Example sentences of "[noun pl] of the present [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Masterman claimed that by this means Britain ‘ actively ran and controlled the German espionage system in this country ’ Readers of the present book will be interested to know whether Professor Hinsley corroborated this . |
| 2 | Were not the training and enterprise councils , the employment training programme and the youth training programme all the brainchilds of the present Government ? |
| 3 | What was unique about the BBC governors in the eighties was that you had Rees-Mogg as vice-chairman and Stuart Young as chairman — two open , committed supporters of the present Government . |
| 4 | It 's the only , and it 's only because , and this is , I mean , having to understand why Government , surely the majority of supporters of the present Government would n't approve of this . |
| 5 | He charted the progress of time-resolved photochemical methods , from the millisecond flash-photolysis experiments of the 1950s , which he helped pioneer , to the femtosecond pulses of the present day . |
| 6 | Some aspects of the present situation such as urban unemployment and the evolution of communication and educational technology are important because they may lead to changes in educational systems which would coincidentally lead to changes in development . |
| 7 | These are the essential demands of the present time . |
| 8 | All this may strike us as very patronising but it reveals at least as much concern about the welfare , and rehabilitation , of prisoners as the incarceration policies of the present day . |
| 9 | However there are thousands and thousands of other people who are suffering silently because of the policies of the present government . |
| 10 | Mr. Gow : While recognising the undoubted right of all members of the General Synod to deeply held views for or against the policies of the present Government , would it be helpful if my right Hon. Friend were to point out to the General Synod that its reputation would be enhanced if its members , when in Synod , devoted more time to matters spiritual than to matter political ? |
| 11 | that does mean balancing the books , and it does mean moving away from some of the crazy policies of the present government , who have of course encouraged people and companies to avoid paying tax . |
| 12 | ‘ In full awareness of our responsibility , we reject the policies of the present leadership which are diverting our country from the socialist path and leading it into catastrophe . ’ |
| 13 | And ‘ first ’ is a word that suits them , for many recognise them as the finest original instrument group among baroque performers of the present day . |
| 14 | Another of the strange and evil tendencies of the present day is to the decoration of the railroad station . |
| 15 | Their dossiers should be kept complete , as complete as those of my friends to whom copies of the present missive have been sent . |
| 16 | As Balfour himself said the following year , ‘ in Palestine we do not propose even to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present inhabitants of the country . ’ |
| 17 | Although the recent exodus has acted as a temporary safety valve , there is evidence that the more politically minded opponents of the present regime have stayed behind , knowing that reforms can not be indefinitely postponed . |
| 18 | That is the scheme er as as I see it and unless , unless I I thi , unless that is progressed quickly then as I say I am extremely pessimistic and let me just say Chairman the dangers of not going along that line the dangers of the present scheme which was at the last planning committee meeting or or or was it one of the social services committee anyway , where four were chosen or or it was said choose a small number . |
| 19 | He goes on to say that the main purpose of writing was to ‘ save from the wreck of time and the busy hand of man the best specimens of this mountain architecture , is one of the principal objects of the present publication … |
| 20 | ‘ The objects of the present Convention are — ( a ) to secure the prompt return of children wrongfully removed to or retained in any contracting state ; and ( b ) to ensure that rights of custody and of access under the law of one contracting state are effectively respected in the other contracting states . |
| 21 | Does not that presage terrible problems for the Thames corridor plans of the present Secretary of State for the Environment ? |
| 22 | The government want to replace the complexities of the present arrangements with single tiered councils , that 's to say one authority providing all the local services . |
| 23 | These arguments have assumed increasing significance given the general economic situation and the strategies of the present government . |
| 24 | Both critics and defenders of the present regime describe it as a system of self-regulation . |
| 25 | ‘ Origins of the Present Crisis ’ , published in New Left Review in 1964 , and ‘ Components of the National Culture ’ , four years later , were texts of their times that excited a generation which , at least in many of the social sciences and humanities , now commands the heights of the academic system even if their radicalism has been dulled by more recent discontents . |
| 26 | Whatever the origins of the present crisis , does he agree that the brunt should not fall on the most vulnerable in the community — the elderly , the handicapped and school children ? |
| 27 | Beyond the unities of the present moment , there are unities over time . |
| 28 | Since 1947 breeding has also occurred at the following sites : Itchenor , up to 18 nests from 1946 to 1951 ; Chichester gravel pits , one nest in 1960 ; Fynings Moor , Rogate , two nests in 1963 and 1964 ; Beauport Park , Hastings , four or five nests in 1950 ; Great Park Wood , Udimore ( one of the original sites of the present Leasam colony ) , irregularly occupied until 1960 by up to nine pairs ; Nuthurst , a pair in 1973 ; Knepp , eight pairs in 1976 Buxted Park , one pair in 1976 . |
| 29 | The cellars of the present building are adapted from the cloisters of a medieval monastery . |
| 30 | Sir , — We are all well aware that the harsh effects of the present recession are being felt by the accountancy profession to a degree that is certainly unprecedented in my memory . |