Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [art] present [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I think we need another war to get rid of the er get rid of some of the thing that 's happening at the present day .
2 Looking at the present state of the Top 40 singles chart , the recent appearance of a song entitled Dolphins Make Me Cry by Welsh songwriter/guitarist Martyn Joseph was especially surprising .
3 I notice from the erm County Council 's own er document for today that they remind us that the Panel in looking at the present structure plan in nineteen eighty erm considered whether the county 's wish at that time to have this broad erm kind of sweeping up policy was appropriate .
4 By looking at the present distribution of animals and plants , and by comparing this with what was known about geological changes in the past , the evolutionist could seek to explain how the populations of the earth 's various regions had been built up through successive migrations .
5 If Dreadnought went on sinking at the present rate , in ten minutes the hole would n't be above the waterline , but below .
6 In evaluating credit scoring at the present time , we had to consider three aspects :
7 We may be better off with health care contracts if money follows the patient as the government er intends it to do , but we just do n't know and that 's what we 're investigating at the present time .
8 And in nineteen twenty er strike going at the present day there was what we called the soup kitchens .
9 And since , unlike many wives of city moguls , she 'd had recent experience at the sharp end of business in the City of London , she understood , only too clearly , the problems he was facing at the present time .
10 So it 's by no means only er , arising from the erm , need to get on with the business of the council , some of the work that we 're facing at the present moment has been forced on us er , through no fault of our own because of Government action .
11 Those not teaching at the present time are welcome to attend on a daily basis at £2 per session .
12 ‘ If the number of candidates keeps rising at the present rate ’ , he said , ‘ then by the year 2010 the entire population of the world will have a SCOTVEC National Certificate ! ’
13 Er so we are concerned that that money perhaps future time so that we can continue to spend whatever money we are doing at the present time er to our roads .
14 Erm I 'm not saying that er there were n't problems in security and using public transport and fear of using public transport after dark , but we were quite surprised that compared with the rest of the U K it was erm not acceptable but it gave us an indication on , on where to go from there on , erm and also I think er the important factor that in the lower in Strathclyde that we 've actually consulted women in terms of er what they want and what they need er in the transport world erm in public transport and that 's not lip service we 've actually had discussions groups and that information has been fed into the large erm public transport review that were undertaking at the present time .
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