Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] now [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1963 , the car was donated to the National Tramway Museum , where it is now displayed , pending its return to native rails as a most remarkable survivor ! |
| 2 | The Safrane RXE makes do with the ageing Douvrin V6 , although it is now mounted transversely and has its cylinder heads shrouded in ‘ V6 ie ’ labelled silver plastic . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , although it is now called the Robben Ford Signature series . |
| 4 | The rights to Presley 's ‘ Sun ’ recordings were acquired by RCA Victor together with the rights to the artist , and although it is now known that the tapes in RCA Victor 's vault are not actually the 1955 originals , they are extremely good copies , and all have been reissued on compact disc . |
| 5 | Although it is now used with a cup , the saucer had a very different origin . |
| 6 | There are still traces of hut circles attributed to an Iron Age occupation and , at the time of the Roman invasion , the local patriots , the Brigantes , established a hill fort to resist the foreign legions ; an ancient rampart wall , built around the perimeter of the summit and almost half a mile in circumference , has survived the centuries although it is now crumbled and has many gaps . |
| 7 | It was also — although it is now forgotten in the West — the scene of some of the fiercest fighting between Axis and Allied forces in the Middle East . |
| 8 | A now famed example of the former ( and we understand that it is now denied by Rolls Royce ) is that the Rolls Royce Silver Shadow was nearly called the Silver Mist which would have been most unfortunate when selling to the German market . |
| 9 | While the application of procedural checks to licensing activities has therefore increased it would be mistaken to say that it is now accepted that any licensing function should be subjected to such safeguards . |
| 10 | In its latest World Development Report , the World Bank acknowledges that some of its past policies have led to environmental degradation , but insists that it is now geared toward promoting sustainable development and , in particular , the alleviation of third world poverty . |
| 11 | Except that on three separate programmes this weekend , Neil was urbane , witty , direct and honest — so much so that it is now rumoured he might go into TV presenting . |
| 12 | Indeed , the research evidence is so strong that it is now reflected in the high incidence of work teams , ‘ away days ’ for functional groups and courses in team-building . |
| 13 | The ancient Dwarf hold of Karak Ungor has become so infested with Night Goblins that it is now known as Red Eye Mountain . |
| 14 | That it is now required reading for the French Establishment and for anybody involved in business or education is a measure of how successfully it fulfilled its task without compromising a reputation for unbiased reporting . |
| 15 | I am delighted that they have done so well that it is now proposed , even in these difficult times , to increase their establishment . |
| 16 | Northern Ireland 's representation in the Commons has been increased from twelve to seventeen , so it is now represented pro rata with the rest of the United kingdom . |
| 17 | This was first flown in 1979 , but Bill found himself hanging upside down when the brakes seized on landing , and was reluctant to repeat this so it is now owned by Disney Industries , featuring in a recent film The Rocketeer . |
| 18 | ‘ Because she 's still fixated with her idea that Old Red 's been carrying a torch for your aunt for years , and it 's now burst into a fine new flame . |
| 19 | ( It was a driver and it 's now mounted in Lyle Towers because after that he could n't hit a fairway with it ! ) |
| 20 | ‘ And it 's now made Jamie even more convinced that he can be one of the best . |
| 21 | And it 's now found in disturbingly high quantities , not only in the fish , but in the air and the soil and the water throughout the Tappajoss river system . |
| 22 | New uses for aspirin keep emerging and it 's now thought to help prevent heart attacks , strokes , arthritis and even some forms of cancer . |
| 23 | The last big family to live name of was the original er well the last big family and it 's now owned by er er Barbara Cartland 's brother , chap named John |
| 24 | The position of Gaelic has deteriorated dramatically in the intervening forty years and it is now argued convincingly that a local language is itself a development tool . |
| 25 | ‘ He is still the right man for the job , ’ said Kelly and it is now understood the issue will not even be on the agenda when the Football Association holds its annual meeting at Bournemouth on June 26 , a week after the conclusion of the ill-fated US Cup tour . |
| 26 | Obviously , it does not suddenly become safe to steepen the climb at a certain height , and it is now recognised that the angle should be progressively steepened . |
| 27 | And it is now recognised that the great mountain chains are always found on the side of the continental plate facing the direction of its drift . |
| 28 | Far dimmer and simpler than ours , but they certainly exist , and it is now recognised that they can and do suffer from stress . |
| 29 | In the past thirty years , astrophysicists have discovered dust clouds , radio signals , X-rays , electric and magnetic fields in supposedly empty space , and it is now realised that there is as much energy/matter between the stars as there is contained in them and in all the planets as well . |
| 30 | Prime 's Natick , Massachusetts headquarters has been sold and it is now headquartered at the old Computervision base in Bedford , Massachusetts . |