Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] now [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pay range for Lecturers now runs from £12,638 to £31,726 . |
| 2 | The European dimension is firmly at the centre of college activities , and funding generated for projects now stands at over £1 million . |
| 3 | Yes , that , that 's , that 's very much part of it , but we want , you know history 's only , only made by people , it 's made by every , you know , all of us really , so you know , we 're asking for groups now to come to us and say , you know , ‘ we want to do a project on X to do with the motorway ’ , and we 'll be prepared to , you know , back it up as much as we can . |
| 4 | ALTHOUGH THE landscape of Sussex has been substantially modified by man , the basic geology and soil types still have an important bearing on the vegetation and crops , and hence the habitats available for birds now found in the county . |
| 5 | The training provided for solicitors now lags behind that of the Bar ; it does not invariably include the instruction in advocacy , practical exercises and discussions of court cases now required for Bar students . |
| 6 | Though the unit still has responsibility for keeping ministers informed of developments in the UK oil and gas industry , most of the 86 staff working for OSO now focus on worldwide developments , including opportunities in the former Soviet republics and other areas which were closed markets to British exporters until a few years ago . |
| 7 | Although the basic position of the continents had remained unchanged since the Mesozoic , variations in the sea level might have opened up land passages between areas now separated by shallow seas . |
| 8 | Neither of them had taken the slightest notice of my movements , except that Mr Parsons was already in my empty chair , and the two of them , with Ewen Mackay 's flask of whisky now standing between them , were talking about salmon fishing . |
| 9 | The direction of change now depends on the considerations discussed earlier , except that any change in ( ) feeds back to . |
| 10 | Said a spokesman : ‘ There is a positive wind of change now blowing through the club . ’ |
| 11 | He envisages that a change in outlook may derive from appreciation of the complex event sequences that new techniques have now exposed in the Quaternary ; from appraisal of the classical models of change to accommodate the realization that extreme rapidity of change now has to be considered when evaluating chronological biotal and geomorphological processes ; from adjustment of geomorphology to new knowledge of Quaternary change such as rate of ice sheet growth and decay ; and similar adjustment of biogeography and of palaeoclimatology . |
| 12 | The ability of donors to turn off the tap is often cherished as a means of enforcing economic discipline , or more specifically the sets of policies now associated with structural adjustment . |
| 13 | Debt is seen as Pilkington 's main difficulty with estimates of £840m at the end of March now said to be standing at £950m and likely to hit the £1bn figure . |
| 14 | St George 's Hill Gallery is owned by Danish collector Kurt Andersen and will be showing the work of a number of artists now represented in national collections , including H.A . |
| 15 | It may be that they are in fact onycophorans , a group of arthropods now represented by caterpillar-like velvet worms that burrow through dead wood in Australia . |
| 16 | This was considered to have been a miracle , and the statue of Our Lady of Monte now stands in the centre of the high altar of the church in Monte . |
| 17 | He felt that the market reached its lowest point in the first half of last year and that a number of signs now pointed to returning confidence : a low unsold ( bi ) rate of 13% ( by value ) so far this year as compared to 21% for this time last year , together with stronger bidding in sales this year . |
| 18 | Although President Carlos Saúl Menem tried to minimize the scale of the defeat , it was generally seen as a severe reverse both for his government and for menemismo , a flamboyant style of administration now associated with scandal and corruption [ see pp. 37959 ; 38144 ; 38674 ; 38719 ] . |
| 19 | The fulcrum of action now shifted from the society to the committee in London . |
| 20 | Another effect of the phrase would seem to be that it enables the person uttering the remarks or engaging in the behaviour to assert that he was unaware of the presence of his audience , which duplicates the requirements of intention now built into the section . |
| 21 | Regan is right to the extent that to talk of recognition in such circumstances does have a purpose , as it would of a dog 's staccato barks and tail-waving on hearing its master 's voice , but he fails to realise that the same form of words now features in a related , but different , language-game . |
| 22 | Now , they have come round to adopting the Indian selection policy with the ever-improving off-spin of Hick now regarded as part of their frontline attack . |
| 23 | The relatively cumbersome medium of microfilm has never presented the sort of opportunities now presented by digitisation , for bringing together collections of complementary material which have been physically separated for decades or even centuries . |
| 24 | One explanation could be that the prospect of defeat now seems to him , if not inevitable , then at least sufficiently likely to be worth a contingency wager . |
| 25 | The point of contention now appears to be how institutions may be affected . |
| 26 | The political future of Spain now depended on Ferdinand VII . |
| 27 | A welcome innovation in this field has been the production of a catalogue of equipment now issued by Boots the Chemists . |
| 28 | Poland had already , in the spring of 1991 , joined the list of countries now considered by the Spanish immigration authorities to enjoy democratic political systems . |
| 29 | For the Germans , the thought that the thousands of prisoners-of-war now free behind their lines might take up arms was a continuing nightmare . |
| 30 | Sixty per cent of the people of Brazil now live below the poverty line defined by the UN . |