Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [art] present " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had built up the present balance to what it now was . |
| 2 | If the Senate will not agree to his design for a new Rome , then he will burn down the present one and give them no choice . |
| 3 | She pushed him away , closing her eyes to shut out the present image of his face . |
| 4 | This includes setting up a select committee to which ministers and civil servants could be summoned for questioning , and phasing out the present system by which legislation on Ulster is passed by unamendable Orders of Council . |
| 5 | While we have to accept that some people have had a good go at blowing up the present inhabitant , would it not be simpler for her to emulate a previous incumbent and move up the road to Admiralty House ? |
| 6 | The chairman , James Millar , said that while Invergordon could not be immune to the volume and margin pressures currently being experienced by the Scotch whisky industry , the group was well placed through the mix of its business to ride out the present difficulties . |
| 7 | Chandra Shekhar 's minority government rested on the support of Congress — support which Mr Gandhi then chose to withdraw , thus bringing about the present election . |
| 8 | This view sums up the present Conservative philosophy , seen in government policies towards the welfare state , local government and taxation . |
| 9 | IT IS an old joke , but it sums up the present mood in Australia . |
| 10 | An editorial in The Lancet ( November 10 , 1990 ) entitled ‘ Who 's for tennis ? ’ but which could have just as easily been entitled ‘ Who 's for running ? ’ sums up the present state of the art and looks particularly at a new piece of research carried out on civil servants . |
| 11 | The Joan Collins syndrome is one way of summing up the present attempt to take ten to fifteen years off the way women look . |
| 12 | We 'll just sit out the present fighting and see what happens . |
| 13 | Though Reagan and Congress may disagree over the amount of money that government should spend , alarm over the present state of US science education is general . |
| 14 | A second partner-in-Residence , Luis Corea would be following up the present partner ( with MCOD ) . |