Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [prep] the present " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lavin , it being unarguable on the present state of the law that the policemanliness of the victim is a circumstance to which mens rea runs . |
| 2 | Even , however , if it was rightly decided , it is remote from the present issue , since it proceeded on the basis that the giving of surety for a defendant 's bail created something in the nature of a civil debt . |
| 3 | It is apparent from the present study that the EGF content of the different metaplastic and dysplastic types of Barrett 's mucosa is similar . |
| 4 | Whatever the justice of this prejudice , it is important in the present economic climate that we should do our utmost to dispel it . |
| 5 | It is difficult for the present generation of comparable age to realize what a change , in this respect , has been brought about by television . |
| 6 | Despite the common cause announced in the introduction to the volume it is difficult in the present state of the art to see how the different methods and purposes can be said to constitute a unified and coherent approach to the literary text and thus to conceive of literary pragmatics as an " antidote to the fragmented specialization so characteristic of the humanities in the 20th century " ( dust jacket ) . |
| 7 | It is plain in the present case that Hoffmann J. carried out the balancing exercise on the basis that he was entitled and bound to do so , and leaving aside the limitation on his powers which he subsequently felt that he had to observe . |
| 8 | It is clear in the present case that the statute makes no express or implied requirement that the Secretary of State should state his reasons for refusing a prisoner 's release . |