Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] now [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there is also in English a more substantial effect on linguistic form for all the separatives ; they are ungrammatical in predicative position , even when qualifying the same nouns that they can accompany fully acceptably in attributive position : ( 47 ) the king is/will be future fortunately , Dostoievsky 's execution was mock Likewise , in the attributive phrases in ( 48 ) , possible and occasional are separative , qualifying the relationship between the entity of the noun phrase and the descriptions RIVAL and SAILORS respectively , rather than directly qualifying the entity itself : ( 48 ) a possible rival now came on the scene Wilkes and Andersen are occasional sailors ( the last pair of words has much the same meaning as the phrase week-end sailors ) . |
| 2 | In the beginning Dungeness is conceived to have been a simple spit springing from the coast in the vicinity of Fairlight ( A on Fig. 8.31 ) and extending eastwards across a broad bay now occupied by Romney Marsh . |
| 3 | The fat man was stocky and broad-faced , but the fat was a thin disguise cloaking the layered muscles of a retired athlete now restricted by his job to twice-weekly sessions at the health club . |
| 4 | It had been so quick and thorough that only a few people now remained around it , staring glassy-eyed , and the Rante itself already seemed oddly quiet and deserted . |
| 5 | A heart-breaking wail now rose from those who had not been killed outright . |
| 6 | Here there 's the possibility of a diversion to Felbrigg Hall — a Jacobean house now run by the National Trust . |
| 7 | The triple-towered castle which is today still a prominent landmark now serves as a historical museum . |
| 8 | Masayoshi Yamada , a Japanese artist now based in Paris , is as skilled in the medium of torn-up newspaper as in his use of brush and paints . |
| 9 | A similar committee now exists in the Russian Federation ( Smith , 1992 , pp. 202–32 ; Schmid , 1990 , pp. 54–60 ) . |
| 10 | The IFS argues that a similar change now needs to be made to employers ' contributions . |
| 11 | Bradford CAB has focused on the advice needs of mentally handicapped people through a unique project now funded by Bradford Metropolitan Council . |
| 12 | Multiculturalism , as expressed in the Swann Report or in the writings of Jeffcoate , James , Lynch and Parekh , is based on the premise that the key issue facing schools is how to create tolerance for black minorities and their cultures in a white nation now characterized by cultural diversity or cultural pluralism . |
| 13 | Rediscovering Pompeii is a fascinating exhibition now showing at the Accademia Italiana London . |
| 14 | Rediscovering Pompeii is a fascinating exhibition now showing at the Accademia Italiana London . |
| 15 | In Northern Ireland , of course , education is a provincial service now administered by a special authority . |
| 16 | The previously unthinkable prospect of a non-academic career now began to be thought — with fear , dismay and bewilderment on Robyn 's part . |
| 17 | Well we 've also heard the the the , the paradox that , as Moira said , there 's a growing stigma now attached to people who do smoke |
| 18 | Some eight years after that wedding James was less happily responsible for another major work in the city : the Flodden Wall , of which only a battlemented tower now remains in the Vennel between Lauriston Place and the Grassmarket . |
| 19 | The advance was a distance of about five or six miles , passing through Bavant , a small village now occupied by No. 6 Commando . |
| 20 | The rooms were over a former shop now used by a small-time printer , and the clacking and rumbling of his press would underscore the activities of the squad . |
| 21 | For example , a successful group now breeds around the power stations at Southwick and Portslade . |
| 22 | What was previously assumed to be given for a single capital now needs to be explained . |
| 23 | Anyway I mean I 've got a fair pile now to take in August ai n't I ? |
| 24 | This shows a floral device identical to that at the centre of a reassembled pavement now displayed in Colchester Museum ( pI . |
| 25 | I I I think erm a lot of teachers would now look back on those days with er a certain fondness now bearing in mind what 's what 's happened since and the the the succession of education secretaries we 've had since since then I mean had the only one in recent years who I would say has attempted a genuine dialogue with the teachers and tried to do something constructive is John McGregor . |
| 26 | Although a lack of continuity of part-time workers and the difficulty of accruing experience may partially justify higher demands on volunteers , nevertheless the outer London suburbs suspect that the heavy demand of a 2-day-a-week commitment now placed on all new London volunteers stems not from these practical considerations but from a poor stereotypical image of the volunteer and from a negative attitude towards volunteering in general . |
| 27 | They sat along one wall by unspoken consent , like a school dance : a grey-haired man in a grey anorak with a once-brutal face now cowed by misery into a sort of gentleness ; an Asian couple , he in a leather jacket , resigned , she pretty and solicitous ; another grey-haired man who looked as though defeat was what he was born for ; a bearded man with a red scarf , lips twitching as he rehearsed things to say , things which would not help . |
| 28 | Although the very thought of court action had brought him out in a cold sweat , the same grittiness which had enabled his father to jump ship and seek a new life now came to his rescue . |
| 29 | A potential problem now exists in deciding who should pay for such detailed assessments : mother and baby units must attract referrals from outside their district to remain financially viable , and their high ratio of staff to patients is likely to prove expensive . |
| 30 | In a fashionable area now known as Brompton Cross ( just a short walk from Harrods , Joseph and The Conran Shop ) , Linda and Neville Codling run Eastern Accents which they founded nine years ago on their return from the Far East . |