Example sentences of "was now [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original cause of disaffiliation , ILP control over its parliamentary group , was now proving to be disruptive to the Party . |
| 2 | Although the girl 's sister Christie was now engaged to be married and their Uncle Nathan in Leeds had tried to persuade Sarah to take over as his housekeeper , Sarah had dug in her heels and refused the invitation . |
| 3 | Child-centred education , at least in the Primary schools , was now seen to be respectable . |
| 4 | The trade surplus was now expected to be less than US$10,000 million for the year compared to $16,000 million for 1989 ( US$1.00=129.826 cruzeiros as at Nov. 29 , 1990 ) . |
| 5 | That the signing of Nafta was now thought to be unlikely until after the November 1992 US presidential elections was a serious political setback for Salinas , who had invested considerable political capital in reaching an accord . |