Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [art] present " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 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 . |
| 2 | We can not regard the present statements as necessarily being set in concrete . |
| 3 | then proposed and seconded the adoption of the Directors Report ( as amended by the proposal not to reappoint the present auditors ) and the Revenue Account and Balance Sheet , and this was carried unanimously . |
| 4 | This may or may not include the present health promotion and education work of health educators as we now understand it . |
| 5 | Mr Reeve said the structural steelwork sector ‘ can not sustain the present idiotic level of pricing which has come about by panic tendering , ’ and that the industry 's current overcapacity wil be corrected this year . |
| 6 | Lord Mayor it is clear that this country can not sustain the present numbers of applicants seeking asylum . |
| 7 | Lord Mayor , it is clear that this country can not sustain the present numbers of applicants seeking asylum . |
| 8 | We will not tolerate the present level of racial harassment and attacks , and will ensure that more effective protection is given to vulnerable groups . |
| 9 | It blew open those divisions , but did not stop the present Prime Minister saying , when he spoke as Chancellor in that debate : ’ I believe that they will vote for the consistency , courage and conviction with which my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has led this country so successfully for so long . ’ |
| 10 | They do not approach the present problem which arises when the successor lived with the tenant in different premises during the qualifying period . |
| 11 | Finally , apart from demoting the status of fitness for purpose and reversing the Aswan case , this list does not change the present law , but merely removes uncertainty and renders the implied term easier and less uncertain in application . |
| 12 | They gave him a good room , and ‘ here therefore we settled , ’ he said , ‘ and did not spoil the present hour with thoughts of departure . ’ |
| 13 | Partly , I suspect because a lot of us did n't trust the present governing body , partly because they believe , as I do , that there is a need to review and revise the present sixteen plus offer in Banbury , and partly because they could see no real benefit in opting out . |