Example sentences of "it is now [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 There is a genuine difference of opinion between the experts on whether statementing , as it is now applied in sixth-form schools but not in further education colleges , is a desirable tool .
2 It is now accepted that UDR members and RUC officers have been leaking to loyalists .
3 It is now accepted that she destroyed the correspondence herself .
4 It is now accepted as his masterpiece and has spawned a small industry in northern Italy .
5 The exact date of the Vendôme charter , in which Count Bouchard gave full details of the military service owed to him from the area of Vendôme , is still controversial ; but it is now accepted as an authentic document of the time of Fulk Nerra or Geoffrey Martel .
6 In the large public company it is now accepted as part of conventional wisdom that the shareholding is so widely dispersed that each shareholder does not own a significant enough proportion of the company to perform any of the functions of monitoring and supervising the directors that the legal model casts upon him .
7 It is now accepted that new prerogative powers can not be created , but the scope of many established prerogative powers is unclear .
8 While it is now accepted that coronary arteriography can be safely performed following myocardial infarction , there is considerable variation between centres about the perceived indications for the test .
9 The Ukraine suffered particularly heavy losses during the 1930s there was a devastating and , it is now accepted , largely man-made famine during the early part of the decade , and the republican leadership was badly affected by charges of ‘ nationalism ’ ( in practice , for pointing out the likely outcomes of central policies ) .
10 While the application of procedural checks to licensing activities has therefore increased it would be mistaken to say that it is now accepted that any licensing function should be subjected to such safeguards .
11 It is now accepted that a non-combinatorial entropy contribution arises from the formation of new ( 1–2 ) contacts in the mixture which change the vibrational frequencies of the two components , i.e. assumption ( d ) in section 8.2 must be relaxed .
12 Though the Report could be interpreted as advocating an exchange rate union , it is now accepted that it recommends a currency union .
13 On the other hand it is now accepted that Kennedy 's lengthy telephone calls to Macmillan fell short of " consultation " even if Macmillan 's official biographer argues that they " were certainly more than just 'informative' " .
14 10 Burden of proof Dealing first with the question of reasonableness as between the parties it is now accepted that the burden of proof falls on the party seeking to enforce the restraint .
15 For a considerable distance it is now followed by a main road ( A422 and B4525 ) , but near Culworth it becomes a narrow lane , running through almost deserted country , past Adstone Lodge and Foxley to Cold Higham .
16 However , constraints of time and the intellectual range of those who have the teaching of criminal law in charge counsel pessimism , and unless and until the four-year degree is established legal education in general will suffer through the narrowing effect of criminal law as it is now taught .
17 It is now acknowledged that the educational , health and social welfare systems are often not adequate or appropriate for the needs of most ethnic families .
18 It is thought that rice was first cultivated in India and Indo-China , but it is now grown extensively throughout the Far East .
19 Northern Ireland 's representation in the Commons has been increased from twelve to seventeen , so it is now represented pro rata with the rest of the United kingdom .
20 In the name of a claimed desire to simplify current spelling and remove anomalies and contradictions , it is now decreed , for example , that plurals of all foreign words will henceforth take an s , as in French .
21 It is now felt that a complete review of our IT activities is necessary , in order to plan our future investment programme .
22 It is now stated policy to encourage GPs to group together into health centre-based practices .
23 " It is now stated that a vast importation of Irish Beggars have already arrived upon the Island , and that others are likely to follow from the misconduct of our own Boatmen — the Community at large are warned to beware of harbouring foreign beggars … "
24 It also renders the food safer as it is now proven that moisture , in addition to heat and time , kills off salmonella , chlostridium botulinum and lysteria most effectively .
25 It is now planned to house the new University of Madeira in the quinta and its beautiful gardens .
26 It is now planned to open on Saturdays and Sundays from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. with a possible mid-week opening day .
27 Fawcett Library ( London ) Originally the library of the London Society for Women 's Suffrage ( 1867 ) , it is now named after Millicent Garrett Fawcett , its founder .
28 It is now sent by facsimile , every Thursday , to each of our four ( soon to be five ) printing sites in three continents and distributed from there .
29 The excellent graphics and animation sequences keep them interested to the end , especially if you have a soundblaster card as well as it is now supported with this program .
30 It is now supported in many quarters and most importantly by disabled people themselves .
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