Example sentences of "at the present time [pron] [is] " in BNC.

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1 At the present time there is only the public house left .
2 At the present time there is considerable concern about concentrations of nitrogen compounds in water containing goldfish .
3 In other words , without it one can not explain why at the present time there is a maldistribution of world wealth and income such that the countries of the Northern hemisphere contain only 25 per cent of the world 's population but obtain 80 per cent of the world 's income , while the countries of the South contain 75 per cent of the world 's population but obtain only 20 per cent of the world 's income .
4 The evidence is that at the present time there is a serious lack of resources to care adequately for the number of sufferers living in ordinary housing , and that this mismatch between numbers and resources is likely to increase at least to the end of the century .
5 That 's general policy at the present time it 's a fairly woolly objective that we did n't try at the review , but the traffic management facilities and provisions are observed
6 I think it true to say that at the present time it is not at all difficult for academics to appear in print .
7 At the present time it is well served by British Rail , so is mainly a dormitory village for commuters to Hull , Beverley and Driffield .
8 It has been suggested that the Arab ‘ test ’ referred to Ludwig 's star , though at the present time it is far below naked-eye visibility .
9 Until recent years the general rule has been to require the consent of a parent or guardian for an operation or an anaesthetic on a person of under 21 , but increasingly at the present time it is becoming customary to accept the consent of minors aged 16 and over .
10 At the present time it is n't the intention that your officers should present er evidence in person at that enquiry , er our er representations have n't er put in , in writing , but that is pending what happens at tomorrow 's meeting an and that position might change .
11 At the present time it is being compounded of course by the er effects of nineteen ninety three Education Act with all that that Act implies or tightening up er many of the processes and procedures that we follow in dealing with special educational needs , we have a host of new draft documents for consultation from the Department for Education .
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