Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] at the present time " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | The Russians have declined the offer to take on such a major project at the present time . |
3 | 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 ) . |
4 | This prevents , however , dynamic studies of peristalsis and motility patterns , an area of great interest at the present time . |
5 | The ‘ fundamental difficulty at the present time ’ , he continued , ‘ seems to be the impossibility of forecasting with confidence the future lines of social organization . ’ |
6 | 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 |
7 | 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 . |
8 | The average consumption of fat in the Western world at the present time is about 130 grams ( over 4½ ounces ) a day per person . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . ’ |