Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [prep] the present " in BNC.
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| 1 | The historian , perhaps , can do little more than echo Disraeli 's pregnant remark in Sybil , Book IV , Chapter I : ‘ when parties are in the present state of equality , the Sovereign is no longer a mere pageant . ’ |
| 2 | There 's been recent criticism that too many Scots are in the present team . |
| 3 | The 16th was also moved from its 1908 place ( approximating to the present ) to become a longer version ( 250 yards ) of what is played today — i.e. the green being near the present ladies ' 17th tee box . |
| 4 | Either we assume that the whole universe is at the present moment in a very improbable state . |
| 5 | The Descent of Darwin is about the present controversies , real , exaggerated , or downright lunatic fringe , it matters not what , over neo-Darwinism . |
| 6 | L some of that land is at the present time is used for the golf course , there was an impact of all those routes on on the golf course . |
| 7 | Those observations were applicable to the present case : the appellant was at the present time a dangerous young man for whom a determinate sentence was not appropriate . |