Example sentences of "be [verb] at the present " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | So , providing you say yes there will be occasions when the machine can take over some sort of part of the teacher 's role , then fair enough , yes , but I think one of the interesting ways in which computers are used at the present time , particularly again in the primary school , is as orchestrators of group work . |
4 | These proposals are aimed at providing the public with more reassurances than are provided at the present time as to whether boards of directors have fulfilled their stewardship responsibilities . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | A great thrust , the Outer Hebrides Thrust or Fault , terminated the Laxfordian sequence of events , and this thrust can be recognised at the present day as a feature on or near the eastern seaboard of the entire Outer Hebrides chain of islands ( see Fig. 7 ) . |
7 | The Cleveland Inquiry ( Secretary of State for Social Services , 1988 ) noted that : ‘ It has been impossible from the evidence provided to the Inquiry to arrive at any consensus or to obtain any reliable figures of the general prevalence of sexual abuse of children in the country or in Clevelend ’ ( p.4 ) and later comments that : ‘ We are strongly of the opinion that great caution should be exercised at the present time in accepting percentages as to the prevalence and incidence of sexual abuse . |
8 | During the period of entry , interest rates may have to be kept at the present emergency level , but it is an emergency level , a punishment for past sins of credit creation and lax management . |
9 | In the opinion of Melanie Clore there is no reason to believe that such prices could not be repeated at the present time . |
10 | We know rather little about what kind of bargains are struck at the present time although inheritance is always a possible way of ensuring that the balance of support does not tip too much in one direction , even if its use is not spoken about openly . |
11 | I 'll be talking in a few moments time about aviation travel and the risks and , indeed , the trends that are being reflected at the present time , but erm before we move to that let's just think about those of us who perhaps have decided we wo n't go abroad . |
12 | This is a United Nations embargo , er and er all ships are required to comply with it , er and er the British , Australian , American ships which combined in this action , and we 've just had another one , and er also , there which involved also different ships , but involved er British , Australian and American ships as well , er and that ship is being inspected at the present time . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | At the same time these results are likely to be slow , and if we are right in our conclusion that we are faced at the present time with a certain amount of abnormal employment of a quasi-permanent character , then it is not sufficient to solely rely on the gradual improvement of productive efficiency . |
15 | However , if sales are maintained at the present level the higher rate will generate an extra $18 million of gross earnings . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | It is however a controversial project because of the cost of its electricity and the question as to whether it is needed at the present time despite electricity being the main growth area in the Brazilian energy demand picture . |
18 | This information is based on what is known at the present time , which is August 1989 . |
19 | 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 . |