Example sentences of "[noun pl] at the present day " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was discussed at the beginning of the previous chapter , but it needs to be stated again that there seem to be comparatively few and small areas on the shelves at the present day where sediment is actively accumulating . |
| 2 | There are about 20 intra-oceanic island arcs located along subduction zones at the present day , the great majority being found in the western Pacific Ocean ( Fig. 3.6 ) . |
| 3 | This , of course , is an issue very much apparent in the fortunes of local railway lines at the present day . |
| 4 | A number of ancient suture zones representing previous plate collisions have been recognized but only a few of these , such as the Urals and the Appalachians formed 300 to 250 MaBP , are major relief features at the present day , most having been extensively eroded and covered by later sediments . |
| 5 | There is not one of the erroneous and superstitious beliefs of mankind that are supposed to have been superseded but has left vestiges at the present day in the lower strata of civilized peoples or even in the highest strata of cultivated society . |
| 6 | Moreover , it is also certain that English-speaking scholars do not have reliable retrospective intuitions about EModE pronunciation any more than they have reliable intuitions about divergent states at the present day . |