Example sentences of "it [is] now [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's now hoped that China having fallen into line with the other four , will end its support for the notorious Khmer Rouge guerrilla army . |
| 2 | It took some time for all the records to be checked , but it 's now agreed that IBM Corp 's full year net loss for 1992 of $4,965m goes down in history as the largest corporate loss on record , taking the baton from General Motors Corp . |
| 3 | But it 's now known that Mrs Law was last seen alive just after lunchtime on Sunday . |
| 4 | On the other hand it is now accepted that Kennedy 's lengthy telephone calls to Macmillan fell short of " consultation " even if Macmillan 's official biographer argues that they " were certainly more than just 'informative' " . |
| 5 | It is now accepted that UDR members and RUC officers have been leaking to loyalists . |
| 6 | Some pessimists have calculated that enormous exercise workouts would be needed in order to achieve even modest weight loss , but it is now recognized that exercise does effectively help to burn up calories by speeding up the body 's metabolic rate for some time afterwards . |
| 7 | However , it is now recognized that progress in this direction requires a great deal more cooperation in other fields , such as monetary and budgetary policy , than was originally acknowledged . |
| 8 | However , it is now recognized that research on such prediction falls down in terms of both its reliability and its validity . |
| 9 | It is now recognized that people who have been on weight-reducing diets subsequently have a lower calorie requirement than they previously had . |
| 10 | It is now believed that babies can be sensitized to food even before they are born , because a few food molecules , from food the mother eats , can reach the baby in her womb ( see p 246 ) . |
| 11 | A statement from Cleveland Police said : ‘ Following inquiries , it is now believed that Mr MacDonald died of natural causes . ’ |
| 12 | It is now known that contact and reassurance are more important than food in providing bonds of attachment and affection . |
| 13 | It is now known that back in the ice age , glacial action had created a depression in the earth 's surface , in the area occupied by the field in which the seam was to outcrop . |
| 14 | It is now known that smokers are more likely to develop a cerebral thrombosis ( stroke ) than non smokers . |
| 15 | However , it is now known that UVA rays also have a profound effect . |
| 16 | After a flurry of litigation it is now settled that stipulations as to time in a rent review clause are prima facie not of the essence ( United Scientific Holdings Ltd v Burnley BC [ 1977 ] 2 All ER 62 ) ; nor is an obligation to prepare service charge accounts ( West Central Investments Ltd v Borovik ( 1977 ) 241 EG 609 ) . |