Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] now " in BNC.

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1 Although Cal Arts is now associated with a distinctive West Coast style , Baldessari was influential in bringing in East Coast and European artists — Joseph Kosuth , Robert Smithson , Lawrence Weiner , Daniel Buren , Hans Haacke , Sol LeWitt .
2 The section of the Musselburgh Bypass between the Asda South and Asda North Roundabouts is now to be constructed as a dual carriageway .
3 A small market town which has lived off the land for centuries is now looking forward to a high-tec future .
4 A wide variety of safe and effective methods is now available for obtaining a cytological diagnosis in patients with biliary strictures .
5 SQL , the standard query language for interrogating relational databases is now established — the battle is over how SQL enquiries are structured — the IBM or SAG way .
6 The site of the works which at one time covered some 600 acres is now being re-developed by Tarmac ( Swindon ) Ltd. , but part of the works including No. 19 Shop and the adjoining No. 20 Shop will be preserved .
7 In this case , the data specifying the initial waves is now given by on , and by on .
8 A beer made from prunes is now available in central France .
9 The average age of our new recruits is now twenty nine .
10 For all children in care , a comprehensive system of community homes is now being developed , organized on a regional basis and managed by local authorities or by voluntary organizations in collaboration with local authorities .
11 Through the Children Act 1989 and its associated regulations and guidance , the Government have ensured that a much more effective framework for controlling children 's homes is now in position .
12 Scottish Homes is now in its fourth year of operations .
13 The only difficulty you might face is in getting the right look — doors that match the style of your house — but manufacturers have come a long way from the early aluminium-framed types , and a range of styles is now available .
14 But manufacturers have come a long way from the aluminium-framed picture windows that disfigured so many homes in the early days of the replacement window boom , and a wide range of window styles is now available .
15 The same research also shows , however , that the ‘ class ’ basis of support for the parties is now weakening significantly , and that even at its peak this phenomenon fell a long way short of the Marxist conception of political ‘ class consciousness ’ .
16 Miller stressed the point that former writers had not had the opportunity of seeing the flower or fruit of new exotics cultivated in English gardens , but by this time many had and details of others had been ‘ communicated by persons of skill from abroad ’ and ‘ so the ranging of plants under their proper heads is now better understood and the science of botany rendered more complete ’ .
17 Even this latter source of funds is now drying up as the property market slides into an ever deeper slump .
18 Less than 20% of life insurance funds is now held in gilts .
19 Each of these roles is now examined in turn .
20 The old religion of the Jews is now replaced .
21 The capacity and flexibility of desk-top computers is now such that the optimal sharing of processing , storage and presentation of material between computer and operator may well be quite different from the traditional combination of human memory and material on paper .
22 Hitachi Ltd has OSF/1 out in Japan , but its role in computers is now starting to appear strained .
23 The ability to communicate and to build bridges in human relationships is now recognised as an essential nursing skill ; and the opportunity for offering comfort and unconditional acceptance in this way probably has no equal in any other profession .
24 THE pastime of hurling plates around tavernas is now frowned on by Greek authorities .
25 The Achaemenid monarch Cambyses conquered Egypt in the year 525 BC ( his predecessor Cyrus had conquered Babylon in 539 BC ) and so the replacement of the ‘ Old-Avestan calendar ’ , as the one formerly used by the Iranians is now called , presumably occurred after that .
26 What was once seen as foliage and parts of branches is now seen as a human face .
27 Thinking of social organisation and processes in terms of variables is now commonplace .
28 According to Scottish Office sources , some of the key criticisms have been accepted as valid and a re-assessment of the estimated costs and savings is now taking place .
29 Even for the manager of a side who have , during the course of this season 's European campaign , treated every obstacle as an inspiration rather than a burden , the weight on Walter Smith 's shoulders is now considerable .
30 The technology for commercial GIS is now available .
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