Example sentences of "but now [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inland is the great lowland plain of the Levels — once a marshy sea but now drained by the ruler — straight ‘ rhynes ’ . |
| 2 | But his new lease of life has saved Blackburn manager Dalglish from dipping further into Walker 's personal fortune to reinforce a position once regarded as Rovers ' weak link — but now recognised as a pillar of strength . |
| 3 | It is the problem of an avant garde in the eighties : still without an audience , but now deprived of a viable vanguardist ideology . |
| 4 | Such a project began in the British Museum in 1978 , using a computer originally purchased for scientific work , but now transferred to a ‘ super-minicomputer ’ which runs powerful database software . |
| 5 | When a medical career has to be ended early because of staffing reductions ( virtually unheard of in the NHS before the reforms but now planned in the wake of the Tomlinson inquiry ) age usually predominates over other factors such as experience and skill . |
| 6 | The woodwork , once painted white but now faded to a dingy cream with a grey deposit in the crevices , was chipped and scuffed and the pattern of leaves and flowers on the stair carpet had long since been reduced to a brownish blur . |
| 7 | Amongst a broad section of opinion , not only vote-seeking politicians , the idea of ‘ reconstruction ’ with its blueprints for the future tapped currents of social thinking which antedated the war , but now sustained by the example of the role of the State in managing the war effort . |
| 8 | This collection , often inadequately reviewed at the time , but now seen as the heart of his poetic achievement , contains poems described by Hardy himself as ‘ possibly among the best I have written ’ . |
| 9 | Modern Tarquinia ( earlier known as Corneto but now re-named after the Etruscan Tarquinii ) is built near to the original city . |
| 10 | Such a debate over localization reflects the conflicting evidence from human data but now translated into a cellular language . |
| 11 | The outstanding part of the building sculpturally , however , is the Portico de la Gloria , originally the façade but now approached via the classical stairway on the west front , from the square below . |
| 12 | Goldfish Facts Family : Cyprinidae ( Carp Family ) Scientific Names : Carassius auratus Origin : Southern China First kept as Pets : 265 AD by China , but now found in the wild throughout the world . |
| 13 | Introduction to Britain : Around 1700 Distribution : Originated in China , but now found in the wild throughout the world . |
| 14 | The arrangement of the same data that has been shown in Figs. 8.1 and 8.2 , but now held as a multilist , is shown in Fig. 8.3 . |
| 15 | A most distinctive bird , formerly widespread in N Africa , but now confined to a portion of central Morocco between the oueds Bou Regreg and the upper Oum-el-Rbia ; also found in S France . |