Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the present [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these difficult conditions the question whether nick points related to rejuvenation are present can sometimes be decided by a study of the long profiles of terraces downstream : as many terraces as there are nick points should merge with the present river profile at the hard bed . |
| 2 | Michael , you have done a lot of work both with and for Equity , what do you feel about the present day students ' dilemma ? |
| 3 | The new offence will in fact consist of the present offence of fraudulent conversion without the requirement that the offender should , at the time of the conversion , be in possession of the property either in the circumstances mentioned in section 20(1) ( iv ) or at all . |
| 4 | How large will my Snakehead grow in the present set-up , and what is its life expectancy ? |
| 5 | Which would be slightly down on er the number that we got in last year , erm , the next factor , erm , is not as yet a fact but is almost a certainty , that , er , all , we will not succeed on the present basis in persuading D O E that we should have any increase in t to reflect er er an increase in work , and next year we 're anticipating getting in effect a stand still budget . |
| 6 | A similar process of topic identification can contribute to the present project , by reinforcing the choice of words whose senses contain subject codes that have been identified as being representative of the overall text . |
| 7 | If enough practices stay out of fundholding then a more rational and cost effective embodiment of the purchaser-provider split will emerge from the present chaos . |
| 8 | Rolt argues that we must look beyond the present system altogether . |
| 9 | So let us look at the present day , and to take this wording , do you consider that it is now appropriate that Skelton should expand any further ? |
| 10 | well how would that how would that fit into the present context ? , erm , we 're assuming here that I have n't decided the er European points or some of them in your favour |
| 11 | how would that fit into the present context , erm , we 're assuming here that I have n't decided the er European courts or some of them in your favour |
| 12 | But any apparent acceptance of the interim government by the United Nations and other international organisations and states does not suffice in the present case to demonstrate that the interim government is the Government of the Republic of Somalia . |
| 13 | However , we must return to the present day . |
| 14 | This issue does not arise in the present case . |
| 15 | Any future extension would dovetail with the present scheme to extend pastoral care into the community . |
| 16 | In those circumstances , the judge held that the provisions in the legislation of 1985 did not apply in the present case which continued to be governed by the Act of 1957 . |
| 17 | The Act of 1976 does not apply in the present case as Tina Burton was born disabled on 26 April 1967 and Christopher De Martell was born disabled on 5 February 1967 . |
| 18 | That equitable doctrine , however , could hardly apply in the present case because the variation here might be said to have been made without consideration . |
| 19 | Aylwin stated that this did not apply to the present Chief of the Armed Forces , Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte , the former dictator , who was not due to retire until 1998 , but that it would " re-establish to future presidents of Chile a power which they would not wish to be denied " . |
| 20 | This reasoning can not apply to the present case . |
| 21 | This reasoning also does not apply to the present case . |
| 22 | It is assumed that because of a basin that is still strongly subsiding , the degree of coalification will not yet have reached the equilibrium which would relate to the present depth and temperature , and that gas generation and accumulation are still taking place here . |
| 23 | Most of these are rather old , and do n't relate to the present Plate Tectonic picture , but rather to the situation ten or twenty million years ago . |
| 24 | It is vital that we preserve our own independent nuclear deterrent as protection against nuclear blackmail ; it is equally important that we take every possible step — as we are doing — to ensure that the process of rapid political change , and the change of authority that has taken place in what was the Soviet Union , do not lead to a more dangerous situation in regard to the present control and authority over nuclear weapons . |
| 25 | and the insurance do not come into the present argument . |
| 26 | The services should not operate under the present system , which is a blight on the industry . |
| 27 | I 'm your man , as you all know , but I have to tell you , my friends , that the bosses ca n't lose in the present situation . |
| 28 | They have been quick to protest at having their profits squeezed , but , Mackenzie concedes , ‘ it 's all the work we can get in the present market ’ . |
| 29 | Some of these plate boundary configurations and stages of development are largely conjectural since clear examples do not exist at the present day . |
| 30 | Such links do exist at the present time , but they are the exception rather than the norm . |