Example sentences of "the [noun sg] now [verb] [is] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And whether the Oare now gotten is like to prove richer or leaner than now it is , or to continue the same state of goodness that now it is in … |
| 2 | The question now raised is whether , to protect the weapons programme , the scale of the accident at Windscale was covered up . |
| 3 | What the seller now has is something of immediate value — the undertaking of the buyer to pay a certain sum of money at a future date . |
| 4 | I hear , I , I , I think there is a tendency with the County Council but as I discovered as Chairman of Highways that members want to take a greater interest and to have a greater say on the items on the agenda now planning is is not a controversial as , as say highway items , but nevertheless I think there will be times and there will be agendas which will require a great deal of discussion on the individual items and I 'm also a great believer bearing in mind comments if it ai n't broke , do n't bend it . |
| 5 | Does he realise that what the country now needs from him is hope , but all that it gets is complacency ; that what the country needs from him is leadership , but all that it gets from him is excuses ; that what the country now needs is a Government who will act , but what it has is a Government paralysed by the election who dodge the issues , duck the realities and do nothing ? |