Example sentences of "it [was/were] now [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday , John Wright , counsel for Timex , told Lord Hope , the Lord President , sitting with Lords Allanbridge and Brand , that it was now intended that another interdict would be sought against two officials of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union and two shop stewards . |
| 2 | Above all , over a unilateral nuclear policy , a stance previously adopted with fervour by Kinnock and Michael Foot before him , it was now accepted that this was a programme unpopular with the mass of the British people , and actually rejected by the glasnost of President Gorbachev as well . |
| 3 | On Oct. 18 Ghozali emphasized that at least it was now accepted that there should be some " simple and public criteria … the rules of the game " in the demarcation of constituencies . |
| 4 | He said it was now accepted that a small number of large authorities would produce lower savings than was originally indicated but a large number of small authorities would not add to the cost to the extent that was indicated . |
| 5 | By the later decades of the century it was becoming obvious that the numbers of many species were being rapidly diminished , and it was now regarded as ‘ unsporting ’ to amass the vast collections of trophies favoured by earlier hunters . |
| 6 | It was now believed that they — or vital parts of them — were infallible cures for a whole variety of ailments and weaknesses . |
| 7 | It was now criticized as anachronistic , and the German government had signalled for some time its concern over rising costs and their justifiability at a time when German unification put great strains on the public finances [ see also pp. 37212 ; 38508 ] . |
| 8 | No one denied the importance of these factors , but it was now felt that others would have to be included . |
| 9 | Having kept an unusually low profile throughout the Dewan election campaign , it was now felt that the military might press hard for the election of their choice of Vice-President , while Gen. ( retd ) Suharto , 71 , was expected to seek a fifth consecutive term of office as President . |
| 10 | It was now thought that the roles of party and state would be more distinct . |
| 11 | No longer was Crisp 's action light and forward it was now laboured and sideways as if he was drunk . |
| 12 | Clashes and scores of casualties continued elsewhere in south-east Turkey , where it was now estimated that about one-third of the Turkish army , or 150,000 troops , were deployed . |
| 13 | In the 30-member Tehran constituency all 30 members elected were pro-Rafsanjani candidates , and it was now claimed that over 70 per cent of the elected deputies supported Rafsanjani and the reformist policies of the grouping known as Jameh-ye Ruhaniyat Mobarez ( Society of Combatant Clergymen ) . |
| 14 | They had known all along they had a good , competitive car ; a single mistake had mired them for three races ; it was now solved and they could build for the future . |
| 15 | It was now found that growth hormone was made in the pancreas . |
| 16 | However , it was now found and the licence would soon be with her . |
| 17 | It was now known that the allegations had come from statements made from three children already in care in mainland Scotland . |
| 18 | It was now known that the body of the Professor who specialised in nuclear physics had been claimed by the Iraqi Embassy in Rome . |