Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] at the present time " in BNC.

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1 For example , where possible imperatives will be interpreted as relevant to the present interaction , and thus as requests to implement some action at the present time .
2 I should not advise raising this topic at the present time .
3 Although homoeopathy is appealing to the lay practitioner , and the number of lay colleges is increasing rapidly in this country at the present time , such developments are viewed askance by some of the medically qualified practitioners mainly because they fear that lay homoeopaths will not possess an adequate grasp of basic medical principles — a fear reflected in the recent BMA report on alternative medicine .
4 observed in the Anton Piller case that orders should ‘ rarely ’ be made , within a few years Goulding J. remarked that ‘ such is the proven efficiency of that type of order and such is the extent of dishonest trading in this country at the present time , that it is a matter of weekly occurrence and sometimes of daily occurrence for the Chancery Division ’ to make such orders , which are also regularly made in the Queen 's Bench Division .
5 We are a great movement that wants to help real people living on this earth at the present time .
6 It 's not all absolutely good news at the present time , because the final boundaries of the area are not yet determined and we are currently in negotiation with the U K government about the precise boundaries of the five B area .
7 The Russians have declined the offer to take on such a major project at the present time .
8 In my opinion it serves no useful purpose at the present time to seek to construe the relevant provisions of the Theft Act by reference to the report which preceded it , namely the Eighth Report of the Criminal Law Revision Committee on Theft and Related Offences ( 1966 ) ( Cmnd. 2977 ) .
9 This prevents , however , dynamic studies of peristalsis and motility patterns , an area of great interest at the present time .
10 The ‘ fundamental difficulty at the present time ’ , he continued , ‘ seems to be the impossibility of forecasting with confidence the future lines of social organization . ’
11 There seems to be far more scope at the present time for the two generations to become friends .
12 Referring to the ILP and the Socialist League , he wrote in November : Fortunately for the British working class movement , such organisations , with no mass connections or mass influence , or record of mass struggles in any part of the country , are of little significance at the present time .
13 That 's general policy at the present time it 's a fairly woolly objective that we did n't try at the review , but the traffic management facilities and provisions are observed
14 There is no need for any concern at the present time but the problems have got to be addressed because they wo n't go away .
15 If this is not possible ( and it usually is n't ) , the golden advice at the present time must be to sell first rather than risk lumbering yourself with the crippling expense of having to borrow for several months or possibly longer .
16 The average consumption of fat in the Western world at the present time is about 130 grams ( over 4½ ounces ) a day per person .
17 Er the other point I would make about the the figures under H One , really is that erm the twelve thirty figures that you 've seen in the tables is our best estimate at the present time , based on the site survey we 've carried out .
18 The point made by Mr Bishop about employment , shopping and other land I also wish to respond to , I think one of the other participants did mention the issue of existing provision , it 's been quite clear from the work of the Greater York authorities that certainly shopping terms there is an oversupply of shopping companies in and around the edge of the urban area at the present time , we have a number of major outstanding consents which have not yet been taken up .
19 Although Mr Wallace agreed that a referendum call was potentially unifying , he said of the convention : ‘ I ca n't see it having any active role at the present time . ’
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