Example sentences of "now [been] [verb] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | State departments of the Ministry of Culture have until now been run by party functionaries and protégés with personal contacts within the circle of the ‘ nomenclaturi ’ . |
| 2 | Their positions have now been filled by Mr Namadra Singh and Mr Giljod Singh , neither of whom , surprisingly , are related to the chairman . |
| 3 | The decision in Gillian has now been overruled by statute : see section 2(1) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 ; Electrical , Electronic , Telecommunication and Plumbing Union v. Times Newspapers Ltd. [ 1980 ] Q.B. 585 ; but that in no way detracts from the persuasive force of what was said by Uthwatt J. in Gillian . |
| 4 | Cast iron pipes have now been replaced by uPVC , joined by push-fit connectors or solvent-welding . |
| 5 | Derry-born Professor Eddie Friel , who helped encourage Glasgow 's designation in 1990 as European City of Culture , has now been invited by Derry City Council to employ his award-winning strategy in his native city . |
| 6 | FreeHand is still there but it has now been joined by Illustrator 88 . |
| 7 | My ‘ dream-girl ’ was still there , but had now been joined by members of her family . |
| 8 | Sir , Your report on 26th March about the appointment of new sales directors at Random House and Orion stated that Random House had announced ‘ the appointment of Mike Broderick to the new position of group UK sales director … ( and ) By a happy symmetry , Orion has now been joined by Dallas Manderson , who has left his post as group trade sales director at Random House ’ . |
| 9 | The traditional wine-producing nations — France , Italy , Spain and Germany — have now been joined by Australia , New Zealand , North and South American countries , Bulgaria , China and even India . |
| 10 | This solitary traffic link , once unfrequented , has now been discovered by motorists who seek a respite from the popular tourist routes . |
| 11 | Although they had formerly represented the true repository of Judaism , and although they provided Christianity with the very focus of its worship , they had now been disowned by Jews and Christians alike . |
| 12 | Now Liz did n't win our first , second or third prize er last year , but she , she made it to the final twelve , er her , her full-length novel now , has now been accepted by Collins and that 's going to be published next February , there 's talk of a big American contract for Liz and Liz has now been floated away in to the world of big time professional writing . |
| 13 | The Keynesian consensus , built on an expanding economy in which private profit could be balanced with social need , has now been destroyed by recession and economic decline . |
| 14 | The common law rules have now been overlaid by statute . |
| 15 | The fall has now been halted by recession . |
| 16 | Earlier this week , Colchester police revealed that Lisa 's relatives had recognised clothing taken from the body and the identity has now been confirmed by checks on dental records . |
| 17 | Given that the decision has now been taken by Parliament to extend the law to cover recordings , broadcasts and cable programmes , it may be wondered whether the exemption for these should have been automatically carried over into the new law . |
| 18 | Both Gillian Ayres and Bridget Riley have now been passed by Turner 's Prize . |
| 19 | Embarrassment had now been succeeded by fear . |
| 20 | This has now been climbed by Mark Smith and Ben Wise to give Slanted and Enchanted , E5 6a . |
| 21 | The small arms ammunition has now been retrieved by army bomb disposal experts , but how it came to be buried there remains a mystery . |
| 22 | The shock passed , but it has now been revived by doubts about the legality of councils ' interest-rate swaps and swap options . |
| 23 | Even so , the decision to cover Hong Kong has now been overtaken by developments . |
| 24 | All the Tyne elements have now been reprivatized by management buy-outs . |
| 25 | But spoliation has also been inadvertent , and many a Scandinavian lake has now been sterilized by rain made acid by the exhausts of motor cars and factories , hundreds of miles away . |
| 26 | Retaining the characteristics of the original composite steel/concrete Thor Beam , launched a few months ago , a new version for use with metal deck flooring has now been introduced by ConstrucThor . |
| 27 | The ‘ Wigan Alpes ’ have now been transformed by landscape reclamation and tree planting . |