Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] now that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1993 itself will undoubtedly be equally as difficult a year in many ways at 1992 but we are better equipped now that new foundations have been laid for building an effective and successful engineering and construction consultancy business for the nineties . |
| 2 | Sarah only hoped now that Janine and Roy sorted themselves out . |
| 3 | Feeling a need suddenly for warmth and companionship , she turned , meaning to retrace her steps to where Fen sat , apparently engrossed now that she had left him in peace . |
| 4 | It is generally recognized now that a totally planned economy is no longer a desirable or viable option for socialists , in either the East or the West . |
| 5 | It is generally accepted now that to speak of self-sufficiency in the face of such quantities of material is absurd . |
| 6 | Food , desperately needed now that produce from last year 's harvest is running out , had become garbage . |
| 7 | Well we 've already agreed now that we write to them |
| 8 | There was a silver cigarette lighter in the desk drawer , he remembered , rarely used now that he 'd almost given up . |
| 9 | Is she really like like isolated now that I 'm at boarding school really |
| 10 | " The problem , dear lady , " he said quietly , his accent more pronounced now that he had calmed down , " is that a certain Madam Lundy was sent a telegram yesterday informing her of the whereabouts of a certain Patrick Lundy . " |
| 11 | Although nobody ever remarked upon the fact , it was tacitly acknowledged now that Nails slept with Firelight ; he had been discovered by them all at one time or another early in the morning still asleep . |
| 12 | The ideas are so well accepted now that , whilst the intellectual debts owed to Hess , and to Vine & Matthews , are still acknowledged in passing in modern geological textbooks , their crucial early papers on the subject are seldom specifically cited . |
| 13 | Indeed , it is well known now that many mammals and birds can develop aversions to novel foods that were followed by ill-effects hours after ingestion ( reviewed by Domjan , 1980 ) . |
| 14 | Should all this be conveniently forgotten now that the boycott is about to be lifted ? |
| 15 | He was subtly changed now that they were flying to his mountain abode . |
| 16 | But he was apparently considerably mollified now that Finn had covered himself up . |