Example sentences of "[is] now [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Holy Childhood — one of the Pontifical Mission Societies — is now renamed Missionary Children with the slogan ‘ Children Helping Children ’ . |
| 2 | Attention is paid to the implications of a possible double redundancy of retired agricultural workers and tenant or peasant farmers and their families whose past work is now rendered obsolete by machines and agri-business . |
| 3 | Since the same policy is now given statutory expression in section 34 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 , which will come into force on 1 October 1992 , he will presumably not seek to depart from this policy in the meantime . |
| 4 | ( p100 ) This is now given statutory effect by s13(3) of SGA 1979 which provides that : A sale of goods is not prevented from being a sale by description by reason only that , the goods being exposed for sale or hire , they are selected by the buyer . |
| 5 | Her husband was recently laid off from his construction job and is now employed part-time as a night watchman . |
| 6 | Linkage can happen informally in that high salaries are easier to justify where the company is profitable , but in many companies the connection between profitability and remuneration is now made explicit , through the use of bonus payments or share options . |
| 7 | Recently , experimental work has investigated the use of the programmed technique in what is now called computer-assisted learning , where the programmes are fed into the computer ; the machine can then , if the initial preparation has been thorough enough , monitor the responses of a great many students at a time , switching them to the appropriate branching sequence as their responses demonstrate the need . |
| 8 | Therefore what is now called corporate this other income is the erm basically head office cost , there 's things like profits on from our captive insurance er dividends which we did n't have it in fact last year we did the year before from Blackpool land , small profits from the sale of some shares at Fair and other odds and ends which I erm really do n't make up a great deal . |
| 9 | Colin Renfrew On the international scene , archaeology in those years underwent the revolution sometimes referred to as the ‘ new archaeology ’ and has continued , as I see it , with what is now called processual archaeology : the most important component is a much greater concern to make archaeological theory and reasoning methods explicit . |
| 10 | A monthgoing longcase clock of about 1710 by Daniel Delander also profited from a good footnote , selling for £104,500 ( estimate £45,000-£55,000 ) although the case which was originally ebonised is now painted blue . |
| 11 | As a result he is now registered blind in one eye . |
| 12 | My mum is now registered blind : that 's through the severe beatings to the head she had from him . |
| 13 | Henry Cecil 's colt pulverised his rivals to win the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster last autumn and is now guaranteed similar conditions as he bids to return to Group One winning form on Saturday . |
| 14 | Waste once considered safe is now deemed hazardous . |
| 15 | The Leeds Permanent , which had hoped to raise its rate by at least 1.25 per cent , is now thought likely to restrict its increase to 1 per cent . |
| 16 | Thus , while almost all scientists are — at the time of writing — convinced from the evidence that change in climate is under way and that regional effects may be much greater than the global average , the magnitude of the latter is now thought likely to be about half of what was predicted only 5 years ago . |
| 17 | Mr Badran , who was seeking a vote of confidence from the newly elected parliament , said : ‘ I announce that martial law is now considered frozen … until such laws are constitutionally abolished in the near future . ’ |
| 18 | A statement issued by Essex , announcing the fine , added that ‘ the matter is now considered closed ’ . |
| 19 | What is now considered natural is the result of learned artifice . |
| 20 | Cover for deterioration of goods in deep freeze due to breakdown is now included free of charge up to a limit of £500 . |
| 21 | She 's now presumed dead . |
| 22 | It 's now announced new measures to speed the process up . |
| 23 | So it 's now sold subject to contract ? |