Example sentences of "it [be] now [adj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It is now easy to see that any QDM received which is a smaller figure than the desired track QDM means that you are to the left of your track .
2 It is now appropriate to consider whether the caustics formed in this way correspond to mere coordinate singularities , or whether they are necessarily curvature singularities as they are in the Khan-Penrose solution .
3 However , more heterogeneity is seen at the gene level and it is now possible to examine that α 1 AT genotype using techniques including polymerase chain reaction and hybridisation to ASO probes .
4 It is now possible to investigate whether it is ‘ just ’ extra DNA sequence , with no apparently defined hypersensitive sites , which leads to position-independent expression of the transgene by designing a minimal ‘ Long ’ construct containing only the defined DH sites ( experiments in progress ) .
5 The past decade has seen immense progress in elucidating the scientific basis for a proper discipline of programming : it is now possible to prove that a computer program meets its specification , in much the same way that mathematicians and engineers know how to prove the correctness of a proposed solution to the relevant differential equations .
6 With this work as a background , it is now possible to review and develop the various options for change in the planning system which are currently proposed .
7 It is now possible to add or remove elements , and modify whole sections of the commercial , by means of computer systems such as ‘ Paintbox ’ — a system that contributed greatly to Peter Greenaway 's feature film Prospero 's Books — or ‘ Harry ’ .
8 It is now likely to recur and , with continued reinforcement , it becomes established in the student 's repertoire as an instrumental response , capable of obtaining certain satisfaction for the student in the form of comprehension and approval in classroom situations .
9 It is now commonplace to say that the Thatcher governments have had to be highly interventionist in order to extend the market , increase the rights of consumers , and reduce producer power .
10 Whereas profiles were initially envisaged as a form of school-leaving report or record , and designed to fill a gap in the existing certification procedures , it is now true to say that many , if not the majority , of those involved in such developments place their highest priority on the changes such procedures will bring about within the educational process itself .
11 Perhaps , for the first time , it is now true to say that money does not automatically equal power .
12 It is now uncontroversial to assert that bureaucracy performs political roles in the context of the contemporary state ( though there is still much controversy as to precisely which roles are performed and what , if any , their structural consequences are ) .
13 Just as it was important to consider the problems of alcohol abuse in conjunction with the underlying social distress , it is now important to realize that after the withdrawal from alcohol , those more fundamental problems will still exist .
14 It is now difficult to imagine that at this time virtually all the academic departments were based in the Trent Building
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