Example sentences of "are now a " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of it all the mind-body problem will loom large — but this may be because we are now a little closer to it . |
| 2 | There are now a number of stretching devices on the market . |
| 3 | To give more power to the carver 's elbow there are now a wide range of electric carving systems , and here we test a selection of machines and tools that may offer more than a saving in time |
| 4 | Hong Kong Special Report : The spectre haunting Hong Kong 's future : The ‘ Jewels of the Orient ’ are now a string of tarnished beads . |
| 5 | All these factors — and many , many more which are now a fact of our fast-paced , deadline-packed daily lives — are still helping to create symptoms of stress to the point where a single encounter with an apparently dyslexic British Telecom directory enquiries operator can all but tip us over the brink . |
| 6 | On the positive side , the changes inside the Soviet Union will help : with the unprecedented flowering of Jewish cultural freedom , Hebrew classes are now a possibility ; potential immigrants can now learn more about Israel before they come . |
| 7 | As Kylie 's business empire was already planning for the 1990s — estimates of its overall earnings are now a staggering £4.5 million a month — virtually every music executive in the world was casting an envious eye at what was being acknowledged as one of the best business operations pop had ever seen . |
| 8 | My unhappier memories are now a generation old and , thankfully , much of the starch seems to have gone out of youth hostelling . |
| 9 | The gardens are now a mixture of municipal bedding and 19C specimen trees , all somewhat disfigured by eye-level lollipop lighting . |
| 10 | Lastly , the opponents of drainage schemes have long complained about the secrecy with which the Ministry of Agriculture and the water authorities have shrouded their calculations , together with their almost universal resistance to public inquiries , which are now a normal part of the process of consultation preceding road and reservoir schemes . |
| 11 | Travel agents are now a familiar sight in towns and cities across the world but one hundred and fifty years ago there were very few . |
| 12 | They were first developed on seaplanes to encourage them to take off at lower speeds and are now a common feature on speedboats . |
| 13 | The fires that flicker across the country each June are now a more sober reflection of the junketings of old . |
| 14 | By turnover , the speciality chemicals constitute the largest part ( $1215m out of the $1906m in 1991 ) but the airbags are now a significant contributor , up from under $8m sales in 1987 to $225m last year . |
| 15 | FELs are now a mature technology , and are competing with conventional lasers as tunable light sources . |
| 16 | Techniques have changed to some extent in that there are now a number of excellent buoyant legers on the market which allow anchored floaters to be used to more effect . |
| 17 | Many strains of Bacillus thuringiensis , for example , are insect pathogens because they produce insecticidal chemicals and , as Payne ( 1988 ) has discussed , there are now a number of commercially available strains which are used to control a variety of insects . |
| 18 | The dining room and kitchen are now a financial asset and a major addition to the atmosphere of the school . |
| 19 | The relationships of the conodont animal are now a little clearer , but still not certain . |
| 20 | Within a few weeks he began to feel better , and his depression , anxiety , tiredness , panic attacks , fainting and sweating are now a thing of the past Problems , due to too much caffeine are fairly common , but not everyone has the sort of symptoms that Ken experienced . |
| 21 | A number of activities that were closed to him before — such as camping and sailing — are now a possibility . |
| 22 | And the sows themselves are now a different shape . |
| 23 | The Desertas are now a bird sanctuary . |
| 24 | The guests fell upon the centaurs and drove them out of the country , so they are now a rare sight indeed . |
| 25 | Exit polls are now a vital part of election night specials — but they are also fatal to the programmes ' capacity to grip an audience through suspense . |
| 26 | Automated telling machines outside banks — ‘ through the wall banking ’ as it is picturesquely called — are now a familiar part of the High Street scene . |
| 27 | And we are now a quarter way through a four-year development plan ’ . |
| 28 | Returns on bank and building society deposits have crashed to 3%-4% and shares and properties are now a viable alternative investment . |
| 29 | ‘ We are now a much more mature economy , ’ said the chief economist of a leading Singapore bank . |
| 30 | We are now a much more mature economy . |