Example sentences of "[modal v] now [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She should now aim to be 1 lb ( 0.5 kg ) below her starting weight on most days ; she should reduce sugar on cereal to just one teaspoon ; she should use less meat when making up meat meals like stews , using more vegetables instead ( this is as well , of course , as maintaining the goal for fat reduction from Week 1 ) ; she should have salted meat or salted fish only three times a week in total ( you will remember that salt goals last for two weeks each ) ; she should have one or two pieces of fresh fruit each day ( this is as well as the goal for Week 1 , having pulses with one meal each day ) ; she should have a brisk twenty-minute walk each day . |
| 2 | The question we must now turn to is : can one of the subsidiary arguments for the justification of authority supplement the main argument and show that at least the authority of relatively just governments is as wide as they claim it to be ? |
| 3 | He silenced her with more kisses as he tried to remind himself that this young girl was not only innocent but trusted herself to his care ; that her father trusted him , and however uninhibited she might now appear to be , he must not abuse that faith . |
| 4 | Questioned about charges and the need for allotments , she said that a fair charge would be made as to many people wanted an allotment , the waiting list might now have to be closed . |
| 5 | SOME outside broadcast requests might now have to be fulfilled by a team from Manchester . |
| 6 | Hall and Davidoff have studied Victorian domestic ideology ; they have shown the importance of that ideology to an understanding of what we might now consider to be a " natural " division between public and private spheres based on a supposedly " natural " division between the sexes . |
| 7 | On the other hand , the broad unity and homogeneity of the Bible itself had not been really seriously challenged in earlier centuries , whereas it could now appear to be falling apart under the impact of the new critical approaches of the eighteenth century . |
| 8 | Children could now expect to be helped in two to eight weeks depending on the seriousness of their problems , she said . |
| 9 | Restrained as he may now appear to be , his precariously balanced control might well snap as his passion mounted . |
| 10 | Themes in existence by 1950 were continued in subsequent decades but they have developed so extensively and changed so dramatically that their origins may now appear to be many years away . |
| 11 | Last year Warren Spring carried out research worth £5 million for the DoE and some current work may now have to be put out to tender . |
| 12 | A ‘ MIRACLE ’ drug abandoned years ago because of its serious side effects may now prove to be a major advance in the treatment of arthritis . |
| 13 | The overall figure for 1989 would now appear to be 45 per cent . |
| 14 | The argument would now tend to be that a child refusing to be toilet trained is not simply enjoying the experience for its own sake . |
| 15 | Dr Pentreath said there would now need to be two registers , each containing data derived from two organisations thus confusing the public and independent groups and undermining public confidence . |
| 16 | The best approach would now seem to be by a huge tidal boulder hop from Blackchurch , or by canoe . |
| 17 | The way ahead would now seem to be clear for Mr Thompson 's rivals to take over his business empire . |
| 18 | It may be that August 1 would now have to be a more realistic target date . |
| 19 | The Act had been suspended following a preliminary ruling on the case in June 1990 [ see p. 37535 ] , and would now have to be repealed or amended . |
| 20 | In his view , the two jobs would now have to be split . |
| 21 | That was enough politics for one edition ; he would now revert to being its ‘ roving ’ correspondent . |
| 22 | The problem then begins to stand clear and I shall now have to be brief and schematic . |
| 23 | The qualities that have stood it in such good stead will now need to be applied in a different context . |
| 24 | However , the issues here will now need to be considered by governing bodies as well as advisory staff . |
| 25 | Doors will now have to be fitted with special safety devices to prevent people or objects getting trapped in them . |
| 26 | The proposal will now have to be agreed by the council of EC trade ministers . |
| 27 | He added : ‘ Head injury patients will now have to be treated in the same way as before . |
| 28 | Evidence will now have to be prepared at a much earlier stage . |
| 29 | Terry Sprayson will now have to be found a new job by Gloucestershire County Council . |
| 30 | The Authority meets on Friday to reconsider its building programme which will now have to be slowed down , owing to the collapse of the property market . |