Example sentences of "but [pron] is now " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farmers from this village own land in the Buffer Zone that has been lying fallow for fourteen years , but which is now being opened up . |
| 2 | In other words , more people are surviving to 60 , and enjoying the kind of lifespan which has never been all that rare , but which is now much more common , simply because so few humans die at or just after birth , in the first five years of life , and so on . |
| 3 | They may range from a brief mention of a thirteenth-century tithe barn near the manor house , to a fully detailed true-to-scale plan of a building as it existed in earlier times , but which is now changed . |
| 4 | Some of these names represent principalities and have a political significance ; others are simply regional tags which identify the surrounding population , for example the Solland in the far south , which used to be an independent realm but which is now part of Wissenland . |
| 5 | The walls surrounding the courtyard used to protect what was once a fortress but which is now a youth hostel . |
| 6 | When I say we must accept " the general outline of Darwinian theory " I do not mean that we must accept the dogma of gradualism which Darwin felt to be crucial but which is now becoming increasingly suspect . |
| 7 | This study focuses on an area of research which has received little attention in the past , but which is now at the forefront of the thinking of the relevant military planners . |
| 8 | Their frustrations used to be articulated by Mrs Thatcher , but she is now as likely to be a cause of them as a cure . |
| 9 | Mrs Marcos agreed long ago to fly her husband 's body direct to Laoag , but she is now hinting at defiance . |
| 10 | But she is now in the Leicester area . |
| 11 | No-one is yet talking about a ‘ new ’ Lebanon but there is now widespread acceptance among both Muslims and Christians in the Lebanese parliament that the country 's unwritten national covenant is now obsolete . |
| 12 | But there is now tacit acceptance at the Lord Chancellor 's department that the subject must be investigated . |
| 13 | Sadly , in the past , the authorities did not produce adequate postcards and guide books for the Clementinum , but there is now a video of its history lasting about an hour , which can be viewed in a seminar room by booking in advance . |
| 14 | As a winter visitor this species ' distribution is very similar to that of the Slavonian Grebe , but there is now no regular wintering locality , although most recent records have been from the western end of the county and Rye Harbour . |
| 15 | But there is now some strong indirect evidence that trypanosomes also lurk in the human choroid plexus . |
| 16 | I can not , either , remember why the subject ever came up , but there is now , I am , ( I hope ) reliably informed that there is a spider ladder on sale . |
| 17 | Whether the relative scarcity of wolves is an abhorrent vacuum is a matter of personal taste , but there is now compelling evidence that nature is moving to fill the gap . |
| 18 | But there is now some new evidence that means we will have to reconsider this picture of man 's first close bond with the cat . |
| 19 | Not only may viruses incorporate themselves into our DNA , but there is now a suggestion that some viruses at least may have arisen from bits of our own DNA which have escaped from our cells and become so modified as to be capable of independent existence . |
| 20 | They are still technically illegal , but there is now a bill before the New York state legislature seeking to change the laws relating to needle possession and distribution . |
| 21 | Communication between the designer and the producer used to be done almost entirely by traditional engineering drawings but there is now a tendency to use sketches , schematic drawings , photographs and models including computer-based models , for example complicated shapes in three dimensions are difficult to represent as rectangular projections and are not easily interpreted . |
| 22 | No one has all the right answers but there is now a willingness to share information . |
| 23 | Until recently acetylcysteine was not recommended for use more than 15 hours after overdose , but there is now evidence that it can safely be given to patients up to 24 hours after ingestion and perhaps even later than this . |
| 24 | There is now only one representation for zero , but there is now a negative number whose absolute value can not be represented in the computer word . |
| 25 | Traditional services have in the past largely ignored the role and needs of relatives , but there is now increasing recognition of the vital part they play . |
| 26 | The major source of the neutralising capacity of saliva is its bicarbonate content , but there is now evidence that gland bearing oesophageal mucosa can also secrete alkali , a phenomenon first documented in the opossum esophagus in vivo . |
| 27 | The principle used to have particular importance in relation to damage caused by straying livestock but there is now a specific statutory rule in Animals Act 1971 , s. 7 . |
| 28 | But there is now a 60 per cent chance that a fish will be caught after it reaches 35 centimetres ( the legal limit to netting size ) . |
| 29 | It operates on the principle of " one person , one vote , " but there is now some dispute as to its legitimacy and that of the government it produces on the grounds that the principle of " one person , one vote , one value " has not been fully realized . |
| 30 | Last season 's player of the year is due to miss the Bradford game and the following midweek home clash with Reading because of an accumulation of penalty points , but there is now a question mark over whether he will have to serve a three match or one match ban . |