Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] have now [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The score at Dens Park and Parkhead decreed that Willie Miller 's defence has now conceded fewer goals than any other club in the top flight of the Scottish game , the Aberdeen rearguard having been breached only 26 times .
2 Peter Brooke 's ministry has now rejected all of these .
3 There wo n't be any Labour representation at the dinner , because the town 's Mayor has now declined his invitation .
4 The Lord Chancellor 's Department had now reached the stage of recruitment .
5 Carole Blake reports that ‘ Best of Young British ’ author Lawrence Norfolk ‘ s Lemprière 's Dictionary has now sold to 16 countries , is in the bestseller lists in Austria , and has sold over 100,000 hardback copies in Germany — where , I read in the papers , rival translators have misguidedly complained that the ( intentionally ) quirky use of language is not translated into good German .
6 Ferguson 's side have now managed only their eighth League win in 25 attempts this year .
7 What Burley 's group has now done is to add a new protein structural motif to this list by solving the cocrystal structure of the basic/helix-loop-helix/leucine zipper ( b/HLH/Z ) domain of Max bound to DNA at 2.9 A resolution .
8 Then , the little bridge beside the hotel was even named after the inn and , although the bridge 's name has now changed , today the welcome is equally as warm .
9 The Agency 's Architect has now made his detailed inspection of the buildings and his report is expected early in the new year .
10 As a result of this rule , and many carefully orchestrated publicity campaigns , the motor industry 's image has now changed from polluter to pal of the earth .
11 I think my husband 's hand has now stopped being numb from my squeezing !
12 Where the Children 's Bureau had now advanced from restraint to diversion as a treatment for masturbation , Isaacs was giving a brief account of Oedipal conflict and advising parents that they were ‘ far more likely to do harm by rushing in to scold or correct than by leaving the child to deal with it himself — in a general atmosphere of calm goodwill ’ , and was citing Dr Ernest Jones in her support .
13 Scotch Whisky 's decline has now accelerated to the extent that sales in the UK are collapsing at the rate of 1 million cases per annum .
14 Colin 's visit has now come and gone and was a great success .
15 Henry noted how the detective inspector 's speech had now widened to include words like ‘ poison ’ and ‘ murderer ’ .
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