Example sentences of "is now [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Renner ( 1917 ) argued that as ‘ capitalism is now passing from its industrial to its finance-capitalist stage ’ so the old principle of nationality ‘ the democratic , nay revolutionary principle of the unity , freedom , and self-determination of the nation , is over and done with ’ , and the dominant national idea is now that of ‘ national imperialism ’ , promoted by the ruling classes . |
| 2 | The position in England and Wales is now that in all areas there are two levels of administration , the county and district authority . |
| 3 | When all the rendering was removed and interior studies made , it proved to be a late medieval first-floor hall house , and its appearance is now as in the lower picture . |
| 4 | Volcanoes emit very large concentr very large amounts of hydrochloric acid as a gas H C L gas and earlier in the earth 's history volcanic activity was much , much more widespread than it is now and during this period vast amounts of H C L were emitted . |
| 5 | There are also independent traditions in the Cyclades and East Greece ; but the central line of vase-painting is now and for many years to come in Athens . |
| 6 | The official ADN news agency said that Mr Honecker told the visiting Chinese Deputy Prime Minister , Yao Yilin : ‘ Any attempt by imperialism to destabilise socialist construction , and slander its achievements , is now and in the future nothing more than Don Quixote 's futile charge against the steadily turning sails of a windmill . ’ |