Example sentences of "[noun] now [is] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fear now is that banks will start to compete by driving commission rates lower and lower until they are prepared to arrange issues at break-even or worse . |
| 2 | Law-enforcement officials say the fear now is that the terrorists that blew up Pan Am 103 somehow learned about what the DEA was doing , infiltrated the undercover operation and substituted the bomb for the heroin in one of the DEA shipments . |
| 3 | ‘ The benefit now is that a child can institute proceedings without having to wait for somebody else to do it , ' said Mr Kidd . |
| 4 | ‘ The main difference between cricket and rugby now is that they 're both more competitive , which means they 're taken too seriously . |
| 5 | ‘ The mood now is that there is a chance for change . ’ |
| 6 | So the invariable requirement now is that a market member trading on the market floor or its equivalent ( eg an automated trading system ) is required by market rules either to be a clearing member or to have a clearing agreement with a clearing member . |
| 7 | The Melrose stand-off , who suffered a double fracture of the right forearm in the Calcutta Cup defeat , was first advised that the injury might take almost three months to heal , but medical opinion now is that the time could be trimmed to between six and eight weeks . |
| 8 | The only difference now is that people are not surprised and perhaps , therefore , better prepared for the shock . |
| 9 | The original deal was for the same time and same sum , but the difference now is that the new contract covers rugby only for the age bracket between 16 and 18 . |
| 10 | ‘ But the difference now is that the profits go back into the game and the WRU are to be congratulated on their decisions to tap in to the funds that are available . ’ |
| 11 | The difference now is that the same factory supplies production to both sales forces and , in theory , our factories ( Runcorn and Elderslie ) have two chances to win the order instead of only one as in the past . |
| 12 | The crucial point now is that the evidence of one 's senses is not just what we appeal to in justification and verification . |
| 13 | The main danger now is that the gain in competitiveness will be eroded by inflation partly triggered by the rise in import costs . |
| 14 | The main danger now is that the gain in competitiveness will be eroded by inflation partly triggered by the rise in import costs . |
| 15 | But every sign now is that to shortages , inflation and a runaway budget deficit must be added serious shortfalls in output of coal , oil and nuclear energy . |
| 16 | My only regret on that particular occasion now is that I did n't organise properly getting it videotaped , because it would have been a nice thing to keep , but as far as I could I kept to the traditions of mayoral ceremonial on those sorts of occasions . |
| 17 | My only regret on that particular occasion now is that I did n't organise properly getting it videotaped , because it would have been a nice thing to keep , but as far as I could I kept to the traditions of mayoral ceremonial on those sorts of occasions . |
| 18 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the figures given demonstrate clearly that nationalisation has failed the Scottish coal industry and that the only hope now is that it will be privatised in the imminent future ? |
| 19 | The hope now is that the tour operators and the local population will seize the opportunity presented to the island . |
| 20 | He says his only hope now is that the murderer is caught , before someone else 's daughter meets a similar fate . |
| 21 | Their only hope now is that a buyer can be found who can afford vast sum , it will take to bring the building back to it 's former glory . |
| 22 | Emma is always asking when we will go back , and our only worry now is that in a few years she will probably be waking us up at dawn on icy mornings , saying : ‘ Shall we go down the black run first ? ’ |
| 23 | My worry now is that we meet at his house before moving on . |
| 24 | The greatest fear of the opposition groups now is that the ruling parties will try to appease them and rush ahead with calling free elections before the opposition groups are properly organised . |
| 25 | The choice of this measure is not arbitrary , for the argument now is that typically a bourgeois client brings an issue to a lawyer , which the latter translates into a meta-language in terms of which a binding solution can be found . |
| 26 | The argument now is that , in order to finance welfare provision , governments have imposed unjustifiably high levels of taxation , which have hindered investment and reduced productivity , encouraged the brain drain and increased inflation . |
| 27 | ‘ My one wish now is that my business should be finished , ’ he wrote in a cri de coeur on 7 July , ‘ so that we can be together again . |
| 28 | Roses are red the day is blue , my only wish now is that I spend it with you . |
| 29 | Now I , I , I er our , our , in a sense our policy now is that we 're going to sort of readjust the policy in , in the north . |
| 30 | The word from Lilongwe now is that Chihana will be charged with sedition , a capital offence . |