Example sentences of "now [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in settling what these questions shall be , statesmen have now especially a great responsibility if they raise questions which will excite the lower orders of mankind ; if they raise questions on which the interest of those orders is not identical with , or is antagonistic to , the whole interest of the State , they will have done the greatest harm they can do . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , although the misuse of judicial interrogation is now only a distant history , it seems to have left its mark on public perceptions of the entire subject : and indeed not just public perceptions , for in the recent past there have been several authoritative and eloquent judicial reminders of the abuses of our former inquisitorial system and of the need to guard against their revival . |
| 3 | Elkstone is now only a small settlement with a large farm to the south . |
| 4 | Deeply though a great deal of crime fiction today is rooted in the blueprint detective story , there is now only a small public for such books in their pure form and , I think , there are not so many writers who want to produce them . |
| 5 | One can think of companies like Hanson Trust which , though still present in transport , its original roots , is now a mighty conglomerate in two continents , or companies like W. R. Grace , far away from shipping now , or Allied in the States where chemical activities are now only a small part of the whole . |
| 6 | Half an hour later , Harry left Breakspear College with scarcely a glance at what was now only a faint stain on the opposite wall . |
| 7 | Status . — Formerly bred , but now only a rare winter visitor and passage migrant . |
| 8 | This issue of a candidate 's personal integrity is known as the ‘ Zipper Test ’ ( often euphemised as the ‘ Character Question ’ ) but in Britain adultery or promiscuity is now only a terminal problem if the politician lies about his exploits ( since Lucrezia Borgia women have rarely figured as dissipated politicians ) . |
| 9 | The durability of the Royal Scotsman over five long seasons of operation , with the top tour price now only a short step away from £3,000 was proven by 1989 , but even as this book was being prepared for press , there were changes in the wind which may prove to be a sterner test of the depth of the elitist train-tour market . |
| 10 | It is now only a short step to think of comparing ‘ local ’ specific mortality patterns ( m a ) with a standard ( m s ) by means of a weighted average over the age groups of the ratios of m a to m s , using as weights the deaths that would be expected locally if the standard specific mortalities were to apply , i.e. m s x P a This is called the standardized mortality ratio ( SMR ) . |
| 11 | In the seven metropolitan areas of Greater London , West Midlands , Greater Manchester , Merseyside , South Yorkshire , West Yorkshire and Tyne & Wear , there is now only a single tier of local authorities , the London Borough Councils [ 33 ] and the Metropolitan District Councils [ 36 ] who , together with some joint bodies of those councils , are responsible for the full range of local authority services . |
| 12 | Now only a single motif could be seen , worn openly on chest or collar , on hems or in the form of jewellery , on pendants about the neck or emblazoned on a ring or brooch : the double-helix of heredity . |
| 13 | Within Cosmeston manor at least two other contemporary medieval settlements existed : a hamlet ( now only a single farm ) at Sutton , half a mile to the south of Cosmeston ; and a small hamlet at Lavernock , the present centre of the parish which was once centred on Cosmeston . |
| 14 | Whereas " animal familiarization " is now only a fading memory in European folklore , it is still common in the islands , and there are shamans who claim regularly to enter the bodies of creatures to stalk the woods and fly the air at night . |
| 15 | There was now only a slim chance of escape . |
| 16 | Top of the bill , he says , was the former Mr Universe , Reg Park , now merely a muscular memory . |
| 17 | Salvadorean women can not begin the practical experiment by which they hope to change their lives — now largely a theoretical debate — until the country 's right to self-determination is respected . |
| 18 | In what is now largely a secular society , where many who are members of churches no longer adhere to the strict rules of their mentors , it is about time that anachronistic denominational schools were done away with . |
| 19 | ‘ He was an economist but he is now just a weak figure in a row which includes doctors , farmers , plumbers and painters — all equal in their misery . ’ |
| 20 | Only a few hundred metres away , the ship was now just a bubbling silver pool . |
| 21 | Now just a brief comment on that . |
| 22 | Given that Britain ( like many other countries ) is now recognisably a multi-faith society , it should be clear that we can not conduct this enquiry from within the terms of Christianity alone . |
| 23 | You know , I think it is now more a traditional family time , Christmas , and you know they do n't look at Hogmanay the same . |
| 24 | It was now openly an all-American show , although Robert Mueller , assistant attorney-general , paid tribute to the Scottish police , who deserved , he said , ‘ the most unbelievable praise of any law-enforcement agency in the world ’ . |
| 25 | The private sector makes a major contribution in the field of elective surgery such as hip replacements and is now also a significant provider of long-term care for the elderly via the development of private residential and nursing homes ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
| 26 | There is now also a growing amount of information about local government legal careers generally and about particular local authorities available in your University or Polytechnic Careers Advisory Service library . |
| 27 | There 's now also a special budget priced Uno ‘ Spark ’ model , featuring over £500 worth of extra equipment , and it is some £300 less than its standard model . |
| 28 | This victory was to delight the masses just as it brought little pleasure to the newly energized forces of the political left , but , just as significantly , it was now also an occasional delight to a growing audience drawn from amongst critics , intellectuals , and the more respectable classes generally . |
| 29 | Japan was now clearly a great power , at least in the Pacific . |
| 30 | A Sentencing Council will bring some consistency into what is now often a haphazard process . |