Example sentences of "is now [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Since the question is now whether a government exists , there is no room for more than one government at a time nor for separate de jure and de facto governments in respect of the same state .
2 She might go on for years ; I could be as old as she is now before she finally gives up the ghost .
3 My mother I can hardly see save as she is now while I am writing .
4 It is now that the band requires an accountant .
5 It is now that the marked effect of training can most clearly be felt .
6 The strongest Akali faction by far is now that led by Mr Simranjit Singh Mann .
7 The strongest Akali faction by far is now that led by Mr Simranjit Singh Mann .
8 It is now that a man may pick the flowers and fruit of his lifetime , and complete his gardens of philosophy .
9 The point is now that the individual comes to fear wanting even to relate because the relationship itself might be destroyed .
10 This act of stealth and deceit is far from straightforward , and it is now that we begin to see some of the more subtle and complex adaptations of the cuckoo to its parasitic way of life .
11 Zednik says : ‘ Petr is still extrovert on court but the difference is now that he does n't lose his concentration on the next point as much as he used to . ’
12 It is now that the final form of the book begins to emerge , and the researcher has to begin to withdraw from the research group .
13 In previous generations it was much less likely than it is now that grandparents would have lived to know their grandchildren as adults ( see chapters 2 and 3 ) .
14 The position in England and Wales is now that in all areas there are two levels of administration , the county and district authority .
15 Renner ( 1917 ) argued that as ‘ capitalism is now passing from its industrial to its finance-capitalist stage ’ so the old principle of nationality ‘ the democratic , nay revolutionary principle of the unity , freedom , and self-determination of the nation , is over and done with ’ , and the dominant national idea is now that of ‘ national imperialism ’ , promoted by the ruling classes .
16 Stone & Dobinson 's test of " obvious risk to health or welfare " would broaden manslaughter perhaps unacceptably , and the position is now that accepted by the Privy Council and Court of Appeal .
17 So it was when my life began so it is now that I am a man .
18 Yeah the other the other factor is now that that data is getting on for twelve months old
19 THE spring Town Crier came yesterday and what a terrific read it is now that it is being produced by Darlington College of Technology students .
20 ‘ The situation is now that if he works hard and shows the right attitude and I think it is right , then last week will be forgotten and he will go in the side . ’
21 Where the old , where the college is now that art college ?
22 If Adam was speaking like he is now that pick it up .
23 A far cry from the £2 tray meal handed out on the first of the Scenic Land Cruise trains eight years earlier , in a decade of special-train running where sophistication got its chance — and left behind many ordinary folk for whom the railway ‘ excursion ’ is now but a fading memory .
24 What has happened , therefore , is a transfer of production from the field to the factory floor , so that the field is now but one stage of the production-line process .
25 Well , it , it , it looked very similar , not quite as good as it is now but er , it was n't no where near as wide of course .
26 I do n't know whee it is now but it was there .
27 He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night .
28 Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult .
29 I know what it is now but
30 is now When I drop this one round I 'll tell you about then .
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