Example sentences of "by the present " in BNC.
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| 1 | To understand why Jews should be bothered by Catholics praying at this site it is necessary to go back to the role played by the Catholic Church in fomenting antisemitism , the passivity of the Pope during the war while the exterminations were underway and even the suspicions caused by the reception of Austrian President Kurt Waldheim , with his dubious war record , by the present Pope , John Paul II ( from Poland ) . |
| 2 | David Blunkett , replying for the national executive , persuaded delegates from Kingston-upon-Thames not to press the motion calling for a commitment to sack all the health authority chairmen and senior managers appointed by the present administration . |
| 3 | Although he is a senior and successful Congress ( I ) figure , and is Minister of State for External Affairs , Mr Singh is being challenged for the ruling party 's nomination by the present Maharajah 's son , Vishwendra Singh . |
| 4 | The achievements of the past 10 years will be jeopardised not only by the present bout of inflation , but even more by a general loss of confidence in the Government 's ability to deal with it . |
| 5 | Three of our gallant Polish allies , two of them airmen and RAFA members , have been awarded the Polish Cross by the present Polish Government in recognition of their war efforts . |
| 6 | When questioned in August 1978 by the present author about the basis of her political strategy , she replied : ‘ My political beliefs ’ . |
| 7 | Finniston believes that the enterprise culture that has been fostered by the present government has to some extent fuelled a disregard for social responsibility . |
| 8 | They were recently bought and reinstated by the present owners of Waddon . |
| 9 | Visitors were allowed entry only in batches of 200 ; no sketches or notes were permitted on the premises ; future directors were obliged by her will to live in situ , on the fourth floor ( a rule which has been broken only by the present director ) . |
| 10 | Moving and inspiring though all this was , in fact I had come to Eyam to attend the opening of Eyam Hall , in the village , by the present Duchess of Devonshire . |
| 11 | Until then , Cambridge had looked set to record only their second win in 17 years and to take the trophy for the first time since its introduction by the present sponsors in 1987 . |
| 12 | For the England team , on whose success depends not only the financial viability of the counties themselves , but also the capacity of the game to attract young people to play and watch it as a part of their heritage , the preparation for Test cricket provided by the present hotch-potch is clearly unsatisfactory . |
| 13 | Just about one hundred years earlier , in 1099 , during the First Crusade , the Order of the Knights of St. John was instituted with the Maltese Cross as the symbol — still used by the present day St. John 's Ambulance Order . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In 1909 an abortive attempt was made , by the present owner 's grandfather , to produce hydroelectric power . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | According to Hesiod the age of idle luxury was followed successively by an age of heroes , a silver age , an age of bronze , and finally by the present iron age . |
| 18 | Changes suggested by the Present study |
| 19 | Absenteeism among teachers is also common , encouraged by the present chaotic conditions in many schools . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The Citation Index looks at current publications to see what previously published articles are being cited by the present authors . |
| 22 | In value for money ( VFM ) terms if the only financial objective is the achievement of ‘ economy ’ then the NHS is well served by the present departmental system of budgeting . |
| 23 | The business of manufacturing rock was started in Bridlington in 1911 by the present Managing Directors grandfather . |
| 24 | It has now been restored to a superb family home by the present Lord and Lady Feversham and it is hard to imagine that only a few years ago the house was little more than an empty , echoing shell . |
| 25 | The introduction of the notification scheme by the present government was a significant step forward for the parks . |
| 26 | A concerted effort on waste management could produce harmonious results and salvage some of the valuable manpower squandered by the present government in its purist attempts at national good housekeeping . |
| 27 | After falling into decay this century , the house , gardens and outbuildings were extensively and sympathetically restored by the present owner in the 1980s . |
| 28 | Most assembly work is still too complex to be done by the present generation of relatively senseless machines . |
| 29 | LORD LAWSON was in charge of the Treasury before Norman Lamont and is blamed for the boom which was followed by the present bust . |
| 30 | None of the recent legislation and carve-up of countryside bodies by the present regime holds anything of good for the public . |