Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [art] present " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet what workforce is left is asked , no it 's told that one point five is a sufficient pay rise given the present economic climate , the catch being up to one point five , not one point five . |
| 2 | Taking lifetime consumption , this is defined as where the last term represents the present value of wealth passed on ( r being taken here as the interest rate per generation ) . |
| 3 | Though set in a biblical past , the poem used the popular application of typology to indicate a present importance . |
| 4 | TRADITIONAL Commonwealth growers of bananas in the Caribbean and their importers , such as Fyffes and Geest , will breathe at least a temporary sigh of relief after the European Commission finally made up its mind to extend the present quota-based system in the single market next year . |
| 5 | New regulations will require an act of Parliament , but without POs , the industry fears the present rush to increase production , brought about by improved prices , will lead to oversupply in two or three years and another crash — effectively a repetition of events in recent years . |
| 6 | This three year programme of research examines the present and future effects of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act ( PACE ) and the Prosecution of Offences Act . |
| 7 | The first section of the study examines the present situation of traditional ( sufi ) Islam . |
| 8 | Representations were made by the British delegation to liberalise the present draft to allow foreign lawyers to practise more easily in Romania . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'd use it as a mandate to change the present disgraceful system , ’ Kennedy replied . |
| 10 | Further , he might by the same instrument grant a present estate , say for life , to A , followed by an estate for life or in tail to B , and , if he wished , as many further particular estates ( for life or in tail ) to other persons successively as he pleased , ending up , if he thought fit , with an estate in fee simple to some person named . |
| 11 | This little story describes the present workings of America 's social-security pension system . |
| 12 | Only when we have established the facts will we be in a position to make moves to change the situation , and we need your assistance to establish the present position . |
| 13 | There are , however , major forces at work sustaining the present occlusion of research and higher education . |
| 14 | On the situation in South Africa , the Council deplored the present phase of serious violence but welcomed " further indications … that the process of change already begun is going ahead " , and decided to lift its ban on new investments in South Africa [ see also p. 37910 ] . |
| 15 | Empiricism reproduces the present world … . |
| 16 | But timber consumption continues to exceed growth rate and , in a move to break this cycle , China is to execute a plan to reduce the present level of consumption and limit the use of timber for the next five years . |
| 17 | COSLA is expected to oppose the proposal to end the present discretionary power . |
| 18 | The accuracy of the result can be checked in a column showing the present value for that term . |
| 19 | An inquiry from Hilden Rec for a leasing arrangement at Glenmore has been turned down , and the Leisure and Allied Services Committee said the present demand for public pitches in the Borough ruled out any thoughts of a leasing arrangement . |
| 20 | It was this development and in particular the evidence given at the Ro-Ro inquiry which in due course prompted the council to bring the present proceedings . |
| 21 | There are five ways in which the consumer will benefit : a new legal Ombudsman to strengthen the present inadequate systems for handling complaints against solicitors and barristers ; cheaper conveyancing through banks and building societies being allowed to provide a one-stop house purchase service ; a new right for consumers to negotiate ‘ no-win no-fee ’ agreements with their legal advisers ; and more access to justice both by redistributing chunks of High Court work to county courts , plus extending solicitors ' rights of audience to the higher courts . |
| 22 | We can no longer wait for recovery to bail us out … 1993 looks no better than 1992 , so we must restructure our cost base to fit the present size of our business |
| 23 | 1993 looks no better than 1992 , so we must restructure our cost base to fit the present size of our business . ’ |
| 24 | This pessimism may have some truth given the present management approach within our schools but it is suggested here that if that managerial frame of reference was itself to be radically re-oriented , then teachers ' perceptions of their own professionality would also be powerfully affected and they may indeed come to feel that effective classroom activity was positively related to their performance in the wider school context . |
| 25 | ( ii ) When the actor coerces the victim to submit by threatening to use force or violence on the victim , and the victim believes that the actor has the present ability to execute these threats . |
| 26 | The Group has no present intention to dispose of the AUK Notes and therefore no tax provision has been made for the potential liability to corporation tax . |
| 27 | The parish council acknowledge the need to replace the present structure but have not yet considered the details . ’ |
| 28 | The Society 's 33rd Annual General Meeting followed the present policy of ‘ going out and about ’ and was held at Hounslow Manor School , Middlesex on Saturday 27th April . |
| 29 | It is to be hoped that the new management structure will prove to be a winning solution for the railway which has so much potential that it is a shame to witness the present agony . |
| 30 | Can I can I say that in my opinion that the county council 's current budgeting strategy which effectively imposes a two percent efficiency saving which I might add in figures come to something like one point five million erm is , is of concern but what is of greater concern is the further possibility of a four percent er reduction which is being sought in blocks of three percent and one percent next year for ninety four ninety five which is to the amount of two point eight million at the current prices will in my opinion decimate the present level of service provision in policing . |