Example sentences of "[vb -s] at the present [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what do you think about the overall situation as it stands at the present time ? |
| 2 | There 's only one thing that struck me when I was reading through it but a as I say , we we got to look at this from point of view are we going to date this as it lies at the present moment and add to it pieces that we want , or do we start off by having the pieces o i its its now whe w w |
| 3 | Thus in He can sing the incidence of " sing " to " he " exists as a potential in the present : the person referred to possesses at the present moment the capacity of realizing this action . |
| 4 | Now , as a background to that , I actually had one of my officers at undertake research of the in to establish what the demands were made upon us from th the section which includes at the present time . |
| 5 | There is a growing belief that payment by results schemes or reward linked to achievement of goals is an unleashing factor and it certainly appears at the present time to be working that way . |
| 6 | In May 1947 the Joint Chiefs , while acknowledging that planning had to remain flexible , observed that " it appears at the present time that initial establishment of Allied forces in the Middle East is the most promising course of action " . |
| 7 | But to our disgust , and as Nigel mentioned , also that we have seen a demise of factory inspectors , and this is borne out by the fact that figures at the present time show that an average workplace can be expected to be visited once in eleven years . |
| 8 | No one has been able to point to any useful purpose that it serves at the present day . |
| 9 | One fifth of England will have been lost to urban sprawl by 2050 if development continues at the present rate , according to the Council for the Protection of Rural England . |
| 10 | The world tiger population is estimated at between 6,000-9,000 ; if poaching continues at the present rate the tiger will be extinct by early next century , according to expert predictions . |