Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] now that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of any scheme would be very large and I should make clear now that the Government can not contemplate funding expenditure on this scale from public funds . |
| 2 | They are in danger of becoming complacent now that we have reached welcome lower levels of inflation , and are lulling themselves into believing that the problem has been ’ licked ’ . |
| 3 | The Secretary of State argued , inter alia , that the selection process necessary now that the grammar schools were to be retained could not be adequately organised within the available time , and that this was unreasonable behaviour within section 68 . |
| 4 | It seemed clear now that there was a side to Elise which Merrill had n't known at all . |
| 5 | It seemed incredible now that Luke had held her in those heart-rocking moments , that the hands which were now thrust deeply into his pockets had caressed her until she was torn with longing . |
| 6 | In parliament the position seemed worse now that the Unionist leaders sat on the government front bench while their followers continued to sit as the opposition . |
| 7 | Firstly , do the findings of the Black report relating to the period up to and including 1983 remain unchanged now that more comprehensive data sets and analyses are available ? |
| 8 | ‘ She has not been well and I do n't mind admitting now that we were very worried , ’ he said . |
| 9 | The television news-reader 's voice still rang across the room , sounding forlorn now that no one was listening . |
| 10 | He was never very nice when he was alive and he seems to have got worse now that he 's dead . |
| 11 | The two other big diversified computer companies are Unisys Corp at $8,400m or so , and NCR Corp at $7,100m — only the same size as Apple Computer Inc , a pure personal computer play with few designs on the data centre — and if AT&T Co is really serious about making it big in the computer industry , it will soon have to start thinking of buying NCR a present — and Unisys begins to look tempting now that James Unruh has finally got the company onto an even keel and Unisys ' own mainframe millstones under control . |
| 12 | ‘ As the University is so pressurised for space we must make sure now that we get the best courses that we possibly can and that they will earn the income to justify their inception . ’ |
| 13 | Such an approach has become possible now that the overall structures of the models fall broadly within the same theoretical framework . |
| 14 | Rachel was getting bored now that Billy had used up all his funny faces . |
| 15 | Why are n't more people buying organic now that the supermarkets have made it so easy ? |
| 16 | In fact the actor , who reassures fans that he has no plans to quit 90210 now that his movie career is under way , has a more than healthy respect for the opposite sex — a lot of it born out of his admiration at how his mother struggled through during the dark early years of his life . |
| 17 | It seems odd now that I was offered a place at Somerville College , Oxford , by my Headmistress on the strength of my extra-mural Diploma and my war service . |
| 18 | It seems definite now that the gold deposits here have commercial potential . ’ |
| 19 | Say , I sure feel safer now that Jimmie Joe Jackson is out of business , Brunt . ’ |
| 20 | All kinds of pleasures became apparent now that they showed as points of brightness in such an overwhelming dark . |
| 21 | There was sunshine on her face , an unusual sensation in March , and she felt light-hearted now that the snake and its co-operative victim had withdrawn . |
| 22 | Scarlet felt relieved now that Constance was back : she had the sensation of one abandoned in a pit who sees a face peering down , aglow with friendly interest . |
| 23 | Alida Thorne took her tea cup and felt better now that someone was taking charge , running the immediate affairs of the house . |
| 24 | I felt safer now that they 'd arrived and I was curious to see what she meant by ‘ laying out ’ . |
| 25 | She says she feels worse now that she did when her husband died . |
| 26 | Are you , you saying that things could get worse now that erm communism is gone and is going to become even more impoverished . |
| 27 | She thought that he looked nicer than ever in his evening dress , and sounded nicer now that he had dropped his brusque , cold manner with her again . |
| 28 | She nodded shakily , feeling cold now that she had lost the warmth of his body . |
| 29 | Feeling braver now that he was n't looming so close , she added , ‘ Well ? |
| 30 | I began to feel better now that everyone had forgotten the missing pie . |