Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] the present " in BNC.
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| 1 | Verbs such as present , mention , propose , and refer to , which relate to what the writer is doing in the paper itself , are usually in the present tense while verbs such as determine , record , select , and detect , which have to do with actual research , are usually in the past tense . |
| 2 | The Alexander Technique is a way of directing our conscious minds in order to be more in the present moment . |
| 3 | If this were so in the present case , he concealed the fact with remarkable aplomb ; but my impression was that he rather welcomed this degree of personal contact , as if it provided some sort of relief from the heavy intellectual conversation repeatedly forced upon him . |
| 4 | The level of the state is considerably below the present level ( in output , productivity , profits , standard of living , GDP or whatever ) . |
| 5 | This phrase has been described as confusing and was so in the present case by Ralph Gibson L.J . |
| 6 | Strangely we find that its diamond shape was less like the present day Delta with its rigid leading edge spars than the design by George D. Wanner of Dayton as filed 11 months prior in January 1948 , as against November 1948 for Rogallo . |