Example sentences of "[pron] is now [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prototype Yes-Man was made for Prutec , the venture capital arm of the Pru , which is now looking for a manufacturer . |
| 2 | Power up front will be former Dublin & South Eastern locomotive 461 which is now kept at Mullingar , pulling the society 's 1950 's style carriages with their distinctive green livery of that period complete with C.I.E . |
| 3 | I hesitate to correct the hon. Gentleman 's pronunciation , but in my day I fought the constituency of Islwyn which is now represented by the Leader of the Opposition , and I can tell him that it is pronounced ’ Issloin ’ . |
| 4 | That is a principle which is now honoured in the breach , most notably in the power extended to police officers to issue instructions to prevent an apprehended breach of the peace , a power which apparently is subject to very little effective judicial scrutiny or control . |
| 5 | Evante says motor show reaction to its '60s Lotus Elan-like roadster , which is now fitted with a Ford Zeta engine , was ‘ overwhelming ’ . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Germany 's employer , trade and industry associations said they had formed a committee to fight xenophobia , which is now said to be putting off foreigners from investing in the country 's impoverished East . |
| 7 | The cellars are full of junk , most of which might have been useful once but all of which is now covered in water or mud or fungus . |
| 8 | This corporation , which is now run by Billy 's lawyer , John Hutchinson , picked Christie 's for the ultimate liquidations , each commemorated by a catalogue emblazoned with McCarty-Cooper 's striking monogram . |
| 9 | Mr Chance also won a local competition as Citizen of the Year for 1990/91 , from which he donated the £500 prize to Menro House , at Thorntree , Middlesbrough , another successful project which is now run by Mencap . |
| 10 | That may seem to trivialise the intentions of the working party which is now sifting through the comments that have already been submitted to it ( and , although the deadline passed on 30 April , it is still interested in receiving any others sent in as soon as possible ) . |
| 11 | At the same time , the earnings threshold which forms the boundary between the two rates , which is now aligned with the earnings threshold for payment of full-rate employers ' class I contributions , will go up from £185 per week to £190 per week . |
| 12 | It 's this version which is now recognised as the rarest Dylan record in the world and valued in Neal Umpred 's Goldmine Price Guide To Collectible Record Albums as being worth $10,000 , though a bid of over $12,000 eventually secured a deal . |
| 13 | I find found that absolutely incredible and I thought it was bizarre to say the least , the procedure we had to go through the other er evening erm with two hours of acrimonious debate er a break while you consulted er the officers before we got to some er sensible way forward which is now incorporated in this amendment er to spend a hundred thousand pounds on actually trying to trace . |
| 14 | ZETA had been behind closed doors in Hangar 7 , a huge aircraft hangar , 100 m long , which is now converted into a lab . |
| 15 | The wool room , which is now converted for serving teas , has entrance from the house , and patrons can sit out on the gallery . |
| 16 | Reshaped bunker at the green which is now encircled by spectator mounding . |
| 17 | ‘ As you know a little while ago there were discussions between this Office and Stephenson Harwood [ the applicant 's former solicitors ] about a proposed interview to be conducted under the terms of section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 and I promised to provide further details to them of our proposed course of action which is now given to you instead of them : ( 1 ) This Office intends to hold an interview with you under section 2 on Thursday , 13 June 1991 . |
| 18 | It is inevitable that as continental markets become more streamlined business which is now done in Eurocurrencies in London may move back to national financial markets . |
| 19 | After Tom Luker 's death in 1977 his family gave the Club his putter which is now mounted as a trophy on display in the Club . |
| 20 | His role was effectively one of a papal nuncio , a part which is now played by Fidel Castro , who is the epitome of the charismatic caudillo . |
| 21 | Equalization is not so much between classes as between individuals within a population which is now treated for this purpose as though it were one class . |
| 22 | Green 's text is a major work of scholarship and an important contribution to our knowledge of Cubism , one lacuna in which is now filled with the publication , in this catalogue and by Christian Derouet , of the missing correspondence from 1915 to 1920 between Gris and Leonce Rosenberg , the artist 's dealer during that period . |
| 23 | Erm and how we would generally distribute all this stuff that we 're going to get from the respective head offices , which is now filtering into our office , we 've got leaflets er car stickers question and answer booklets , that kind of stuff . |
| 24 | Much of our work concerns the mantle of the forebrain , the neocortex , which is now recognized by anatomists to be divided into a number of subfields or ‘ areas ’ . |
| 25 | These roads lead to that part of the old Chatham Royal Naval Dockyard which is now leased to the first defendant , Medway ( Chatham ) Dock Co . |
| 26 | Well I , I took the liberty of the Lord Lieutenant 's appointed me to something called the Sussex Rural Options Land Bank and I brought you a copy of the leaflet , having notice of your question and I did ask the officer who deals with this in the Sussex Rural Community Council if he could give me the latest score on housing I thought that the news was bad from what he had said , but having said that , I mean every effort is being made to deal with the issues you raise in this council which is now chaired by Peter . |
| 27 | The French kept the two substantial islands now known as Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island , just to the north of the peninsula , and also the area of the mainland between the peninsula and the St. Lawrence which is now known as New Brunswick . |
| 28 | It so happened that the Gulf War in Kuwait was filling our attention , and so I switched on a video tape whenever something attracted me and I found that I would be most likely to record the daily sessions on the BBC 's Newsnight with Peter Snow discussing the disposition of troops over the battle zone using a visual aid which is now known as the sandpit . |
| 29 | And D L Steelworks and Lanarkshire Steelworks , these er steelworks , all amalgamated which is now known as the Ravenscraig Steelworks . |
| 30 | They were pilgrims in this world , aliens in the society of their pagan fellows , but they knew they were part of a vast community : ‘ this church which is now travelling on its journey , is joined to that heavenly church where we have the angels as our fellow-citizens ’ , said Augustine , faithfully echoing the conviction of all early Christians . |