Example sentences of "[be] [verb] by the present " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finniston believes that the enterprise culture that has been fostered by the present government has to some extent fuelled a disregard for social responsibility . |
| 2 | The flat here being offered for sale has been occupied by the present owners since new and is presented in excellent order throughout . |
| 3 | An attempt has been made by the present writer to convey something of the lawless nature and the rough , tough frontierland conditions of post-Speranskii Siberia in his later chapter comparing Siberia to the American ‘ Wild West ’ and analysing the relationship between exile , vagrancy and crime in the region . |
| 4 | Co-occurrence data has been used by the present project ; the data having been collected from a number of corpora rather than LDOCE . |
| 5 | He knows very well , because he is against a single currency in principle , like his predecessor , the right hon. Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) , who clearly expressed his views — which , I think , are shared by the present Chancellor — in an article in one of the tabloid newspapers . |
| 6 | Palmerston , with the longest speech of the debate , started by saying that Members would not be committed by the present vote to any style , as nothing would be decided until next session , and attacked Manners for approving ‘ the erection of so frightful a building ’ , involving expenses and perhaps disappointment to the architect without consulting the House . |
| 7 | Most assembly work is still too complex to be done by the present generation of relatively senseless machines . |
| 8 | In our view the need for adequate management of Campaigns and of Personnel will not be met by the present proposal . |
| 9 | The right of the united Germany to belong to alliances , with all the rights and responsibilities arising therefrom , shall not be affected by the present treaty . |
| 10 | These figures are agreed by consultation with departments and schools on the basis of FTEs known to be generated by the present students and projections for the following year . |
| 11 | As a compromise , the BCP proposed that the President should be elected by the present parliament , but with a mandate extending to the period of office of the next Grand National Assembly . |
| 12 | The Social Security Advisory Committee put it more tersely : ’ Cases which have no merit ought to be rejected by the present wording of regulation 72 . |
| 13 | They have been hit by the present Government , under whom the tax burden has increased . |
| 14 | This is more evident than ever in recent years with the amorally materialistic culture which has been encouraged by the present Government 's economic and social policies . |
| 15 | The real danger of course is the forthcoming Police bill the proposal which were instituted by the present er Treasurer , erm er the Chancellor er and instituted further on by the present Home Secretary would lead to a centrally appointed Police committee at least fifty percent and a centrally appointed chairman , paid by the Home Secretary much rather like the Leicestershire Health Authority and of course this will severely undermine the local democratic accountability of the Police service . |
| 16 | Mr. E.J.W. ( Benny ) Goodman came as Secretary in July 1982 and saw out the year , being replaced by the present Secretary/Manager Brian Lovelock , first in an ‘ acting ’ capacity , but made permanent a year later . |
| 17 | Most of those measures were introduced by the present Prime Minister . |
| 18 | The Citation Index looks at current publications to see what previously published articles are being cited by the present authors . |
| 19 | First , we may note that consumption plans are determined by the present value of lump-sum transfers ( ) . |
| 20 | This is regarded by the present government , along with its proposals for a national curriculum , as a means of enhancing the quality of education , and making schools more accountable to parents in a system of schooling that it is intended will be more consumer oriented . |
| 21 | None of this talk of justification is threatened by the present sceptical argument . |
| 22 | The demand is supported by the present Ethiopian Foreign Minister , Seyoum Mesfin , who pledges his government 's ‘ wholehearted and continued support ’ for the ‘ noble cause ’ of the obelisk 's return . |
| 23 | One particular connection between the socialization of women and their later performance of the housewife role is elucidated by the present research data . |
| 24 | The trade list is represented by the present sales force : Jill Parker ( Scotland ) ; Harry Long ( northern England and Wales ) ; Trevor Boys ( central England ) ; Tom Bailey ( the south west and south Wales ) ; Les Hall ( southeast England ) ; and Clem Addenbrooke ( central London ) . |
| 25 | Situated in Quigley Avenue , Liverpool 30 , the property has been improved by the present owners and has double glazing , a security alarm system and car space . |
| 26 | There was a car ferry across the narrows of Loch Long , a source of delay on the journey to Kyle and Skye in pioneering days : this was replaced by the present road bridge earlier this century , and passage through Dornie , once slow and halting , is now swift . |
| 27 | LORD LAWSON was in charge of the Treasury before Norman Lamont and is blamed for the boom which was followed by the present bust . |