Example sentences of "now [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that there was now effectively a time limit on how long I was going to be able to stay in my broom cupboard . |
| 2 | The tramway station is now effectively a traffic island , surrounded by a one-way system and linked by pedestrian crossings . |
| 3 | His history of Hartburn , now effectively a suburb of Stockton , was completed in the mid-eighties , but publishing problems delayed its release . |
| 4 | In the installation ceremonies of the Divine King of the Shilluk tribe of the southern Sudan one of the most cherished items in the ceremonial regalia is now apparently a Scottish international rugby cap — one of the more exotic relics of the British colonial legacy in Africa . |
| 5 | And in settling what these questions shall be , statesmen have now especially a great responsibility if they raise questions which will excite the lower orders of mankind ; if they raise questions on which the interest of those orders is not identical with , or is antagonistic to , the whole interest of the State , they will have done the greatest harm they can do . |
| 6 | The durability of the Royal Scotsman over five long seasons of operation , with the top tour price now only a short step away from £3,000 was proven by 1989 , but even as this book was being prepared for press , there were changes in the wind which may prove to be a sterner test of the depth of the elitist train-tour market . |
| 7 | The bath in which Nilsen washed his victims is gone ; there is now only a shower-room . |
| 8 | Within Cosmeston manor at least two other contemporary medieval settlements existed : a hamlet ( now only a single farm ) at Sutton , half a mile to the south of Cosmeston ; and a small hamlet at Lavernock , the present centre of the parish which was once centred on Cosmeston . |
| 9 | The great London smogs are now only a nightmare of the past . |
| 10 | Status . — Formerly bred , but now only a rare winter visitor and passage migrant . |
| 11 | It seemed that they should stop and follow the sight of the two young boys , but it was too late they had been and they had gone and now only a disturbance was left behind . |
| 12 | This was now only a week away . |
| 13 | This issue of a candidate 's personal integrity is known as the ‘ Zipper Test ’ ( often euphemised as the ‘ Character Question ’ ) but in Britain adultery or promiscuity is now only a terminal problem if the politician lies about his exploits ( since Lucrezia Borgia women have rarely figured as dissipated politicians ) . |
| 14 | Newbridge , for instance , is now only a farm near Pulborough , and very little is known of its foundation . |
| 15 | Passchendaele , now only a ‘ brick-coloured stain' in the mud , with just the church recognizable as a building , was heavily defended by Germans with machine-guns in concrete pillboxes . |
| 16 | Now only a minority of school leavers have ‘ real ’ jobs to go to . |
| 17 | It responded slowly , now only a hundred feet below the Ilyushin . |
| 18 | Digital Equipment Corp also has a copy of the paper , and some of the Common Open Software Environment people think that DEC is now only a photo opportunity away from announcing that it is becoming a member too . |
| 19 | Digital Equipment Corp also has a copy of the paper , and some of the COSE people think DEC is now only a photo opportunity away from announcing that it 's becoming a COSE too . |
| 20 | WITH THE new season now only a few weeks away , clubs will be assessing how they can best update or improve their facilities . |
| 21 | One can think of companies like Hanson Trust which , though still present in transport , its original roots , is now a mighty conglomerate in two continents , or companies like W. R. Grace , far away from shipping now , or Allied in the States where chemical activities are now only a small part of the whole . |
| 22 | Now only a few months later , it is itself superseded . |
| 23 | He was now only a step from the edge of the platform . |
| 24 | The hoverspeeder 's cockpit was now only a couple of metres below , and slightly to one side of , the platform . |
| 25 | The smooth metal slid away from in front of her box-like boots to reveal the surface of the space station , now only a hundred metres below the shuttle . |
| 26 | Up in the hills to our right lies Nevill Holt , now only a church , a park and a great house . |
| 27 | Now only a great rectangular green , known as the Borough , exists at Downton to mark this abortive town . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , although the misuse of judicial interrogation is now only a distant history , it seems to have left its mark on public perceptions of the entire subject : and indeed not just public perceptions , for in the recent past there have been several authoritative and eloquent judicial reminders of the abuses of our former inquisitorial system and of the need to guard against their revival . |
| 29 | Whereas " animal familiarization " is now only a fading memory in European folklore , it is still common in the islands , and there are shamans who claim regularly to enter the bodies of creatures to stalk the woods and fly the air at night . |
| 30 | Deeply though a great deal of crime fiction today is rooted in the blueprint detective story , there is now only a small public for such books in their pure form and , I think , there are not so many writers who want to produce them . |