tegenwoordig Englisch:

Beef is expensive nowadays.

Even though computer programmers may use semicolons every day, nowadays most people only use semicolons for emoticons.

The term 'greenhouse effect' is often used when people talk about global changes of climate nowadays.

In former days, men sold themselves to the Devil to acquire magical powers. Nowadays they acquire those powers from science, and find themselves compelled to become devils.

Nowadays, however, calculators can be used freely in school examinations, and already in many schools the only sound to be heard during a math exam is the sound of children tapping on their calculators.

I'm never free from worry about my son. Nowadays, he does nothing but play video games, and never studies at all.

The difference between man and animal nowadays has more or less to do with clothing.

It was him as told me what to do. "Dye your hair, Jack," he says; "it's what I've had to myself," he says. "They won't have old men nowadays, at no price."

There used to be a lot of small creeks in old time Shanghai, which included Zhaojia Creek and Yangjing Creek, but they're all covered up nowadays.

Nowadays UNESCO recommends that everybody should use three languages: the mother tongue, the language of local communication and the international language.

If the man doesn't believe as we do, we say he is a crank, and that settles it. I mean, it does nowadays, because now we can't burn him.

Small specialist shops are thriving nowadays - they're doing really well.

Although Iran is nowadays known for being a stronghold of Shia Islam, most Persian Muslims were Sunni until the XVth century.

Girls who are concerned with guys but can't be honest are a real boom among young men nowadays.

Karaoke, TV games, videos and a fridge ... love hotels nowadays really have everything.

If you're tired, why don't you go to sleep? "Because if I go to sleep now I will wake up too early."

Move along now.

I don't work now and I lead a less hectic life.

Our parents took care of us and now it's our turn to take care of them.

After reflecting on my life up to now, I decided that I needed to change my goals.

The law now requires women to be employed on equal terms with men.

When I was a kid, touching bugs didn't bother me a bit. Now I can hardly stand looking at pictures of them.

I doubt if anyone even remembers his name now, except for me.

It is now safe to turn off your computer and read a book.

The factory now under construction will assemble 3,000 VCR units per day.

Now that you mention it, what happened to that man who used to work here?

Many families now have two breadwinners with both husbands and wives working.

Sooner or later, we'll have to buy a new TV since the TV we have now is a very old model.

Did you see that couple in matching outfits just now? How tasteless!

I have done all my homework and now I am completely free until Monday.