Example sentences of "be now [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Zelah also said to tell you that they 're now saying that the undertaker was murdered . ’
2 You 're now saying that potentially you would
3 Erm it seems to me that the emphasis has changed slightly in the representations being made by the West Yorkshire authorities and that they 're now saying that it 's much more difficult for them to accommodate housing developments within their own er districts .
4 Although we might be prepared outside our normal scheme to fund the current year 's training for such people on the understanding that future funding will not be available , so in other words if somebody comes along to you and says , I 'd like to do an M B A , beginning this year , now normally we we would say , yes , we will contribute our half to that cost , er and that would then be a high priority on our budget to provide continued support for the rest of that M B A course , we 're now saying that that the answer is actually no , because we can not provide support next year , we do n't think , er but if you never the less want to go ahead this year and then fund it yourself from then on , then we we have actually got money available which we can use this year .
5 Can I just make a point this thing about salary because I know we ca n't people we want at the salary and all the rest of it but then there 's , if we 're go if that 's the s if we 're now saying that that 's the salary for the job and there 's no no way in my conscience rests clear really that we should just pay that to one person
6 So what they 're now saying that you 've got
7 ‘ I am now told that he 's hawking her story around for a six-figure sum , ’ he writes in the 100,000-circulation journal , which is read mainly by journalists , stock-brokers and media personalities .
8 I 'm talking about saving human life governments over the last twenty years , troops over the last twenty years , policemen over the last twenty years , laws over the last twenty years , and politicians , including myself , have all failed in all the efforts that we 've made including condemnation of violence , everything , but I am now saying that this dialogue is the best hope I 've seen or , surely I 'm entitled to say to the Prime Minister , alright given that I have said that why do n't you put me to the test ?
9 We are now hearing that our outlook is so bad that we had better leave it to an independent central bank to decide the important aspects of our future .
10 Although some doctors carry on the tradition of the medical profession in refusing to accept these ‘ outsiders ’ , more are now realising that osteopaths and chiropractors can relieve pain .
11 These tend to provide an excuse for putting off coaching and this is why some organizations are now insisting that coaching is built into the management role more formally .
12 But the 160 men working at the Midlothian pit are now hoping that a series of meetings this week will secure both the future of the colliery and their jobs .
13 Many teachers are now persuaded that English lessons should not be solely confined to ‘ great ’ literature , but should include all kinds of ‘ texts ’ , spoken and written , together with popular forms such as television commercials , bestsellers and comics ;
14 So while many City analysts are now predicting that the FT-SE index could rise another 20 p.c. by the end of the year , such forecasts carry caveats : not least the anticipation of more than a token cut in interest rates .
15 Interestingly , scientists are now saying that odour is different in degree to memory rather than different in kind .
16 A curious situation has emerged in which the Khmer Rouge guerrillas , who boycotted the election , are now saying that they will resume the war if the CPP , their most-hated enemy , does not respect the results .
17 Regarding that point , when the right hon. Gentleman saw President Yeltsin did he explain to him why until very recently this Government have said that a minimum effective deterrent is 512 nuclear warheads and why they are now saying that an effective deterrent could be fewer than 192 nuclear warheads ?
18 But , erm , a lot a people are now saying that the quality of er , the programmes on the telly is n't very good .
19 Men as well as women are now realizing that the issue of the ordination of women to the priesthood is a gospel issue .
20 They are now asking that Rome recognises — or at least does not condemn — the love that dare not speak its name .
21 Surveys are now showing that many people would prefer not to be treated if continuation of their life means being strapped to a machine .
22 We are now told that , having been lied to over the years , the British people now have the prospect of political union , and they react against it and shy away .
23 Unfortunately the third sentence sends us reeling back to square one in terms of methodological confusion : we are now told that just because Keynes had tried to provide a theoretical underpinning for the concept of involuntary unemployment does not , ipso facto , oblige subsequent theorists to ‘ 'explain ’ the theoretical constructs of our predecessors ' .
24 All are now agreed that that proved to be a remarkably accurate estimate .
25 Applicants for patents on transgenic organisms are now arguing that where the inserted genes come from microbiological sources , the organisms being patented have suddenly become microbiological .
26 Some commentators are now claiming that the whole Green consumer wave was just a fashionable spasm , and that the vast majority of people have now reverted to their usual habits , regardless of their environmental impact .
27 Most exporters would like to avoid exchange risk by invoicing in Sterling but they are now finding that markets will set the price and the method of pricing .
28 Scientists are now finding that the ozone layer is disappearing over Northern Europe and the Arctic , thereby weakening our protection against solar ultra-violet radiation and raising the danger of skin cancer .
29 For example , many parts of the country , the South West , to some extent this area , are now finding that the benefits that they had to the rates system of people moving in after retirement after ten , fifteen , twenty years before disadvantages erm people need special hospital treatment , people need special types of accommodation and erm these are not the things that will be provided , as one of my speakers talking about hospital services said , by the private sector .
30 Rank Hovis were now realising that the cup could be going out of their cabinet and straight into Rentokil 's , they decided to keep us playing and on came the warehouse lads , and Rentokil promptly achieved a 6-O victory .
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