Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [adj] [prep] the present " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have previously stated , my own belief is that Earth Mysteries should be relevant to the present day , and that means we must make our own relationship with the sacred sites . |
| 2 | He did n't know who he was talking to , but believed , from films he had seen , that R.C. priests drank whisky and told long stories ; that could be useful at the present juncture . |
| 3 | This followed the National Audit Office report stating that it may be appropriate for the present procedures for examining farm accounts to be strengthened , ‘ particularly if widespread tax evasion is confirmed . |
| 4 | By their reasons the justices stated that the girl would continue to be liable to sexual abuse if allowed to return to her family as the mother refused to recognise the responsibility of the father for that abuse and that the mother would not protect the girl from the father on whom the mother was emotionally dependent ; that they had considered that the girl might be cared for by her half-sister but had concluded that it would be difficult to prevent contact between the girl and her father ; that they had formed the view that contact between the girl and her father would be harmful at the present time and therefore the local authority should refuse such contact until the review by the local authority in six months time ; and that there should be supervised reasonable contact between the girl and her mother and between the girl and her half-sister . |
| 5 | This will be close to the present computer room . |
| 6 | For pensioners , the Citizen 's Income will be well above the present pension , and for everyone else it will be about £12.80 a week ( at present prices ) . |
| 7 | No one can be satisfied with the present position . |