Example sentences of "and [noun] is now [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His time of 46.55secs was a second slower than David Grindley ran in Rome on Wednesday and Grindley is now favourite to be picked for the European Cup later this month . |
| 2 | Information on general SVQs and Skillstart is now available on the SAMI Database . |
| 3 | However , the arrival of £600,000 Norwegian full-back Stig Inge Bjornbye has now cut that lifeline and Wright is now set to follow his friend and former Derby colleague Dean Saunders out of the Anfield exit . |
| 4 | Whether we like it or not , and I must admit I do , Britain is back to two-and-a-bit party politics and Labour is now favourite to win the next election . |
| 5 | Declared expenditure on defence and security is now more than double the expenditure on health . |
| 6 | The merger between Stoddards and Sekers is now seven months old , and it is ten months since the acquisition of Mercia Weavers . |
| 7 | ONE MISSING : Fergie 's spot between Andrew and Philip is now vacant |
| 8 | Quality assured beef and lamb is now available from the northeast of England . |
| 9 | Recent ‘ scandals ’ about City editors running uninvestigated Friday night PR ‘ drops ’ detailing forthcoming mergers and take-over bids — and one quality paper placing fictional bylines at the end of raw agency copy — merely serve to conceal the extent to which masking and/or dressing up available secondary sources and handouts is now common practice . |
| 10 | Thorough cleaning and disinfection of all surfaces to a very high standard is essential , and Rentokil is now able to offer a specialist service to meet this need . |
| 11 | But scientists from the European Space Agency dissuaded them , and Hipparcos is now trouble-free and fully funded . |
| 12 | Our knowledge about how children acquire literacy and numeracy is now considerable . |
| 13 | However , advances in recombinant DNA technology have helped and interferon is now available for certain licensed uses . |
| 14 | A piece of farming tradition passed into history today : the burning of straw and stubble is now illegal . |
| 15 | It has attracted inward investment , there are new factories and jobs , and unemployment is now 22 per cent . |
| 16 | They run under AIX/6000 Version 3.2 , and FileNet is now supporting disk mirroring , with redundancy for all data files . |
| 17 | I wish to call attention to the need for regional government in England , and I beg to move , ’ That this House deplores the excessive centralisation of government in the United Kingdom since 1979 and the failure to decentralise and devolve power to the nations and regions of the United Kingdom ; notes that this is in direct contrast to the general trend towards decentralisation evidence elsewhere in Europe ; furthermore deplores the severe cuts in the regional assistance budget since 1979 together with the failure to enact dynamic and effective regional economic policies which would have promoted balanced economic growth and prosperity ; expresses alarm at the regional divisions which continue to characterise the United Kingdom economy ; and considers that the creation of a regional tier of government in the English regions as well as national devolution to Scotland and Wales is now vital to the United Kingdom 's future economic and political well-being . |
| 18 | Today , it is 7,400 under managing director Alan Pedder — and production is now greater , making Fibres highly competitive , with solidly based and improving profits . |
| 19 | And Boaz is now free to fulfil all the conditions and to take Ruth as his wife . |