Example sentences of "[pron] [is] now [prep] " in BNC.

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1 As well as its development centre in Irvine , California , ICL has its Computer Consoles Inc acquisition to thank for its OfficePower software , which is now into version 7 .
2 Sun Microsystems Inc 's Network File System , which is now into its seventh year with no changes , is set for an overhaul , according to Electronic Engineering Times .
3 Although the take up in some areas has been poorer than expected in the programme , which is now into its second year , research into changes in working practices and attitudes has been assessed .
4 I realised things might not be the same nowadays so , ten days before the conference , my assistant Joanne and I went down to Covent Garden ( which is now at Nine Elms ) and had a trial run .
5 Last year Timothy Raison , then a minister of state at the Home Office , said : ‘ There are no present plans to link Heathrow airport with the immigration and nationality department computer , which is now at Bootle . ’
6 The invading motorway , the M62 , sliced and slashed its way across the peaceful countryside , separating the lovely old Quaker Farm from some of its pastureland , which is now at the other side of the flyover which almost marks the boundary between Sandholme and Gilberdyke .
7 Cover all of the graph , except for row 1 of the motif ( which is now at the top of the sheet ) , with a plain piece of paper .
8 I am not in fact optimistic about our ability to control the sort of force which is now at large in the world .
9 This study focuses on an area of research which has received little attention in the past , but which is now at the forefront of the thinking of the relevant military planners .
10 An ally is a nation which you beat fair and square in a war some time ago and which is now on your side .
11 The Fitzwilliam Museum bought the study , which is now on display , with help from the National Art Collections Fund , and a regional purchase grant from the Museums and Galleries Commission ( administered by the Victoria & Albert Museum ) .
12 This had a direct impact on the problem-solving time which is now on average 8.5 times longer than in the 1980s .
13 The Oxford and been a parts donor in the restoration of the RAF Museum 's Oxford l MP425 ( G–AITB ) which is now on show at the Newark Air Museum .
14 This has provided a rare insight into the profitability of headhunting in Britain in the 1980s , which is now on a vastly larger scale than ever before .
15 Exactly the same model as the Sir Samuel Kelly lifeboat , which for many years served Donaghadee , and which is now on display in the town , the 38-year-old Isles of Scilly lifeboat had an illustrious record of saving lives before her retirement in 1981 .
16 Raleigh 's Activator Two , the first mass-produced bicycle with full front and rear suspension for better handling and greater control , which is now on show in the museum , was voted the Best Bike of 1993 at the Harrogate Cycle Fair .
17 Bill , also a Prenton resident , worked closely with the Boumphreys for about a month to produce the book which is now on sale in bookshops throughout Merseyside and newsagents in Wirral .
18 The highly acclaimed Herringcote development at Dorchester-on-Thames by Beechcroft , together with a similar select retirement scheme which is now under construction at Woodstock by the same company .
19 Three promotions are planned in the chain 's 150+ butchery outlets : beef , which is now under way , pork and lamb which will follow in the autumn .
20 He pointed to delays , similar to those experienced by Super-SARA , that afflicted a decision of where to site the European Fusion Experiment , JET , which is now under way in Culham Oxfordshire .
21 A characteristic feature of the response to the major economic depression of the 1930s in most of the ‘ developed ’ countries of the world was the rapid growth of what was termed the ‘ welfare state ’ — which is now under severe attack as a political response to the recession of the 1970s and 1980s .
22 The two , working together , made a formidable team , whose powers of persuasion were demonstrated clearly over the years by the Government 's support of major new initiatives , most notably the provision of the Causewayside Building , the second phase of which is now under construction .
23 It was the low price of imported coal which provided part of government 's rationale for closing down most of the coal industry ( which is now under review--see below ) .
24 Most of this collection , which is now of about one thousand volumes , was purchased from the Reverend Dr. Blair 's widow by the Rhinns Hall committee in 1933 .
25 Detectives who carried out a raid at an exclusive house at Coatham Mundeville , near Darlington , have held talks with the Crown Prosecution Service which is now considering the content of a number of articles seized .
26 Shortly before I visited Lindow Moss , Britain had just wasted £100 million in futile repairs to a submarine which is now to be scrapped .
27 The frequency with which references to rural housing have already been made in this chapter reflects the extent to which the housing market acts as an intermediary between the economic changes in agriculture , described earlier in this book , and the kind of social life which is now to be found in the English countryside .
28 I note in passing , however , that , when it comes to squandering the nation 's money , I can not think of a better example than the enormous amounts squandered by the Government in setting up the machinery for the administration of the poll tax , which is now to be totally unwound .
29 Now , four years later , the buyer is threatening to export the jewel , which is now worth £2.5 million .
30 But this is exceptional , as only one other fund has managed to beat the five-year average for the sector — the Friends Provident Stewardship North American fund , which is now worth £951.47 .
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