Example sentences of "the [noun] [conj] it now [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The closing words of the subsection as it now stands , providing that ‘ in determining whether accommodation is suitable they shall have regard to Part IX ( slum clearance ) , X ( overcrowding ) and XI ( houses in multiple occupation ) of this Act ’ seem to me to call unmistakably for the exercise by the local authority of a subjective judgment as to what constitutes suitable accommodation . |
| 2 | The rule as it now stands is a contradiction . |
| 3 | What is needed is a relaxation of the law as it now stands to allow the controlled admission of children to certain pubs at certain times of day . |
| 4 | He asked Office minister David Mellor whether he still wished or instructed local authorities to enforce the law as it now stands . |
| 5 | In this — his last — introduction Dicey sought to ‘ compare our constitution as it stood and worked in 1884 with the constitution as it now stands in 1914 ’ His views are illuminating . |
| 6 | Yesterday Mr Patten said that under the Bill as it now stands he will be able to demand a re-run of voting on grant-maintained status where he has evidence it was not fairly conducted . |
| 7 | It is tempting to dismiss Symphony as yesterday 's software on the grounds that it now looks very unexciting even as a DOS product . |
| 8 | The resolution will be put to the League 's annual meeting on Friday , and Rovers hope the fact that it now has official support , will be sufficient to have it passed despite anticipated opposition . |