Example sentences of "is now and " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may be meant to think that time is simultaneous , in a way that may owe something to the simultaneity propounded , ‘ perhaps ’ , in Eliot 's Four Quartets , where ‘ History is now and England ’ ; or that it is cyclical , a turning wheel , with human depravity paling into insignificance as the wheel turns into modern times . |
| 2 | The official ADN news agency said that Mr Honecker told the visiting Chinese Deputy Prime Minister , Yao Yilin : ‘ Any attempt by imperialism to destabilise socialist construction , and slander its achievements , is now and in the future nothing more than Don Quixote 's futile charge against the steadily turning sails of a windmill . ’ |
| 3 | HAVING long admired The Cricketers ‘ Who 's Who , edited annually by Ian Sproat , MP , I am pleased that The Cricketer is now and henceforward to be associated in its promotion with Lennard , the publishers . |
| 4 | That was then and this is now and changes have to be made . |
| 5 | He poured his mother 's ashes in the place she is now and I am absolutely positive that he knows now she is not coming back . ’ |
| 6 | This presupposes that a person ( a ) is now conscious of the self he is now ; ( b ) is now conscious of the self he was at some time in the past ; and ( c ) can discern the identity of the self he is now and the self he was at some time in the past . |
| 7 | Though the Dragon Princes were few the destruction they could wreak was unmatched then as it is now and few dared the wrath of Caledor . |
| 8 | It claims 100% compatibility with Windows 3. x ( as it is now and as it may become to ward off emulators ) and no degradation in the performance of any Windows application . |
| 9 | X ( as it is now and as it may become to ward off emulators ) and no degradation in the performance of any Windows application . |
| 10 | But it used to be different then … there was n't no atmosphere like there is now and there were n't no fence around the London Road like now … |
| 11 | Er but er this is the position as it is now and I I 've taken the conservative position as always . |
| 12 | Volcanoes emit very large concentr very large amounts of hydrochloric acid as a gas H C L gas and earlier in the earth 's history volcanic activity was much , much more widespread than it is now and during this period vast amounts of H C L were emitted . |
| 13 | There are also independent traditions in the Cyclades and East Greece ; but the central line of vase-painting is now and for many years to come in Athens . |
| 14 | Yet still they work in improving the mood from where it is now and still there may be no perception that the depressed mood and damaging consequences of use could possibly be the responsibility of the very substances and processes that seem to be the only things that can make life better . |
| 15 | Course he , he used to know a lot of them round there , because there was more houses at the top of than there is now and all round there you know . |
| 16 | The orbit will be circular and the Moon will be about 1½ times as far away as it is now and so total solar eclipses will not occur . |
| 17 | This would offer an overview of the environment — both as it is now and how it might become on present trends . |
| 18 | Sewer outfall was down at erm Earth Point near the Power Station is now and th and the |
| 19 | It was a bit of a pill at the time and y used to pay a shilling in the pound , well a shilling was a lot more valuable than it is now and erm I used to begrudge paying in it forty eight and sixpence but it does provide the , well the pleasures of life now , whereby the pens the ordinary old age pension would n't . |
| 20 | Those who are asking for that — many voices , including important voices , in Northern Ireland are asking for it — would create a situation for everybody in Northern Ireland that would be far worse than it is now and , God knows , it is bad enough at present . |
| 21 | A.1.1 is now and shall be at Completion true and accurate ; and |
| 22 | I suggest that the erm ticket price should be two pounds fifty as it is now and that the concessionary price should be increased to two pounds . |
| 23 | In the Bishop 's case the brewery is Scottish and Newcastle in the local it is Camerons or Wolverhampton Breweries , or whatever it is now and there was no choice . |
| 24 | Reductions depend on what death benefit already applies under the policy , how old the policyholder was when he took out the policy , how old he is now and when the pension is to be taken . |
| 25 | As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end . |
| 26 | The coal boats lay out where the old barge is now and the drifters went alongside them to get coal . |
| 27 | those er he said , there 's something going down the pipes , I said no cos that pipe there , you can put your finger where that pipe is now and the water 's flying out . |