Example sentences of "[noun sg] now [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concern was expressed that the country , once a key strategic ally of the USA , would descend further into anarchy ; Zaïrean exiles also expressed fears that Mobutu would be tempted to use force against the opposition now that foreign troops had been withdrawn . |
| 2 | Delegates at Blackpool voted overwhelmingly to re-admit the EETPU now that it has merged with the engineers to form the million-strong AEEU . |
| 3 | The companies have been arch rivals ever since and it 's only fitting now that the two main rivals in the so-called ‘ old school trainers ’ wars are Adidas and Puma . |
| 4 | She advanced through the shadows less cautiously , her only fear now that there would be no one to meet her . |
| 5 | And I said , what you on about ? , he said if I do , if I do n't pay out two hundred and odd pound now that left for our tickets he said , I 've only hundred and odd come in , he said you can have a drink on the rest ! |
| 6 | Attempts at humour aside , I now find myself penning a few words of concern for Salford 's Graduate Association now that the same question seems to be written large on the proverbial wall . |
| 7 | ‘ Playing against a side at the top of their form and peak of their confidence ought to help this Welsh side now that they 're playing with commitment and determination . |
| 8 | The older one moved forward to take command now that it was clear the Apaches were n't waiting in ambush . |
| 9 | There , people either assume the more data , the more information — which was a perfectly valid assumption yesterday when data were scarce , but leads to data overload and information blackout now that they are plentiful . |
| 10 | Adeva should become an actress now that she does n't seem to have a record deal . |
| 11 | He fingered some of the amulets and icons that dangled around his neck now that he was in the warp . |
| 12 | Numbers of young women have told me that they look upon life in quite a different light now that they learn that nature has not been so cruel to them , as to give them but the choice of a married life , in which probably all the highest aims of life must be sacrificed , and the wife reduced to the level of a breeding animal , or a life of celibacy . |
| 13 | I certainly would not like to do without my own sound card now that I 've had one for some time , and I 'm seriously considering changing it for a Laserwave Plus , purely because I find its configurability and standard of sound to be better than the one I already have . |
| 14 | The Führer 's claim that his work had been sabotaged for years , and that the German war machine could run at full stretch now that the last plot had been foiled , was seen to demonstrate that the people had long been lied to in earlier statements that time was on Germany 's side and war production increasing . |
| 15 | Second , it is questionable how far militarization.remains a serious check on industrial action now that democracy has become more securely established in Spain . |
| 16 | Tomorrow night we move away from the Chilean coast and travel 13,500ft up into the Bolivian Andes , where Oxfam is helping the indigenous Indian people who are struggling to make a living now that their mines have closed down and their farmland been destroyed by drought . |
| 17 | The brain drifts back to full consciousness now that there is a vague hint of light spreading across the eastern sky . |
| 18 | Aesthetically it 's a dead loss now that they 've tried to modernize everything . |
| 19 | My thanks to Tim and Steve Wallace , Ron Mardle , our Chairman Richard Newcombe , Paul Lucas , my wife and our grandchildren who acted as sweepers up , errand boys and girl , etc. for all their work in achieving this opening in a short space of time , for the actual work of putting everything in its place I would like to thank the afore-mentioned and my daughter Bridget , also for manning the museum now that it is open . |
| 20 | So how often are you going to be going to the dance now that the weather 's better you mean |
| 21 | This is perhaps less of an issue now that Unix SVR4.2 has been modularised , and it is expected that UI will in future work more directly with the rest of the industry on interfaces and reference technologies around SVR4 — see page 2 . |
| 22 | The Government can expect sustained flak on the wider constitutional issue now that this can of worms has been opened up . |
| 23 | THE cost of dismantling the present system of local government and replacing it with single-tier councils is likely to become a vitally important issue now that the Scottish Office has admitted that its consultants , Touche Ross , appear to have got their sums wrong . |
| 24 | A few years ago this game was used in evidence for a players ' international quality , but there is so much serious , competitive rugby now that a post-Christmas frolic is not rated in assessing credentials . |
| 25 | Tata Consultancy Services , the Indian company , says it has done a lot of work for Unix System Labs on Unix device drivers and hopes to get more work now that it has bought into the firm ( UX No 378 ) . |
| 26 | All those factors are likely to be at work now that the Soviet empire has disintegrated . |
| 27 | The City Council , anxious to back tennis now that a new complex is to be built in Wavertree , insist there is an emphasis on the novice players in this year 's Parks event . |
| 28 | There was every likelihood now that the marquis would try to withdraw from the match . |
| 29 | Consider the points made in the letter and if the Council agree in principle it 's , it 's a suitable site for development , advise District Council now that it should be considered for inclusion in the district wide plan now being drawn up . |
| 30 | He thought and then said easily , " She was wondering whether there was a chance he might ask for a transfer now that Howarth has been in post a year . |