Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [pron] [be] now " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local Conservatives bought the old Organist House in 1930 , and apart from holding the odd meeting , they have n't used the building much and it 's now derelict . |
| 2 | After fusion the cells in the centre of the zone of contact break down and there is now a channel — from an open mouth , through the tube of the gut , and out through the anus . |
| 3 | Optimism over the re-election prospects of the Conservative party , widespread among stockbrokers and fund managers only a couple of weeks ago , has ebbed away and there is now more active consideration of other possible outcomes . |
| 4 | Such large volumes of water were released in the New Year that the old road bridge by the campsite has now been washed away and there is now a debris problem on the river bed . |
| 5 | Ther athletes both say they 're glad the swimming is over and it 's now down hill all the way to the end |
| 6 | The time has passed quickly and it is now getting dusk , the mosquitoes have arrived and the German mortaring of the orchard has started , the first salvo exploding a short distance away causing pieces of earth to fall from the logs covering the roof of the trench , the earth and other bits of debris falling onto the now empty mess-tins . |
| 7 | Quorn was originally introduced in ready-meals such as Tesco 's Kashmiri Korma ; sales rose quickly and there are now more than 60 versions on sale . |
| 8 | But , over the last hundred years , acres of ‘ accumulated land ’ have built up and it is now a good trek from station to sea . |
| 9 | Not close enough though and they 're now in the bottom three . |
| 10 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 11 | Japan had never seen her before and she is now so popular there she could not fail really . |
| 12 | Through the 1980s , there was an extended period when school rolls fell back and there are now 30 per cent fewer pupils now than there were . |
| 13 | An ally is a nation which you beat fair and square in a war some time ago and which is now on your side . |
| 14 | says the Marquis ' ‘ They were not convinced , but the Japanese took up the idea a few years ago and they are now industry leaders . ’ |
| 15 | Recent developments in modelling cognitive processes on computers have changed the situation quite dramatically and there is now a realistic chance of being able to produce models of the way cognitive processes are carried out that are sufficiently precise and detailed for them to be tested properly against what happens in the brain ( McNaughton and Morris 1987 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ You 'll hear our proposals tomorrow but we are now beginning to see real signs of a big improvement at our UK vehicle plants . |
| 17 | But , as I say , this is about ten years ago but we 're now run into another problem whereby the erm institutions are beginning go back again and want to project their own images , right the way through . |
| 18 | Bronson immersed himself in work on television movies after his actress wife Jill Ireland died of cancer two years ago but he is now set to marry girlfriend Kim Weeks , 31 . |
| 19 | And here I think Locke 's distinction between civil society on the one hand and the state on the other is crucial and I mentioned this earlier and I 'm now coming back to it . |
| 20 | ‘ We were not a good team then but we are now . |
| 21 | The cinema 's still there but it 's now , what is it , Bingo hall now ? |
| 22 | This meant we had to turn round but we were now being driven into a shore . |
| 23 | Her head had swung round but it was now bowed again . |
| 24 | A modified version of this treatment employing weaker progestogens has been tested recently and there is now a much safer pill of this type available . |