Example sentences of "a [noun] now be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In no circumstances can a debtor now be sent to prison for failing , no matter how deliberately , to pay a hotel bill or an account with a shop or a hire-purchase debt , yet the air has not been filled with the ululations of stricken credit traders unable to recover their money . |
| 2 | The Museum will be investigating post-war fashion photography in depth in a show now being prepared by Martin Harrison and we hope to address other aspects of photography in greater depth on future occasions . |
| 3 | But with a date of construction for the wall extending well into the fourth century , and a date now being assigned for the general run of external towers somewhat earlier than that previously postulated in the Theodosian reconstruction of British towns and cities , it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that both may be contemporary . |
| 4 | With up to one third of a lifetime now being spent in retirement , increasing attention is being paid to the quality of that life . |
| 5 | A mother-in-law ( that 's how I thought about her already ) , a French mother-in-law who 's been deserted by an Englishman now being introduced by her daughter to the Englishman she wants to marry ? |