Example sentences of "[noun] and now a " in BNC.
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| 1 | DAVIE PROVAN , in the past a favourite at Parkhead and now a radio summariser , wore the expression currently described as ‘ gobsmacked ’ when he entered the press lounge at half time . |
| 2 | Charles Eaton , director of the pilot needle exchange programme and now a city health official , agrees : ‘ There is no evidence from any syringe exchange scheme anywhere in the world suggesting that they encourage people to inject . |
| 3 | Meanwhile Kubota Corp — majority shareholder in Stardent and now a 30% stakeholder in AVS Inc — is left with Stardent 's MIPS R3000-based Titan series of high-end graphics workstations . |
| 4 | PURCHASING Orford Ness , the coastal shingle spit once used for atomic weapons research and now a wildlife haven , will cost the National Trust £3.11 million , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 5 | That includes a broomhandle type for three months and now an old hickory-shafted one which his father gave him last weekend . |
| 6 | One-time England star Lee , a member of City 's 1968 title-winning side and now a highly successful businessman , insists he is not planning a takeover of the Blues . |
| 7 | Bishop Trelawney 's home , Trelawne , is still standing in the parish , as is the ancient manor of Tregarrick , one time home of the Winslades and now a farm . |
| 8 | Given that Scotland has little going for it in the way of geography , nothing special in the natural resources department compared with the seriously oil-rich countries and now a minimal industrial base , he argues that the asset in which we have consistently under-invested is our people . |
| 9 | Drawing a large invited audience of , the debate was chaired by Hugh Rossi , former chairman of the House of Commons Environmental Committee and now a consultant with Wimpey Environmental . |
| 10 | Faye had had two miscarriages and now a threat hung over this pregnancy as well . |
| 11 | I was interviewed by Wyn Roberts , then programme controller and now a Tory MP , and former Bristol newspaperman Mike Towers , already beginning his spectacular climb in television . |
| 12 | The company dates back to the so-called Ever-sharp pencil invented in 1915 , through to a 1960s desktop computer and now a liquid crystal television display . |
| 13 | ‘ They tell me he 's a little more relaxed on this one than his earlier ones , ’ says Kyle MacLachlan , Agent Cooper in David Lynch 's TV-phenomenon Twin Peaks and now a dead ringer for keyboard player Ray Manzarek . |
| 14 | Mr Terry Davis , Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill , told the Guardian last night : ‘ As a former employee of British Leyland and now a member of the Commons public accounts committee , I pressed for an inquiry into the sale . |
| 15 | It 's also led to a whole industry around the Morse phenomenon , including the CD of music to the series , the Inspector Morse tourist trail and now a non-fiction book about how the series is made . |
| 16 | Murray wants to opt out of the deal but two deadlines have already passed for Kiam to raise the money and now a third , and perhaps final , one has fallen due this month , the end of the football season . |
| 17 | Otto von Habsburg , the Habsburg heir and now a Euro-MP for Bavaria , argues that Hitler 's National Socialists would never have gained power if the Weimar Republic had adopted the British voting system after the First World War . |
| 18 | Since the 1930s , it has served as both a tea shop and now a restaurant . |
| 19 | An astonishing group of palaces and fortresses built in Spain by the Moors and now a legacy of their stunning architecture . |
| 20 | We 've had a fucking chase through Soho and now a woman 's been murdered . |
| 21 | Hartmut , a friend from Trinity College , Bristol , a gifted personal evangelist and now a curate , was ringing to see if we would go and work with him in a small commuter suburb of Upminster in Essex . |
| 22 | A newspaper and now a bank have since taken over . |
| 23 | Then I received a final notice and now a summons . |
| 24 | The names most frequently in the file are the names also in the article about Scotland Yard : Aleksandar Miso Broz , son of the late President Tito ; Goran Strok , car-racing ace and now a business man in England ; Anton Tkalec , coin dealer in Vienna , now in Zurich , and some ex-members of the secret police and army establishment . |
| 25 | Out of sight , shielded by riot and revelry and now a quarter of a century older , lurks the poet who boasted he had not shown his young mug in Poor People : the sober laborious craftsman determined that his tone shall save everything . |
| 26 | A foot has been put through the loft floor and now a hole needs to be repaired in a lath and plaster bedroom ceiling . |
| 27 | Sunflowers have already caught on in France and now a handful of farmers are trying their luck with the new crop here . |
| 28 | The old church school , situated near to the church and now a private dwelling , was built in 1833 and extended in 1870 . |
| 29 | And although the margin of defeat at Villa Park was slender , Graham labelled his team as ‘ an easy touch ’ after a performance which leaves them with just two points from their last seven games and now a 10-1 title bet . |
| 30 | Joan Ruddock , former chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and now a member of Labour 's front bench team in the Commons , said she and many others were ‘ deeply saddened ’ by the change . |