Example sentences of "it now [verb] [prep] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After long years of living in unsatisfactory rented accommodation , it now looked as if Jack and Minto could afford a place of their own . |
| 2 | One of the critics of the Touche Ross report , Professor Arthur Midwinter , of the department of politics at Strathclyde University , said last night that it now looked as if the scope for savings would be narrowed to the point where it had to be asked whether it was worthwhile proceeding with the reforms . |
| 3 | It now looks as if membership of the slate is rapidly becoming a disadvantage . |
| 4 | MITI had hoped to get the legislation through by next month , but it now looks as if it will have to wait until autumn before the ministries have talked it over . |
| 5 | Mr Clinton wanted energy producers to absorb the tax ; after strenuous lobbying , it now looks as if it will be fully passed on to consumers . |
| 6 | The initiative was not continued , but it now looks as if a new partner has been found in the shape of the Venice Soprintendenza . |
| 7 | It is well known that the pressure inside a star resists the gravitational collapse , and yet it now looks as if pressure can , by virtue of contributing to a component of the stress-energy tensor , hasten gravitational collapse . |
| 8 | But it is also worth noting that evidence has been found of burials and drainage channels that appears to be pre-date any of the recorded cathedral buildings , and it now looks as if the site has a longer ecclesiastical history than was thought . ’ |
| 9 | It now looks as if the first commercial versions will be brought to market soon after CD-I is made generally available worldwide . |
| 10 | It now looks as if SmithKline 's Mr Henry Wendt would be chairman of the new company while Beecham 's Mr Bob Bauman would manage day-to-day affairs as chief executive . |
| 11 | It now looks as if that safety net is never going to be needed . |
| 12 | It now looks as if we will have try again . ’ |