Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the present [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Fig. 1 we plot the wavelength of peak sensitivity ( λ max ) for each of the long- and middle-wave cones recorded in the present study , including those used to construct Fig. 2 : there is a clear separation of cones into two distinct classes and so we can be confident that our axial records are adequate for the present purpose of classification . |
| 2 | It seems far to reconcile with any concept of a local democracy and what exactly is wrong with the present composition of authorities . |
| 3 | This can be answered only by identifying what is wrong with the present system and coming up with an alternative . |
| 4 | Mr Green , 55 , author of the definitive Grand National chronicle , A Race Apart , added : ‘ There 's nothing wrong with the present starting system so long as it is operated properly . |
| 5 | Mr Green , 55 , author of the Grand National chronicle , A Race Apart , said : ‘ There 's nothing wrong with the present starting system so long as it is operated properly . |
| 6 | I was sad to leave but felt that a turnover of paid staff was unavoidable with the present pay and conditions . |
| 7 | Cases such as Reg. v. Payne [ 1963 ] 1 W.L.R. 637 and Reg. v. Mason ( Carl ) [ 1988 ] 1 W.L.R. 139 are very different from the present case or the blackmail example . |
| 8 | It is clear in the present case that the statute makes no express or implied requirement that the Secretary of State should state his reasons for refusing a prisoner 's release . |
| 9 | They have no wish to help the British in the present war . ’ |
| 10 | Certainly the style and type of projects in the schools are different and they offer a markedly different approach to user education in schools than was prevalent before the present period of research funding . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Earlier Gillard J. had described as apposite to the present discussion a passage in the speech of Lord Denning in Watson v. Fram Reinforced Concrete Co . ( Scotland ) Ltd . , 1960 S.C . 92 , 115 . |
| 13 | The observations of Lord Denning are , indeed , apposite to the present discussion . |
| 14 | One thing is clear to the present writer : after talking to many of the older horsemen who had performed it — men born before or about 1890 — he became convinced that they were totally involved in the ceremony . |
| 15 | This was subsequently republished with amendments immaterial to the present appeal . |
| 16 | There is some uncertainty as to when they completed the works required by the second notice but the precise date is immaterial to the present appeal . |
| 17 | At that time , there was no thought of child molesters — how different to the present day . |
| 18 | Its nineteenth-century decline in mortality went straight down from a peak in the 1860s to oblivion in the mid-1950s , although notifications remain high to the present day . |
| 19 | Another point which may be considered under the heading of primary and secondary sources is the practice , very popular at the present moment , of giving verbatim statements made by respondents in interviews . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Is this hostility the result of feeling threatened and insecure about the present situation ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The reflection of political partisanship in the establishment of broadcasting stations could , if current trends continue , lead to a near-doubling of the present number of radio and television stations so that each state capital will have two of each : one which is part of the federal system and the other belonging to the state broadcasting service . |
| 25 | A man with Ben Silcock 's history was detainable under the present law . |
| 26 | I believe there needs to be research into the development of hybrid organisations committed to education and training , yet distinct from the present notion of the school . |
| 27 | At all events , Mr. Nicholls was content in the present case to proceed on the basis of the law as stated in Reg. v. Galbraith , and on that basis he submitted that the magistrate was entitled , on the evidence before him , to conclude that there was such evidence before him as would justify the committal of the applicant , the question of the reliability of Price 's evidence being a matter for the Swedish court . |
| 28 | Over and above general considerations about the desirability of taking history seriously , there is a particular reason why an historical , or at least a diachronic , perspective is appropriate in the present case . |
| 29 | These results proved to be reproducible in the present study , indicating that a cut off value of 20 ppm of H 2 increase is a safe indicator of rice starch malabsorption . |
| 30 | This distinction is crucial in the present context , because it appears that material resulting from endopeptidase cleavage is rather commonly encountered whereas material generated at the later stages ( Gly-extended and amidated products ) is less common . |