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 ’ . |