Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [is] now [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GPT was formed to unite the telecoms businesses of GEC and Plessey , but as a result of the Plessey takeover it is now owned 60 per cent by GEC and 40 per cent by the German group , Siemens . |
| 2 | For a considerable distance it is now followed by a main road ( A422 and B4525 ) , but near Culworth it becomes a narrow lane , running through almost deserted country , past Adstone Lodge and Foxley to Cold Higham . |
| 3 | This is why to account for their longevity it is now believed that they were a qualified kind of ectothermic homeotherm continually striving to become endothermic homeotherms . |
| 4 | On the other hand it is now accepted that Kennedy 's lengthy telephone calls to Macmillan fell short of " consultation " even if Macmillan 's official biographer argues that they " were certainly more than just 'informative' " . |
| 5 | Because of the rise in unemployment it is now becoming standard that almost all those in the 15–18 age range are in education or training schemes and retirement is increasingly common from 55 years upwards , particularly from manufacturing industry . |
| 6 | After a flurry of litigation it is now settled that stipulations as to time in a rent review clause are prima facie not of the essence ( United Scientific Holdings Ltd v Burnley BC [ 1977 ] 2 All ER 62 ) ; nor is an obligation to prepare service charge accounts ( West Central Investments Ltd v Borovik ( 1977 ) 241 EG 609 ) . |
| 7 | In the large public company it is now accepted as part of conventional wisdom that the shareholding is so widely dispersed that each shareholder does not own a significant enough proportion of the company to perform any of the functions of monitoring and supervising the directors that the legal model casts upon him . |
| 8 | You could easily have borrowed a book from your local library and come to the conclusion that the specification of the 5086 was perfectly state-of-the art — whereas in fact it is now looking really rather old fashioned . |
| 9 | But the event need n't be all hard work — in fact it 's now become something of a social event . |
| 10 | Erm the fact it 's now burning Australian coal does tend to undermine the arguments er but nevertheless it does have a good rail connection down to the coast , the p ports on the south coast where it can , can er take the stuff in from the er from the ports . |
| 11 | ‘ One day the sun will burn up the earth it is now nourishing , ’ she thought . |
| 12 | If you put money in a bank or building society some years ago , ask how much interest it is now earning . |
| 13 | It says that in the light of the observation it is now reviewing the commercial . |