Example sentences of "in [noun pl] [prep] the present [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is one respect in which we can see regional differences opening up in the kind of support which relatives can give to each other , although we know very little about how these matters are handled in families at the present time . |
| 2 | These floods probably constitute the main agent of erosion in deserts at the present time . |
| 3 | The problem , in terms of the present discussion , is to explain how the evolution of the id and the ego up to the point at which hunting began could have resulted in its success and could have brought about the adaptive advance represented by self-reproducing hunting bands . |
| 4 | In terms of the present debate between capitalism and socialism , they are fundamentally different from the prescriptions of both Karl Marx and Milton Friedman . |
| 5 | On this basis we would assess the impact of , say , a state pension plan in terms of the present value of contributions relative to the present value of pensions over the lifetime , and the answers are likely to be considerably different from the pattern of redistribution in terms of current incomes . |