could see a quarter of an acre of dense undergrowth lying behind the School Pavilion ; it was once the site of the Convent greenhouses and allotments , but now unused and neglected . |
| 10 | She might have sat all afternoon , nibbling and stuporous , exhausted but not sleepy ; but the glazier finally came down from the upper floor , cheerfully announcing that all was now right and tight and he would be on his way . |
| 11 | We feel it is now right and proper that the debate is to be had and that our roots , our heritage and our future are defended on our terms and in our forums and not in the editorials of Sunday newspapers , and as for les people 's letters to the newspapers , and Kinnock and co saying to people , individual members , why should the Labour Party not trust you with the choice of your candidate , it is you who do the work to get them elected , who are they kidding ? |
| 12 | Fears are now rife that the price could plunge well below 30p by the end of the year . |
| 13 | He acknowledged that his marriage had had difficulties in the past , and conceded " wrongdoing " and " causing pain " within it , but insisted that it was now stable and strong . |
| 14 | Derek Lewis , prison service director general , said Wymott was now stable and the governor and staff were in control . |
| 15 | His eyes were very bloodshot , like small balls of scarlet in his dark countenance , and his cheeks , of which the Collector had always admired the plumpness and the polish , were now hollow and covered with a dark , wispy down . |
| 16 | And not because the imperialists have become wiser and kinder , but because they have become weaker , because the camp of peace is now strong as never before . ’ |
| 17 | Her two daughters are now eight and nine years old . |
| 18 | Now eight or nine-year-olds are being taught about periods in schools . |
| 19 | Despite the difficulties there are now eight or nine themes that define the programme of the physics committee of the science and Engineering Research Council . |
| 20 | Mrs Owen , now chalk-white and motionless on her trolley , was wheeled behind curtains . |
| 21 | In some wooded areas which have developed in recent decades on open ground , such as abandoned heathlands , the opportunity is being taken to restore the now scarce and declining open habitat . |
| 22 | He had ascertained during daylight that the lavatory was diagonally across the passage from his room door , and , as the passage was now unlit and he was unable to find the light switch , he crossed the passage in the dark and , by feeling his way , came to a door which he believed to be that of the lavatory , but which was in fact a door leading to the basement . |
| 23 | Taylor and Ford ( 1983 : 183 ) note that ‘ the distinction between the ’ young ’ and the ‘ old ’ elderly is now commonplace' and suggest that this is manifested in , among other factors , the greater likelihood that the old elderly live in poor housing and that they have incomes below or near the supplementary-benefit rate . |
| 24 | He must satisfy me that it will be lawful to administer a blood transfusion in the circumstances now prevailing and so I ask myself , has Miss T. evinced a settled intention to refuse a transmission of blood come what may , even if that refusal costs her her life ? |
| 25 | It was by now that and I wondered whether chilli had been a good choice for a hot meal . |
| 26 | And this is what the , the what 's name now that when it 's opened in nineteen ninety two the communist block will be able to come through Germany this way in . |
| 27 | He reminded the members that the annual subscription is now due and should be paid to him as the Meeting had appointed him as Membership Secretary ( see above ) . |
| 28 | When the imagined objector said that there was no reason to pay the money now due as tax before the tax law was passed he was of course right . |
| 29 | His voice was now low and bitter , and he looked ill . |
| 30 | He is now upset that it is not our policy and keeps saying that the views in it must be the views of Ministers . |