Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the present time " in BNC.
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| 1 | So its recorded history progresses without a break to the present time , mainly as a culinary herb , but also having some medicinal value , as well as cosmetic and domestic use . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ The firm will continue to operate in its traditional successful style and our employees can consider their jobs to be as secure as any can be in the building industry at the present time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | One can show this by considering a very different state for the universe at the present time , say , a very lumpy and irregular one . |
| 5 | Business strength is a measure of the proficiency with which the firm deals with all aspects of the specific product/market complex in question at the present time . |
| 6 | There is little disagreement with the view that the principal public interest issue at the present time is the quality of audit-ing . |
| 7 | The various experiments taking place at the present time in the use of graded tests ( for example in the Borough of Croydon ) tend to show that this form of examination would , in all kinds of ways , be preferable to the system we have . |
| 8 | As we review the way teachers are feeling about their job at the present time , many of the experiences will be common enough . |
| 9 | Well , no security is one hundred per cent , it 's impossible to make any area completely secure , but it 's as tight as it possibly can be and I 'm quite happy with the security at the present time . |
| 10 | There is a shortfall on the membership at the present time MAINLY due to the closure of some of our SPECIAL NEEDS groups . |
| 11 | The submissions made to your Lordships on the basis of the history of eleemosynary corporations do not seem to me to justify the drawing of such a distinction at the present time once it is accepted that certiorari can be available ( as in Thomas ) on some grounds . |
| 12 | Erm we perceive no need at the present time for such an exception and the borough council seem to have accepted that . |
| 13 | 1.6 This allowance is based upon staff who are at the top of the grade at the present time and translates into the following : |
| 14 | ‘ The economy probably is better than it was a year ago , the computer retail business is strong and the general consumer electronics business at the present time seems to be running ahead of last year , ’ Roach said . |
| 15 | As was stated above , 51.5 per cent of the population at the present time have purchased their own housing , 28.5 per cent with mortgages ( CSO , 1979 ) . |
| 16 | And in fact the evidence suggests I that in the three years remaining till ninety six , it is most unlikely that those twenty five thousand dwellings will be developed , given the alteration at the present time . |
| 17 | She has had treatment in hospital for depression and is under sedation at the present time . |
| 18 | Anyone looking back just five years to 1984 , when there were no Scots in the Curtis Cup side , and 1986 , when there was just Belle Robertson , can not but be struck by the healthy state of the game North of the Border at the present time . |
| 19 | Whether divorce operates in the same way as widowhood in this regard is really a matter of speculation at the present time . |
| 20 | There seems to be far more scope at the present time for the two generations to become friends . |
| 21 | By way of background to what follows , I must first state my position on two related issues , since they are issues that may arise over and over again in the discussion of education at the present time . |
| 22 | I think there are many positive aspects to our relationship at the present time , not the least positive of which is |
| 23 | Are there issues in your relationship at the present time that you resent ? |
| 24 | Everyone is aware that the teaching profession is under stress at the present time . |
| 25 | Within the academic theory of the present time , approaches may either begin with literature , or with disciplines external to it . |
| 26 | Albanian historians believe that the modern Albanians developed from the ancient Illyrians and that there is a continuity of Illyrian settlement in their country from the Bronze Age to the present time . |
| 27 | Such confrontation could so interrupt the subconscious flow that he would , in fact , be brought back with a jolt to the present time and would be unable to continue with the regression at all . |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | The gas fields in the northern part of the N.W. German Basin lie in a region where the coal bearing Carboniferous has reached its deepest level of subsidence at the present time ( Barnard and Cooper 1983 ) . |
| 30 | 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 . |