Example sentences of "[be] the present [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | . Sir I am the present overseer but these things was before I came to the Parish . |
| 2 | It is the secrecy and lack of accountability that are the present system 's greatest faults . |
| 3 | The first Presbyterian minister came to Ballycarry from Drymen , Stirling — and the guest speaker will be the present minister of Drymen , the Rev John Hay . |
| 4 | should be the present tiller should re retain the approximate average per capita land , land holding in the in the locality . |
| 5 | Having decided on a transformation whose result may be the present tree , undoing this transformation . |
| 6 | For Lewis , this was ‘ the personal heresy ’ , a vivid example of which would be the present biography , which seeks to shed light on a man 's work by researching into the recesses of his mind and the outward events of his life . |
| 7 | In general , the more heavily firms discount the future ( i.e. the higher their cost of capital ) the smaller will be the present value of future losses of profit caused by punishment , relative to the immediate gains from cheating on an agreement . |
| 8 | It is believed that were the present definition broadened , the number affected would be between 10 000 and 100 000 , mostly male . |
| 9 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present level of those seeking political asylum ; and what were the comparable figures in 1989 . |
| 10 | What is the present level of grant paid to each of the port authorities in Northern Ireland ? |
| 11 | An additional cause for disquiet is the present shortage of music teachers in primary and secondary schools . |
| 12 | The result is the present multiplicity of bodies producing confusion both at the administrative level and on the part of the electorate , who are left wondering where and by whom decisions are actually taken . |
| 13 | What is the present position with the proposed series of steam operations out of the old Southern Railway termini ? |
| 14 | Moreover , it is the present position that art expert buyers , in the absence of fraud or a fiduciary relationship , have no obligation to disclose information relating to the true identity of a painting . |
| 15 | He has been a member of the episcopal committee to liaise with the Major Religious Superiors since 1984 and is the present chairman of the committee for consecrated life . |
| 16 | In practice , if there is any doubt whether it is appropriate to charge theft or obtaining property by deception , it will be natural to charge the latter ; and in our opinion it would be wise to do so , because this will be a much easier offence to establish than is the present offence of obtaining by false pretences , as it will be unnecessary to show that the owner was deceived into intentionally passing the ownership but sufficient to show that he was tricked into parting with the possession . |
| 17 | What is the present state of knowledge ? |
| 18 | Just remember , it is the present order which is unnatural . |
| 19 | He should not wait until 1993 , which is the present proposal . |
| 20 | Accordingly he brought a further action , which is the present claim , based on allegations of breach of the agreement embodied in the Tomlin order on 10 June 1989 . |
| 21 | Norman Nicholson is the present laureate of the Lakes . |
| 22 | You mean this is the present group you 're talking of ? |
| 23 | Whilst there does not appear to be any universal agreement on the precise meaning to be attached to these prefixes ( compare the definitions of modern algebra in [ 71 , p. 669 ] and [ 81 , p. 702 ] ) we can fairly safely say that classical algebra is the present synonym for the theory of equations , a theory in which are manipulated symbols which invariably represent numbers , be they complex , real or rational . |
| 24 | It is interesting to note that it is the present policy of some authorities to allow such a prisoner to die rather than to submit him to the indignity of forcible feeding . |
| 25 | In keeping open the lines with the past , the redeemed memory carries encouragement and conveys warnings and lessons to faith as faith is engaged in fighting at that front line of the battle which is the present moment . |
| 26 | It is the present role and perhaps dominance of the tutor which is most usefully challenged . |
| 27 | The amount capitalised is the present value of the minimum lease payments payable over the term of the lease . |
| 28 | The amount capitalised is the present value of the minimum lease payments payable over the term of the lease . |
| 29 | The amount capitalised is the present value of the minimum lease payments payable over the term of the lease . |
| 30 | In this case the present value of the dividends will differ , depending on whether they are being received or paid , and the no-arbitrage condition becomes a no-arbitrage band : ( S - D p ) ( 1+r ) |