Example sentences of "[verb] [art] present [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had often marvelled at it , but it made the present disaster all the more unbearable . |
| 2 | A multi-circuit pylon capable of carrying the existing line and the new cable and therefore replacing the present line rather than adding to it could also be considered for parts of the route . |
| 3 | It would be far more useful to Africa to have a smaller amount of total aid on this basis , than to retain the present system where thinking and strategy is dominated by donors , to the extent that national governments have almost lost control over public initiatives in their own countries . |
| 4 | We also incidentally know that it is not the beginning ( although that , being known in advance by participants , is not part of what is communicated ) , because there is no token of a conversational opening ( like hello ) , and the particle so with which utterance ( i ) begins has the function of tying the present utterance back to prior utterances . |
| 5 | When we lose this balance , each of us has a tendency to consider the present moment not only as unique but as autonomous . |
| 6 | Start by assessing the present situation as objectively as possible . |
| 7 | He omitted , as he was wont to do , his middle name , Norman ; he put the present year down for his date of birth , not 1934 ; and instead of entering ‘ Canadian ’ for his parents ' and his own nationality , he entered ‘ Jewish ’ . |