Example sentences of "but now [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now that it is in power , and dependent on an assembly made up largely of landowners , the government seems to find that option less attractive . |
| 2 | But now that it is finished I hope it makes an enjoyable and enlightening read , and puts the record right in a number of respects . |
| 3 | The following memorandum was presented by Vial , and read by the secretary : ‘ When the Members of the Veterinary College were occupied by objects to which I was in no wise competent I was absolutely silent — but now that it is a question to chuse [ sic ] a convenient situation for the establishment of the College , I think it a duty incumbent on me to give my advice on this important point . |
| 4 | The genuineness of the Ring of Minos has been questioned by Nilsson , but now that it is lost , allegedly buried somewhere in the garden of Nicolaos Pollakis , the priest of Fortetsa , who for a time shortly after its discovery was its owner , the question will probably never be resolved ( Warren 1982 ) . |
| 5 | But now that it is always slightly overgrown . |
| 6 | Warm things are said in the flush of the campaign but now that it 's over the first question the Tories should ask is how it would look to the country if a victorious party launched into a frontal assault on the BBC in the wake of its victory . |