Example sentences of "now that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The House of Commons may be the cradle of our democracy — a little better understood perhaps now that its proceedings are televised . |
| 2 | It was even less palatable now that its strength made the taste discernible . |
| 3 | Tempting , now that its cult has faded , to conclude that it is a phenomenon in the history of publishing rather than of fine writing . |
| 4 | In that time we have found out how it is produced , how it is metabolized and , now that its receptor has been cloned , we are beginning to understand how it acts to release calcium . |
| 5 | Although the Taligent Inc environment is not due to ship until late 1994 or early 1995 , the Apple Computer Inc-IBM Corp joint venture faces heightened competition from Next Computer Inc now that its options have shrunk to making a success of its NextStep environment , and a hot wind from Cairo — Microsoft Corp 's Cairo , that is , is blowing down their neck . |
| 6 | Dubious Penalty , AND a late goal It must be dream , Its taken a year , but now that its here you watch us go … |
| 7 | Still less , perhaps , now that its history is gloriously told . |
| 8 | ‘ As you can see , now that we have stopped exposing ourselves to Tramen-exhalation we have developed heads and can talk to each other for the first time . |
| 9 | Now that we knew the line , we progressed quickly into the wild world of the seemingly blank walls and hanging stances that made up the meat of the route . |
| 10 | I decided to visit the Marines that evening and , after thanking Mick for his hospitality , made my way back to the orchard , thinking that as I had visited each Commando unit each day when we were in England , why not now that we were in France ? |
| 11 | ‘ Now that we 've each complimented the other on his handsome offspring , I 'll take my leave , Mr Vigo . ’ |
| 12 | You could argue — and some do — that such puddings ought to go the way of the dodo now that we all lead more sedentary and centrally heated lives . |
| 13 | ‘ Now that we are getting back to realistic prices and trading performance can justify capital costs , it makes more sense to invest , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Now that we are playing on an increasingly crowded stage , with 24 Western countries concerting economic assistance to Eastern Europe , and 35 countries negotiating over Europe 's future security , we have to recognise that we are only one voice among many . |
| 15 | I do n't get involved with team matters now that we 've got a manager who can manage . |
| 16 | ‘ Mrs Shakespeare , ’ said the interviewer , ‘ now that we know what the terrorists are asking in return for your son 's life , has your view of the situation changed ? ’ |
| 17 | does not come now , now that we need him most . |
| 18 | ‘ ft can be either , ’ I replied , ‘ now that we know who we are and where we are with one another . ’ |
| 19 | Suppose now that we wish to search the database for axes similar in shape to some given axe . |
| 20 | Now that we 're into the Nineties , the agencies have changed tack , and such Eighties ' characteristics as greed , selfishness and sad Paisley ties have become passé . |
| 21 | It seems now that we are living in an era of endless chopping and changing of conductors and orchestras , with increasingly few lengthy tenures — in the West at least . |
| 22 | Now that we 're lovers we 're closer still . ’ |
| 23 | NOW that we have come back — with our half-used tubes of Factor 20 sun-cream , the remnants of a jar of Arnica ( for bruises ) , and the broken paper umbrella that decked my son 's wiener schnitzel for our last supper — I can give the lie to all those Doubting Thomases who said that five small boys on skis was a recipe for disaster , not a holiday . |
| 24 | Now that we have been offered the choice and the opportunity to buy produce that has n't been sprayed or hybridised , it does seem reasonable to expect that flavour will return . |
| 25 | ‘ Dr. Briant , let me tell you here and now that we are not here to make judgments . |
| 26 | Now that we are facing demands to keep the most detailed records of children 's progress it makes sense to involve children in some of this work . |
| 27 | I do n't realise even now that we will not go back . |
| 28 | And more especially now that we 've started raiding back against the MacIans and their friends . |
| 29 | ‘ Take care now that we do n't take away the king , or we 'll die on us ! ’ |
| 30 | There is little doubt now that we can go forward . |