Example sentences of "that [modal v] [verb] the present " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first , and urgent , question relates to the administrative and financial arrangements that should replace the present system under which four separate bodies produce the clean feed from the two Houses of Parliament ( HOCBUL and the Operator for the Commons Chamber , CCTV for Commons Committees and the BBC and ITN jointly for the Lord ) . |
| 2 | The argument also ignores the type of considerations that might determine the present non-use of these sophisticated weapons , such as the fear of complete destruction and total annihilation , rather than a greater degree of ahi sā , or love and concern for others . |
| 3 | Nusrat Bhutto , Pakistan 's deputy prime minister who is leading its delegation to the UN General Assembly , said in New York that Moscow had agreed to talk to the mujahedin on the establishment of an interim government in Kabul that would involve the present Soviet-backed administration . |
| 4 | Edward Forbes and Darwin were inspired by Lyell to look for geological changes that would explain the present distribution of species in Europe . |
| 5 | Ms Eagle added : ‘ Only the Labour Party is taking the question of unemployment seriously and working to develop policies that will ease the present situation . ’ |