Example sentences of "[vb -s] the present [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman 's killing the man seems metaphorical only , but it fits the present idea — that the one whose identity becomes submerged may want to kill the other . |
| 2 | Mr Greenwood , who was the main architect of the currency link , thinks the present rate is about right . |
| 3 | The position of local authorities was also left unclear until the next case , which represents the present law . |
| 4 | The common Unix desktop that represents the present manifestation of the Common Open Software Environment , COSE , is just a first step on the road to a much more comprehensive common Unix environment . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | Okay so if we just summoned this area right , that area there represents the present value of the discounted stream of income . |
| 7 | The British government agreed to that and it 's that matter that now causes the present difficulties and uncertainties . |
| 8 | ‘ Capes ’ deems the present aggregation of talent at Northampton as the best-balanced in his 11 years there . |
| 9 | ( 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 . |
| 10 | Has the present interest in the ‘ authentic ’ school changed your attitude in any way ? |
| 11 | To bring that about in a timescale which meets the present crisis for world peace would be likely to create the very wars we are seeking to avoid . |
| 12 | It replaces the present system , where appeals are dealt with by the Department , with less than 10 made each year . |
| 13 | ‘ Only male contempt for women as a class perpetuates the present system . |
| 14 | This little story describes the present workings of America 's social-security pension system . |
| 15 | It describes the present position but draws attention under the heading De-materialisation of Listed Securities to the aims of the TAURUS project which may be achieved shortly after this edition is published and which will change the position markedly so far as concerns fully paid securities of listed companies . |
| 16 | The paper on the government of Northern Ireland describes the present structure and also reviews experience in three other countries with community problems , the Netherlands , Belgium , and Switzerland . |
| 17 | It says the present system , which allows controlled international trade , has failed to prevent heavy illegal smuggling of wild Paphiopedilum ( slipper ) orchids . |
| 18 | It is , says the present bishop , the Right Reverend John Baker , much too big . |
| 19 | The view from above in Fig. 194 illustrates the plan and construction of the building and shows the present entrance door on the left and the eastern apses on the right . |
| 20 | This graph shows the present value of £1 per year for 25 years |
| 21 | As a result , the numbers of further education teachers undertaking these courses grew from 795 in 1975 to 1,207 in 1981 and there is reason to believe that the demand for places exceeds the present supply . |
| 22 | This reverses the present position as established in Aswan Engineering . |
| 23 | It includes the present D thirty nine site , near to the sixteenth or seventeenth century Skelton Manor House , and it has important archaeological and nature conservation interests as described in reports . |
| 24 | Investment should increase capacity up to the point at which the once-and-for-all cost of a new plant equals the present value of operating profits when the efficient pricing structure is in operation . |
| 25 | It depicts the present situation , the desired situation , all ways of obtaining all possible situations , and the possible steps between them . |
| 26 | Empiricism reproduces the present world … . |
| 27 | It is the Convent of St Saviour that forms the present complex . |
| 28 | As Lord Simon recognised in Morgan , it is the role which the criminal law has in protecting girls under 16 from sexual exploitation and abuse which justifies the present law . |
| 29 | Any tense which includes a component of the present tense such as the passé composé ( il a écrit ) is personal in so far as it acknowledges the present moment of the utterance . |
| 30 | 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 . |