Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] present " in BNC.

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1 Milton was advised that this ‘ will be a means to make most of the Trades fly against the present sett .
2 They always suggest to the present writer the taste of a ripe plum .
3 The Labour and Conservative Parties who benefit from the present system have set their teeth against a change which would undermine their prospect of regularly forming a government on their own .
4 AGI , which produces BIG , also collaborates with the national French bibliographic services of the Bureau de Recherches Gologiques et Minires ( BRGM ) , and the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) , so that its European coverage is considered virtually complete for the present data set .
5 AGI , which produces BIG , also collaborates with the national French bibliographic services of the Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres ( BRGM ) , and the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) , so that its European coverage is considered virtually complete for the present data set .
6 See also the section on Review and recall in the present chapter .
7 Trying an idea out on somebody is a very good way of exposing flaws in your argument , and in fact if we look at the present energy debate , so much of it is concerned with interpretation which one would have thought , taking a simple view of science , were just factual matters that we realize that this discussion of science is perhaps more difficult than people would imagine , so there is opportunity in the course to try and help students to become more fluent in scientific discussion , discussion of scientific ideas between themselves , and of their own ideas about science .
8 That 's reach a common understanding which reflects the realities of a relationship we enjoy at the present day so that we can all get on with the task of serving our members and forming a Labour government .
9 This brings us again to the vital question of where sediments actually accumulate at the present day .
10 Enabling self-expression allows counsellees to explain to us where they stand at the present time .
11 Er , obviously on a more serious note , er it was very disappointing that we had such a severe er downturn in profitability last year after several years of steadily rising profits , and so what I want to do this morning was tell you a little bit about what happened in the last part of the year , since we met at the time of the interim results presentation last September , tell you the actions that have been taken and give you a little bit of insight as to where we stand at the present time .
12 But , he warned , ‘ when we recover from the present recession , we had better be aware than another one lurks on the horizon ’ .
13 ( a ) references to signatures , inscription and dates refer to the present state of the work ; ( b ) the term ‘ bears a signature ’ and/or ‘ date ’ and/or ‘ inscription ’ means that in our opinion the artist 's name and/or ‘ date ’ and/or inscription have been added by another hand ; ( c ) the term ‘ signed ’ and/or ‘ dated ’ and/or ‘ inscribed ’ means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist .
14 Theoretically , we might expect this to be so , since the same environment tends to support the same kind of organisms , but in fact the persistence of some fossils appears to go far beyond what we know at the present day .
15 You can do it to some extent through the public sector , but one of the worrying things I find about the present situation with this growth of generations , the clamp down on building — less than a hundred thousand houses , I think , completed in the U K last year — my estimate is that we should be building about two hundred and fifty thousand .
16 Certainly nothing that we decide in the present case is intended in the least degree to diminish the high importance rightly recognised to attach to the concept of the implied undertaking as a necessary way of underpinning the integrity of the discovery process .
17 Far from being an interesting but irrelevant aspect of collective labor relations , such violence and bloodshed continue to the present day .
18 These two professional bodies continue to the present day , with their members enjoying an equal professional status .
19 Is there a repairs problem in West Belfast ? how does the repairs system operate at the present time ? is the policy of employing contractors for repairs adequate ? are tenants rights safeguarded in the tendering policy of the Housing Executive in regards to accountability to the community and the standard of work carried out ?
20 I recommend that the funding continue at the present level , with an inflationary consideration — £5,954 .
21 Holding the shares in the index also gives the right to dividends , making the spot price higher than the futures price by the present value of the dividends ( D ) , plus the interest on this sum ( Dr ) .
22 They concentrate on the present situation and the reaction of society and show little interest in the criminal 's background , although labelling theory does not argue that all that is involved in making someone a criminal is to call them one .
23 It recognised that , with educational provision as a whole in a transitional phase , still recovering from the war and still adjusting to the requirements of the 1944 Act , it was inappropriate to ‘ set a course for adult education over the rest of this century ’ : ‘ our recommendations apply to the present transitional period ’ .
24 I now apply to the present case the principles that I have spent overlong in trying to identify .
25 The majority of the Parish Council felt that their comments on applications 02/91/1443 and 02/92/0124 ( for an agricultural worker 's dwelling on the same site ) still apply to the present application .
26 Thus many primitive animals retain an ancient form and subsist to the present day .
27 Think of the present problem with Bosnia there is n't a single er advanced industrial country that wishes to get engaged in ground warfare in Yugoslavia because there would be simply no point in it and any casualty er would be seen as a waste , as a throwing away of resources and you 'd have many casualties it 's argued .
28 The dangers to which the minority refer currently exist under the present law .
29 Observations made in vitro on stripped intestinal preparations generally agree with the present findings .
30 The above list is by no means exhaustive , but it covers most of the matrix types which arise in the present text .
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