Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] present [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( One could compare the present system of allotment-holding , which certain pressure groups regard as uneconomic . ) |
| 2 | But there are several others , fast-moving , market-responsive operations which could soon make the present notion of the UK publishers ' market share look a little dated . |
| 3 | But once all the barriers have been removed , Western Europe can expect a flood of footballers from the East which will make the present procession of Yugoslavs seem a mere trickle . |
| 4 | The sinking of a laden supertanker would make the present slick look small indeed . |
| 5 | ( McGinn , 1982 , pp. 121–2 ) Even acute defences of Descartes ' argument for an ego ( B. Williams , 1978 , pp. 95–100 ) , prove to be ineffective ( Parfit , 1984 , pp. 225–6 ) , but their failure does not affect the present view . |
| 6 | Edward Forbes and Darwin were inspired by Lyell to look for geological changes that would explain the present distribution of species in Europe . |
| 7 | This may or may not include the present health promotion and education work of health educators as we now understand it . |
| 8 | This draft , which has 130 articles , would abolish the present parliament and the post of vice-president . |
| 9 | Ms Eagle added : ‘ Only the Labour Party is taking the question of unemployment seriously and working to develop policies that will ease the present situation . ’ |
| 10 | Now , what the potential migrant will do , Harrison Todaro assumed , was to say , right what they 'll do is that they 'll , these migrants will mentally calculate the present value of receiving W A throughout their lifetime , right , and they 'll discount erm those wages by appropriate discount rate , reflecting the fact that a hundred pounds today is worth a lot more than a hundred pounds twenty years ' time or thirty years ' time . |
| 11 | These more remote areas were ‘ dying ’ agriculturally as they could neither keep the present generation nor attract ‘ new blood ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ I have asked the SMMB several times if we can keep the present grid system and central testing laboratory in place so that one tanker would continue to collect all the milk on one road , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Asked about the mechanics of milk collection when the milk boards go , Mr Wiseman , said ideally he would like the present system to remain in place . |
| 14 | There is an obvious danger that such a body might well adopt an excessively narrow focus by concentrating on such issues as effectiveness and consistency in sentencing , in which case it would simply perpetuate the present disjuncture between sentencing and penal policy . |
| 15 | Their response has been to greatly enlarge the present building but they still feel they must plan to plant churches . |
| 16 | If he did nothing more he would still retain his fee simple , but he would have deprived himself of the right to present possession and enjoyment of the land ; his estate would become a future estate , which would again become a present estate , an ‘ estate in possession ’ , only when the smaller estate , the ‘ particular estate ’ which had been carved out of it , came to an end . |
| 17 | We will not tolerate the present level of racial harassment and attacks , and will ensure that more effective protection is given to vulnerable groups . |
| 18 | We will reverse the present Government 's encroachments on freedom of speech and association , such as the banning of trade unions at GCHQ . |
| 19 | We will reverse the present planning presumption in favour of opencast coal mining and give top priority to local people and their environment . |
| 20 | The uncertainty principle signaled an end to Laplace 's dream of a theory of science , a model of the universe that would be completely deterministic : one certainly can not predict future events exactly if one can not even measure the present state of the universe precisely ! |
| 21 | Is it then to see the world filled with drooping , superannuated , half-starved , helpless and unhelped animals , that you would alter the present system of pursuit and prey ? |
| 22 | However as Pacione ( 1984,145 ) observes : ‘ few models have been constructed to explain the population turnaround ’ , but out of these the model produced by Lewis and Maund ( 1976 ) and shown in Figure 5.4 may fit the present situation as described by Moseley ( 1983 ) in Table 5.4 the most closely . |
| 23 | It is clear , however , that any further delay in finding a way to address the problem will only encourage the present trend to increase — leading to even more deaths and disease each year . |
| 24 | It seems to me that I must judge the present claim in nuisance by reference to the present character of the neighbourhood pursuant to the planning permission for use of the dockyard as a commercial port . |
| 25 | It is for that reason , I believe , that the Government have decided that we should maintain the present system . |
| 26 | They would both maintain the present cycle of welfare dependency in education , whereby parents are unable to exercise their proper responsibility , as a result of which the spirit of freedom atrophies and schools run down . |
| 27 | But I believe we can take the present collection of businesses and produce from them a very profitable bank . ’ |
| 28 | They do not approach the present problem which arises when the successor lived with the tenant in different premises during the qualifying period . |
| 29 | Mr. Wadsworth submits that we should approach the present application on the basis of those words in the introduction to section 23 , namely the court ‘ may , if they think it necessary or expedient in the interests of justice , ’ make the necessary order . |
| 30 | Here the resulting effect is to emphatically assert a present state . |