Example sentences of "now [vb -s] as [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | It now looks as if membership of the slate is rapidly becoming a disadvantage . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Not that the lad now looks as if he 's got any nerves . |
4 | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG now looks as if it is right down there in the corporate basket case category : after some three years of substantial losses , Siemens AG chairman Heinrich von Pierer now says that an effort is being made to ensure that its return to profit ‘ does n't take much longer than three years ; ’ its biggest problem is that the pain of customers starting to go stone cold on mainframes has scarcely begun yet in Germany . |
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 . ’ |
13 | Now looks as if it 's in her hair there the way things |