Example sentences of "the [noun] now [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each successive generation from the reign of Edward I. onwards has laboured to produce that complete political unity which is represented by the absolute sovereignty of the Parliament now sitting at Westminster . |
| 2 | Purley depôt was deemed to have completed its task as an annexe to Charlton Works by 29 November 1949 and was available to take the cars now housed at Thornton Heath . |
| 3 | The number of people unemployed has risen for the twenty-second month in a row , the figure now stands at two point six , five million . |
| 4 | The result now stands at 21 — 16 in Aberdeen 's favour with 3 matches halved . |
| 5 | Henry Cobham , Sir Robert Cecil and Sir John Popham , who had ordered the report , further informed the two men " … it seemeth by some purport made unto us , that eight Kibles of God 's gift and Conistone Oares should make a quintall of Copper , and in matter of experiment in the worke , it appeareth that tenn Kibles or more doe but make a quintall of Copper , you are therefore to informe your Selves the best you can how many Kibles of the Oare now gotten at Gods gift , and Coniston will yield a Quintall of Copper , what the particular charges will amount unto , of making the said Quintall . |
| 6 | It was estimated , following preliminary results of the congressional elections , that the Peronists now controlled at least 120 of the 254 seats in the Chamber of Deputies , a position strengthened further by their alliance with centre-right parties . |
| 7 | With the club now languishing at the bottom of the table they were in desperate need of a football visionary , a new footballing messiah . |
| 8 | This is , ‘ to assign the work now done at the police station to another agency which has responsibilities and characteristics more consistent with the way we want the work done . ’ |
| 9 | His life would be a charade , for every time he took her in his arms he would see the face of the girl now smiling at him in a way which lit fires in his heart . |
| 10 | On pain of loss of temporalities which you hold from us , we strongly inhibit you in the council now called at Lambeth from presuming to attempt anything to our prejudice , or that of our realm , or against us or our rights which our predecessors , kings of England , enjoyed by ancient and approved custom , or to assent to any such move . |
| 11 | THE Government is being urged to appoint an independent commission on the future of Scottish local government , similar to the body now looking at councils in England and Wales . |
| 12 | The total out of work in the town now stands at 27.6pc . |
| 13 | The biggest population change was a reduction of 4.5pc in the Easington district where the population now stands at 96,300 . |
| 14 | Against you all , seven fifty at the back now standing at seven hundred and fifty pounds , are you all done at seven fifty ? |
| 15 | ‘ The airstrip now landing at Port Stanley … ‘ |
| 16 | That proposal , if implemented , would shift almost all the decision-making in homicide cases from the trial to the sentencing stage : the only issue of any consequence in most cases would be the sentence to be imposed , and all the distinctions now drawn at the stage of criminal liability would be reflected in the sentence alone . |
| 17 | The rate now stands at 12 per cent . |
| 18 | For if the station is seen as cathedral or chapel , it can also be seen to possess in its heyday a Bible every bit as imposing and sometimes even as impenetrable as the Authorized Version ( Bradshaw ) , incense ( steam ) , and liturgical chanting ( ‘ The train now standing at platform 3 is … ’ , |
| 19 | The train now standing at Llangollen Bridge … traffic came to a stop yesterday when locomotive 80079 arrived in town by road from the Severn Valley to pull passengers through the Dee Valley during the summer Picture : CLIFF BRETT |
| 20 | I attempt to cheer him up by impersonating a Tannoy and announcing the train now arriving at platforms two , three , four , five and six coming in sideways . |
| 21 | The date was also marked by the announcement of the award of the D.F.M. to the veteran fighter pilot Sgt. Fred Robertson , whose personal score over the island now stood at eight . |
| 22 | Coal industry experts argue that an improvement in air quality could be achieved by replacing the lignite now burnt at the power stations with hard coal . |
| 23 | Men who might have gone to England and earned good wages at the harvest now stayed at home and waited for relief work at one-third of those rates . |
| 24 | " I do , " agreed Matthew , thinking that old Coleworthy was a very different kettle of fish from the man now staring at him with slightly belligerent blue eyes . |
| 25 | Since no money has been drawn for a considerable number of years and interest has accrued at 7.5% per annum the fund now stands at around £1000 . |
| 26 | Since no money has been drawn for a considerable number of years and interest has accrued at 7.5% per annum the fund now stands at around £1000 . |
| 27 | He puts it at 370 curies ( the NRPB now guesses at 150 curies ) . |
| 28 | ‘ That has to be the target now beginning at Southend on Saturday . |
| 29 | The market now stands at almost exactly the same level as when Chancellor Norman Lamont stood up and delivered his Budget speech one month ago . |
| 30 | The mountain now stands at 1.2m tonnes — a mind-boggling figure , best be put in context if you think of the 450-mile-long queue of 40,000 lorries which would be needed to carry it away . |