Example sentences of "[conj] is now [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can not see why cash which has earned him monthly interest running into five figures should be squandered for the sake of a perceived way of life that is now beset by escalating economic and political pressure . |
| 2 | The problem that is now faced apparently is that there is not a sufficient number of paediatric specialists available to give clinical care . |
| 3 | ISPRA , the EEC 's main nuclear research establishment , is now certain to be a ‘ favoured competitor ’ in an orgy of bidding for some £300 million worth of EEC-funded research into fusion technology that is now getting under way . |
| 4 | There is nothing in the history of the 1920s and 1930s to justify the cosy nostalgia that is now cloaked around the pre-war years . |
| 5 | Changes introduced a couple of years ago are working well and the aggressive marketing that is now taking place is very much to be desired . |
| 6 | But when is he going to give an ounce of credit to the Government for having set up the TECs , for having put in place the instrument of the training revolution that is now taking place in this country , and for having taken the most imaginative step that we have ever seen in our training history ? |
| 7 | If it ever gets them , it will probably be thanks to the Geographic Targeting Taskforce , a local activists ' group that is now beginning to make an impact on the area . |
| 8 | We believe that everything that is now beginning to happen can lead to that result , provided that there is good will on all sides . |
| 9 | ‘ During the transition that is now beginning I urge America 's friends and foes alike to recognise , as I do , that America has only one president at a time , and that American foreign policy remains solely in his hands , ’ he said . |
| 10 | The extension of the fixed penalty system that is now projected will reduce the number of small cases in magistrates ' courts . |
| 11 | He struck on the underlying concept that is now called hypertext when he wrote : |
| 12 | In that sense , the most important thing to say about this British election , and all the other electoral carnivals taking place in the developed world this year , is that they are frivolous evasions of the threat that is now menacing all of mankind . |
| 13 | Their club Synergy is on tour and will be coming to a town near you , where you can experience a live set along with the DJs , lights and neurotechnology that is now associated with them . |
| 14 | Their club Synergy is on tour and will be coming to a town near you , where you can experience a live set along with the DJs , lights and neurotechnology that is now associated with them . |
| 15 | Chocoholics will love The Chocolate Book by Sara Perry , an American cookbook that is now published in the UK . |
| 16 | Originally a woodshed , the previous owners had converted it into a thatched extension that is now lined with books . |
| 17 | They constitute a field of choice for the development of democracy , because the ‘ energy mutation ’ that is now occurring can be accomplished only with the consent and help of all . |
| 18 | This is only a small point , the Fun School 4 products have enough going for them to be recommended and are certainly good value for money — BUT to continue to compete with other quality software that is now appearing , this lack of consistency will need to be addressed . |
| 19 | And so the A N C has to make sure that while it works for the aspirations of its people it must also protect the country and I 'm afraid in this context it means it has through negotiations and other means also conceded made concessions in order to save the situation and the only organization that is now working for the national interest even losing its own supporters in the country is basically the A N C and it 's quite a remarkable thing to see that leaders are prepared to l lose political support because they have to make sure that the country does n't . |
| 20 | Indeed , our understanding of the technique that is now used so widely and with such serious consequences seems to have made disquietingly little progress since the 1770s , when Franz Anton Mesmer first took Paris by storm with his new , bizarre technique . |
| 21 | The elderly population is based on the estimated increase in population of the over seventy five year olds , and indeed that is the factor that is now used in S S A in terms of looking er , the need to spend on elderly people . |
| 22 | The proposal of the Leader of the Opposition to spend the money that is now spent on British farmers on farmers in southern Europe is something about which every farmer should know — unless the Opposition spokesman will advise him differently and tell the House when he has so advised him . |
| 23 | It has been so rewarding for me to read about the happiness and freedom from the prison of obesity that is now enjoyed by so many . |
| 24 | Does he agree that that contrasts with the breath of fresh air that is now flowing through our universities and polytechnics ? |
| 25 | European eyes are fixed on the first of these figures : public spending that is now shooting through the ceiling set in the EC 's self-denying ordinance of 1988 . |
| 26 | Recently , there has been a moving together again , but in the 1930s there developed at the University of Chicago a tradition of social research that is now known as the ‘ Chicago School ’ . |
| 27 | The exponential increase in the amount of DNA sequence that is now known , and the universal accessibility of this data through computer databases , mean that any scientist can quickly start to study genes of interest in his or her own laboratory . |
| 28 | It is stress causing hostility and aggression that is now thought to contribute to cholesterol deposits in arteries . ’ |
| 29 | The exercise of personal initiative also needs to be encouraged on other fronts , and this is the issue that is now considered . |
| 30 | Although there may not be terrible penalties for taking a cautious approach to new and untested technology , it would be imprudent to make excessive investments in the hardware and software that is now offered by IBM and its ilk . |