Example sentences of "[prep] what would now " in BNC.
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| 1 | While we were waiting at about 10.30 p.m. to go on night shift , we were subjected to a certain amount of what would now be called ‘ sexual harassment ’ , which we learned to parry quite neatly ; but the arrangement did seem a little thoughtless on the part of the B.P. Transport Department . |
| 2 | Indeed it is well known that societies which were very poor , by all later standards , allotted very significant time , energy and resources to the production of what would now be distinguished as art-objects . |
| 3 | It would be wrong to claim that Darwinism had no impact on the study of what would now be called ecological relationships , but the impact was indirect . |
| 4 | I had learnt German at Dartmouth where I had specialized in my last year in what would now be known as arts subjects : languages , English and history . |
| 5 | This would ensure directionality , but it would still leave the problem of getting the message from one end of the signalling cell to the other over what would now be a relatively long distance . |
| 6 | The education work included a village primary school with five hundred pupils , a central primary school equivalent to what would now be counted as secondary education , a teacher training school with fifty students and a Salvation Army officer 's Training College . |
| 7 | His monistic philosophy promoted a sense of the unity of Nature among later generations of environmentalists , but it was several decades before serious work on what would now be called ecological topics began . |
| 8 | It was purchased by an architect , Michael Manser , in 1969 , for what would now be regarded as a nominal sum . |
| 9 | She was often hauled up before sheriffs for what would now be causing a breach of the peace , and before Bishops to see whether she should be burned for heresy , and frequently ended up in prison . |
| 10 | On a renewed application for leave to move for what would now be called judicial review , this court granted the application . |
| 11 | Then he dressed and went down for what would now be a vulture 's breakfast . |