Example sentences of "at present levels " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each year 200,000 sq kms of rainforest are ripped out worldwide and , at present levels , scientists estimate that the tropical rainforests will be just a memory by the year 2050 . |
| 2 | The length and depth of recession will determine how long counties can hold playing staffs at present levels . |
| 3 | The fact that the numbers of trainees have been maintained at present levels , despite the difficult times that the industry is experiencing , is a tribute to the continuing commitment in the industry to such levels of training , assisted by the board and the work that it is doing . |
| 4 | Most countries agreed to stabilize CO2 emissions at present levels by the year 2000 . |
| 5 | Such targets had been advocated by the majority of Western countries , including Australia , Japan and the European Communities ( EC ) , which proposed a commitment to freeze emissions of carbon dioxide ( the single largest contributor to the greenhouse effect ) at present levels by the year 2000 . |
| 6 | The conference was marked by a split between the USA , Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia on the one hand , who resisted the imposition of specific emissions cuts , and the remaining Western countries , including Europe , Japan and Australia , on the other , who argued for the adoption of a freeze on C02 emissions at present levels by the year 2000 . |
| 7 | It currently accounts for some 10 per cent of ozone loss , but this proportion is likely to rise to 16 per cent if present trends continue , despite the fact that at a meeting of Montreal Protocol signatories last November , it was agreed to freeze use at present levels [ see ED 68 ] . |
| 8 | Analysts said last night that oil prices could stabilise at present levels of around $18 a barrel if OPEC could prevent ‘ leakage ’ which would cause total cartel supply to rise above 24 million bpd until the end of June . |
| 9 | Translation of foreign currencies added £900,000 to profits in 1992 and , if rates stuck at present levels , could boost this year 's results by £5 million . |