Example sentences of "now that [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are there any questions now that we would like to ask ? |
| 2 | To suggest now that we should commit ourselves to establishing a funding council to carry out certain functions is to change the position that the hon. Gentleman adopted in Committee and my understanding of the Opposition 's view — |
| 3 | On economic and monetary union , it would be irresponsible for any Government to ask the people of Britain to decide now that we should adopt , at a future date , a single European currency which will have far-reaching implications for the conduct of monetary and economic union . |
| 4 | Now that we could relax a bit , we began to realise just how tired we all were and many girls came down with minor ailments , such as skin rashes and tonsilitis . |
| 5 | six two O twos , and we 're not going to replace it with anything , and we have an opportunity if we go for it now that we could replace them with sixteen double O fours and the projections are |
| 6 | They are still the most glamorous club in Britain , but our confidence is so high now that we could take them apart . |
| 7 | All right now that we can do numbers up to thirty one , let's see if we can do a few more dates . |
| 8 | Not now that we can suggest where they might start looking . ’ |
| 9 | There is little doubt now that we can go forward . |
| 10 | The only reason now , looking at the way knitwear is going or any products going , the only way now that we can get the latest is if we design er oh er design new ideas that are want something fresh or fashion takes over . |
| 11 | ‘ There are discussions in Belgrade tonight and I am convinced now that we will go . ’ |
| 12 | There would be no more hinting now that they would like him to leave . |
| 13 | What the East Germans are finding , however , now that they can read what is written , is that friends and neighbours often freely volunteered to inform , often with lies . |
| 14 | The catalogues produced by manufacturers and distributors of water pumps are so complex now that they can become difficult territory for the uninitiated , so advice should be sought from all quarters . |
| 15 | As it is , it will be much harder to persuade employers to expand , now that they can see the storm clouds of swingeing tax increases ahead of them . |
| 16 | He knew the features , now that they 'd come to rest . |
| 17 | Reform of the National Health Service and the education system should become much easier , now that nobody can entertain a realistic prospect of its reversal . |
| 18 | Yes , oh now that one might join on quite near , might n't it ? |
| 19 | She had been a mother of sons only and I think now that she would have liked me to call her mother ; but then , such an idea never entered my head . |
| 20 | If he failed to come up with explanations to put everything right then , and then only , would he have to face the consequences himself , for it was clear now that she would have to leave — disengage herself from him , as Marc had so succinctly put it — but she had given her word and she would wait until the whole matter could be discussed openly . |
| 21 | Always optimistic , Anne felt sure that now that she would see him regularly at the dance , she would soon find out how he 268 really felt about her , but it was not to be . |
| 22 | Now that she can see again she is proving to be a handful of trouble . ’ |
| 23 | His eyes , now that she could see them clearly , abraded her flesh with a cold more searing than the icy wind blowing up from the valley this morning . |
| 24 | There was no possibility now that she could capsize : built with positive buoyancy , she was incapable of sinking . |
| 25 | Now that anyone can buy speaking toys , such as Texas Instruments 's ‘ Speak 'n Spell ’ , it is essential to include some reference to talking computers in any undergraduate course . |
| 26 | The Shah acknowledged to Hollingworth that he had perhaps become too remote from his people and that is courtiers had not always reported adverse criticisms to him , And he said that although he had earlier hoped that his stay abroad would be brief , he knew now that he would die in exile . |
| 27 | Now that he could do nothing , he felt afraid . |
| 28 | ‘ That must have been awful , ’ said Basil — Cherry again , now that he could talk about Men and the problems with them , dear ! |
| 29 | Typically , now that he could leave when he pleased , he was tempted to remain longer and return to Paris in July . |
| 30 | Now that the death looked painful , now that he could see traces of a struggle , he began , in a kind of panic , to say things in his head , he began to talk to the dead man . |