Example sentences of "a [noun] [pron] [be] now [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His role was effectively one of a papal nuncio , a part which is now played by Fidel Castro , who is the epitome of the charismatic caudillo . |
| 2 | We are on familiar ground , since this idealism is none other than his deeper — sometimes he called it deepest , sometimes highest — realism ; but with new implications in that he is beginning to show a sensitiveness to the actual which no doubt existed before but was rarely evident , a sensitiveness which is now coming out like a bruise . |
| 3 | As a result he is now registered blind in one eye . |
| 4 | Oi , Lucinda , I have n't got a bandage We are now approaching , erm , French . |
| 5 | Equalization is not so much between classes as between individuals within a population which is now treated for this purpose as though it were one class . |
| 6 | All in all , it 's a service which is now attracting over £100m a day from businesses across the country . |
| 7 | Erm er I 'm very grateful to Dr and I 'll offer him another story , a woman who 's now died whom I used to visit who sat with her coal fire set but not lit until someone would come to the door . |
| 8 | Government grant is distributed through a mechanism which is now called the standard spending assessment , an awful word , or phrase , but it is absolutely vital , and if you look at the standard spending assessment given to this county the government is saying we ought to be able to provide all the services for a total cost of eight hundred and seventy nine pounds per charge payer . |
| 9 | She turned to the stranger who had just finished talking to a mechanic who was now giving her car the once-over . |
| 10 | That poetry had been written at Lausanne more than twenty years before , in a world which was now disappearing . |
| 11 | That is a principle which is now honoured in the breach , most notably in the power extended to police officers to issue instructions to prevent an apprehended breach of the peace , a power which apparently is subject to very little effective judicial scrutiny or control . |
| 12 | As to the exact locality of the pain , it was difficult to convey that it had grown , and that instead of having a pain he was now contained inside it . |