Example sentences of "[is] now [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There s now hope that after three years in jail , Poole and Mills will once again get a chance to defend themselves , in court . |
| 2 | Over a hundred years ago they started making brass taps in the factory which is now Cooper Oils of Nailsworth . |
| 3 | ‘ So it is , ’ he ends , ‘ that when men from low estate are once exalted , they generally are most forgetful of past favours … which is now become too fashionable , especially with such who cover their guilt with the mask of religion … |
| 4 | He continued sadly , ‘ But alas ! the yoke of slavery is now become more burdensome , and conditions worse than before , especially with regard to the forests . ’ |
| 5 | By this time in Durham one J. Bailey ( no relation ) had written that ‘ the expense of horses is now become so great , that they should not be used where it can be avoided . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , but the matter is now become of some urgency , and I feel very guilty — ’ |
| 7 | The former World No 1 — who astonishingly announced his retirement from the game during last season 's home international series in Scotland , but has since reversed that decision — is now bang on course to retain his singles title . |
| 8 | Yesterday I fed him the bony scraps from my reindeer stew and he is now mine for ever . |
| 9 | Originally , rendering was on the inside , but this can flake off and block the drain , so rendering ( if used ) is now put on the outside . |
| 10 | He 's speaking of this time now and this age when it is now harvest time . |
| 11 | This material is now wax and with it the worker bees build combs that serve both as nurseries for the developing young and larders for honey and pollen . |
| 12 | Cartoonist Christine O'Leary , who used to work at Barkers Trident and is now freelance , gets to work on other pages with graphics and illustrations . |
| 13 | Former Sunderland striker Billy Hughes , who played in the 1973 Cup winning team and is now steward at Stressholme Golf Club , Darlington , said : ‘ It brought all the memories flooding back . |
| 14 | Lawrence is now branch manager of Newcastle , prior to which he was a successful sales manager with the Healthcare division . |
| 15 | You do n't know what a normal week is now do you ? |
| 16 | Tectonic plate movement may well have split the Ghat , cutting off Sri Lanka from what is now Travancore . |
| 17 | The TGAT report is much more reassuring , for TNC is now read forwards , not backwards . |
| 18 | One is now face down in the corner , snoring on a pile of old cheese cloths . |
| 19 | It is now travel business legend that Airtours had seen ILG 's demise coming and despatched staff to the most popular resorts in February to talk to hotel owners about the possibility of booking spare space if any other tour operator found itself unable to fulfil its obligations . |
| 20 | The PSBR in the current year is now forecast to rise to £37bn ( v Budget estimate of £28bn ) . |
| 21 | Software engineering outfit Dazix is now Intergraph Electronics after the company that bought it two years ago . |
| 22 | That band is Nirvana , and if you 're one of the 12 million owners of their last album , Nevermind , you 'll know that their radical reworking of what was heavy metal into what is now grunge has completely destroyed the old image of the moronic metal band . |
| 23 | The payroll system is now run on-line from Chessington via the Government Data Network . |
| 24 | It is n't it 's Now Thank We All Our God . |
| 25 | After considering an update of Fifties TV Western Maverick , he 's now set to star in a big-screen version of the Sixties series The Wild , Wild West . |
| 26 | After being ruled out of Leeds ' championship run-in last season , he 's now set to miss Saturday 's match against Wimbledon . |
| 27 | Since the introduction of those fiddly little 5p 's the position has changed and 1p 's now take second place . |
| 28 | Previously a council house bought by its owners ; it 's now prey to vandals and a danger to inquisitive children . |
| 29 | It 's a shame that it 's now become part of a genre rather than the opening salvo it might have been , since Juice now has an air of predictability about it . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's now become an annual event , one year here , the next in Barrow , where we played recently . |