Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [prep] the present " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , for example , it is clear that the fourth and sixth of the ‘ rights of silence , ’ which are the subject of much current controversy , are wholly unconnected with the present appeal . |
| 2 | For example , by the third sub-maxim of Manner ( " be brief " ) , wherever I avoid some simple expression in favour of some more complex paraphrase , it may be assumed that I do not do so wantonly , but because the details are somehow relevant to the present enterprise . |
| 3 | Tagalog concepts are directly relevant to the present discussion because the Buid with whom I lived are in daily contact with Tagalog speaking immigrants from neighbouring islands . |
| 4 | He maintained that ‘ the composition of the conference [ on Afghanistan ] arouses doubt since most of the proposed participants are clearly hostile to the present government ’ . |
| 5 | It must be most trying under the present pressures . ’ |
| 6 | However , n-gram techniques have been shown to be less effective for the present project than word-lookup methods , as they fail to exploit letter-level constraints to the same extent [ Wells , 1989 ] . |
| 7 | and 's book could ( one might say , should ) be similarly influential to the present generation of youthful computer enthusiasts . |
| 8 | The same description would not , in my view , be grossly inapplicable to the present ruler of Poland — which has , as it happens , a smaller population than the Ethiopia of chronic famine . |
| 9 | It would be particularly appropriate at the present time to pay more attention to this aspect , and to obtain better information about crofters ' levels of living , including the subsistence component and remittances from emigrants . |
| 10 | The Icicle Works do n't appear to be particularly active at the present moment and Ian McNabb was recently to be spotted playing a solo gig at Camden 's Underground Club . |
| 11 | And I 'm quite happy with the present situation . |
| 12 | This will not provide great accuracy but is thought to be quite satisfactory for the present purpose . |
| 13 | Three main dimensions of the national interest are particularly relevant in the present context : |
| 14 | The reasons for refusal as set out in Wyre Borough Council Minutes dated 14/11/91 page 65 are equally applicable to the present application . |
| 15 | Christie 's might occasionally be blamed for ‘ too many notes ’ at least with regard to minor lots ( see lot 18 in the present sale ) but their catalogues are undoubtedly superior at the present time . |
| 16 | Those for whom this idea is a novelty may be surprised to learn that it was the writings and political practice of a Marxist , and a communist militant at that , which were largely responsible for the present currency of this view among radical thinkers . |
| 17 | Few areas have been subjected to uninterrupted denudation since then , but , as the earlier Tertiary climates were very different from the present ones , any surviving landforms could present difficulties to the investigator . |
| 18 | Both books imply what childhood should be like by being very straightforward about the present reality for all too many of the world 's children . |
| 19 | Of course during the er during the course of this year we will be considering prototypes which will enable those young people to reach that high level of qualification but he will be aware that under the national training and education target there are some of those targets which are directly related to the points that he has raised and the important priority for this government is to ensure not only that we have young people training to an even higher level but through programmes like investors in people , that we encourage every member of the work force and those er who are primarily unemployed at the present time , to train to even higher levels of qualifications . |
| 20 | I give this portion of my estate as a thank-offering in the firm conviction that never again shall we have such a chance of giving our country that form of help which is so vital at the present time . |
| 21 | That may have been true until the current recession , but the hon. Gentleman is entirely wrong about the present circumstances . |
| 22 | It is perhaps doubtful in the present climate that the aircraft could have been kept in the air beyond the end of this year , even if the VA has still been in a position to influence affairs . |
| 23 | This force grows in strength as the distribution of matter expands and is not useful in the present context . |
| 24 | Although low levels ( 1–7% ) of interstrand crosslinking have been reported for cisplatin ( 1 ) it is not possible from the present data to define the sequence specificity of such crosslinks . |
| 25 | Though this work is not central to the present requirements , there are some lessons to be learnt . |
| 26 | The precautions taken by Buckley J. in paragraph 33 of his order to ensure that the privilege against self-incrimination is not necessary in the present instance exceed the statutory protection afforded by the Criminal Justice Act 1987 . |
| 27 | In my opinion it is not necessary in the present case to consider whether the unborn child was a person in law or at which stage she became a person . |
| 28 | There is also a power of adjournment given by section 54(1) of the Act but that relates to matters heard on complaint , that is to say , the justices ' civil jurisdiction , and is not applicable in the present case . |
| 29 | M_N Media Not Available — the media item is not available at the present time ie. it is in a locked cabinet , inaccessible to the operator . |
| 30 | In this way a defence that the property was already damaged and that the defendant is not responsible for the present damage can be countered . |