Example sentences of "be [verb] now that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But important changes are occurring now that 91 per cent of the children of working-class backgrounds gain similar qualifications . |
| 2 | Campbell said the threat of legal action in Cheshire may have been averted now that the SSD had substantially re-drafted its contract . |
| 3 | I mean they 're getting now that , that , before they go any where now . |
| 4 | I mean I could sit down and write a piece of doggerel about what we 're doing now that rhymed and was comic and so on . |
| 5 | er we 're hoping now that we will be able to take into account a much broader range of factors . |
| 6 | They 're thinking now that whoever uncoupled the private car was on it when the train left Cartier . ’ |
| 7 | I most grateful to the minister for giving way and it 's good to see the government er at last acknowledging the justice of the amendments to do exactly what we 're proposing now that we put in to most of the committees like the building societies c c c b b bill a and like the banking bill when they were discussing the nineteen eighties but Lord Justice Bingham also recommended er and I quote , the determination of the correct relationship between client , auditor and supervisor raises an issue of policy more appropriate for decision making by parliament than by the bank and the accounting profession . |
| 8 | There is a wealth of revealing evidence on the attitudes that affect reading : ‘ His daddy always takes him to bed , and he says ‘ Can I have a story ? ’ said an engineer 's wife , ‘ but he 's been told now that he 's getting a bit too old for stories ’ ’ [ ‘ He ’ is four ] ( Newson and Newson , 1968 , p.274 ) ; ‘ Then I read her a story , ’ said an actor 's wife , ‘ and Rupert listens , and then I show Rupert his little book ’ ’ [ Rupert being sixteen months old ] ( ibid . |
| 9 | Governments , however , have on occasions intervened in foreign exchange markets to influence their respective rates of exchange , although a greater variety of currencies has been used now that exchange rates are no longer pegged exclusively to the dollar . |
| 10 | This problem has been reduced now that schools are required to make some attempt at formulating longer-term school development plans , although it is accepted that they will act as flexible guidelines . |
| 11 | So what may be expected now that the deadline for disposals by the major brewers has passed ? |
| 12 | The large question of the limits upon royal power will be discussed in a later chapter , but it can be said now that , although the Crown put pressure upon both Houses , they were capable of obstinacy and independence . |
| 13 | In January 1937 , Nizan asked rhetorically : " Is it going to be argued now that it is preferable for Spain to be sacrificed ? " |
| 14 | The sort of affair that would not be tolerated now that he held the stewardship of the Service . |
| 15 | The value of an accurate , objective staging system can not be overemphasised now that large studies have shown adjuvant therapies to be beneficial in selected groups . |
| 16 | What are you gon na be doing now that you 're not working ? |
| 17 | It is a question that needs to be asked now that , in theoretical terms , the affirmation of difference has become almost a new orthodoxy . |
| 18 | On the other hand , the effect of live broadcasting will be increased now that it is being done on Wednesdays as well . |
| 19 | And I 'm finding now that my grandchildren are just the same . |
| 20 | PLANS for a radical shake-up of Scotland 's council system should be scrapped now that the costings have been discredited , a leading local authority spokesman said yesterday . |
| 21 | Underlying the enthusiasm that greeted this new attempt at international co-operation there remained an unknown factor : could the wartime co-operation of the Western Allies and the USSR be maintained now that their common enemy in Europe had been defeated ? |
| 22 | The old balancing strategy of Perdikkas could , it seems , be shelved now that Athens was so much weaker : Archelaos could afford to give and receive real benefits . |
| 23 | ‘ It would greatly help the case for the chapter if he were to indicate now that his party supported the Maastricht Treaty . ’ |
| 24 | The suit was originally filed in February in the US federal courts in California and is being pursued now that attempts at an out-of-court settlement have failed . |
| 25 | In December 1941 there were risks of Allied ships being bombed now that the Germans had improved their Norwegian airfields . |
| 26 | Teams will do anything to stop a try being scored now that it 's worth more . |
| 27 | It is realised now that your permission should have been obtained before disclosing such information and if any teacher does not wish this to happen in the future please notify the NDO — — without delay — hopefully with alternative suggestion for publicising your class . |
| 28 | I think what is happening now that these papers have been published , er , is that we , we will be receiving er , erm , information , consultation from user groups about user groups and the pos possible implication that these reductions will have upon their services , er , but George is there anything you want to add ? |
| 29 | It is accepted now that many of our nursery rhymes are based on factual people or occurrences . |
| 30 | It is accepted now that drinking water in many areas contains certain pollutants which are undesirable . |