Example sentences of "[pers pn] is now [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother I can hardly see save as she is now while I am writing . |
| 2 | She might go on for years ; I could be as old as she is now before she finally gives up the ghost . |
| 3 | From everything she says , it 's clear this gilgul 's been on the scene for quite a while — there is no way she could have learned what she 's learned , cleaned up her act and become who she is now if the only time she 's had to do it in was the brief interval between our confrontation at the Mephistco stand and her appearance on the beach at Bournemouth . |
| 4 | Their frustrations used to be articulated by Mrs Thatcher , but she is now as likely to be a cause of them as a cure . |
| 5 | He poured his mother 's ashes in the place she is now and I am absolutely positive that he knows now she is not coming back . ’ |
| 6 | Well , it , it , it looked very similar , not quite as good as it is now but er , it was n't no where near as wide of course . |
| 7 | I do n't know whee it is now but it was there . |
| 8 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
| 9 | Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult . |
| 10 | I know what it is now but |
| 11 | It is now that the band requires an accountant . |
| 12 | It is now that the marked effect of training can most clearly be felt . |
| 13 | It is now that a man may pick the flowers and fruit of his lifetime , and complete his gardens of philosophy . |
| 14 | This act of stealth and deceit is far from straightforward , and it is now that we begin to see some of the more subtle and complex adaptations of the cuckoo to its parasitic way of life . |
| 15 | It is now that the final form of the book begins to emerge , and the researcher has to begin to withdraw from the research group . |
| 16 | In previous generations it was much less likely than it is now that grandparents would have lived to know their grandchildren as adults ( see chapters 2 and 3 ) . |
| 17 | So it was when my life began so it is now that I am a man . |
| 18 | THE spring Town Crier came yesterday and what a terrific read it is now that it is being produced by Darlington College of Technology students . |
| 19 | A I would suggest you have your hair regularly trimmed to the length it is now until the layers grow down successfully without splitting , then you have a chance of growing your hair longer . |
| 20 | All that science could say is : The universe is as it is now because it was as it was then . |
| 21 | Though the Dragon Princes were few the destruction they could wreak was unmatched then as it is now and few dared the wrath of Caledor . |
| 22 | It claims 100% compatibility with Windows 3. x ( as it is now and as it may become to ward off emulators ) and no degradation in the performance of any Windows application . |
| 23 | X ( as it is now and as it may become to ward off emulators ) and no degradation in the performance of any Windows application . |
| 24 | Er but er this is the position as it is now and I I 've taken the conservative position as always . |
| 25 | Volcanoes emit very large concentr very large amounts of hydrochloric acid as a gas H C L gas and earlier in the earth 's history volcanic activity was much , much more widespread than it is now and during this period vast amounts of H C L were emitted . |
| 26 | Yet still they work in improving the mood from where it is now and still there may be no perception that the depressed mood and damaging consequences of use could possibly be the responsibility of the very substances and processes that seem to be the only things that can make life better . |
| 27 | The orbit will be circular and the Moon will be about 1½ times as far away as it is now and so total solar eclipses will not occur . |
| 28 | This would offer an overview of the environment — both as it is now and how it might become on present trends . |
| 29 | It was a bit of a pill at the time and y used to pay a shilling in the pound , well a shilling was a lot more valuable than it is now and erm I used to begrudge paying in it forty eight and sixpence but it does provide the , well the pleasures of life now , whereby the pens the ordinary old age pension would n't . |
| 30 | Those who are asking for that — many voices , including important voices , in Northern Ireland are asking for it — would create a situation for everybody in Northern Ireland that would be far worse than it is now and , God knows , it is bad enough at present . |