Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] the present time " in BNC.

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1 Finally , important solution forms are to be found in the Red Sea , a region of such aridity that the possibility of fresh water playing a part at the present time can be ignored .
2 So its recorded history progresses without a break to the present time , mainly as a culinary herb , but also having some medicinal value , as well as cosmetic and domestic use .
3 The submissions made to your Lordships on the basis of the history of eleemosynary corporations do not seem to me to justify the drawing of such a distinction at the present time once it is accepted that certiorari can be available ( as in Thomas ) on some grounds .
4 Such confrontation could so interrupt the subconscious flow that he would , in fact , be brought back with a jolt to the present time and would be unable to continue with the regression at all .
5 ‘ At a general meeting held in Edinburgh today solicitors representing the fourteen Property Centres throughout Scotland agreed that contrary to recent statements in the Press there is no insurmountable difficulty in getting mortgages for clients who wish to purchase a house at the present time . ’
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