Example sentences of "are [adj] [prep] the present " in BNC.

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1 The interest rates are low at the present time .
2 It demonstrated the excesses that are possible in the present climate of confusion and for which the chief public prosecutor has apologised .
3 It demonstrated the excesses that are possible in the present climate of confusion and for which the chief public prosecutor has apologised .
4 In Fig. 1 we plot the wavelength of peak sensitivity ( λ max ) for each of the long- and middle-wave cones recorded in the present study , including those used to construct Fig. 2 : there is a clear separation of cones into two distinct classes and so we can be confident that our axial records are adequate for the present purpose of classification .
5 In the opinion of Paul Whitfield , Deputy Chairman of Bonham 's , the cost structures of a company such as Sotheby 's are inappropriate to the present recessionary climate , but dismantling them is impossible without breaking up the company — one possible solution in his opinion .
6 None of those sections are applicable to the present case .
7 Although no separate figures are yet available on short-term care facilities , the consensus is that they are inadequate at the present time .
8 Local authorities to a very great extent are responsible for the present ‘ grant control ’ which is exercised by Central Government for , whenever in recent years the Central Government have asked them to carry out some new function the local authorities have countered the request by a demand for a Government grant to assist with the new service .
9 CD trials , with teachers who are new both to the unit and to the computer system , are important at the present time because most teacher users will be in this category .
10 I wonder if that is why we are stuck with the present regime — because there is n't a single , united opposition .
11 I would emphasise that the only aspect of W. 's welfare with which we are concerned in the present case is her refusal to undergo a particular form of treatment for anorexia .
12 Three things stand out clearly that are relevant to the present discussion .
13 Two aspects of the common law position set out in Archbold , which are relevant to the present appeal , are illustrated by a passage in the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeal in Northern Ireland in Reg. v. Foxford [ 1974 ] N.I .
14 However , on 30 October 1990 , when the intervention notice was issued , Lautro 's then current rules included the following provisions which are relevant to the present appeal .
15 I use the word ‘ true ’ to express the notion that consent , or refusal of consent , may be inoperative in law for one of three reasons ; there may perhaps be others , but only these three are relevant to the present case .
16 Two aspects of this structure are relevant to the present discussion .
17 These examples are relevant in the present context as the equitable no conflict rule is formulated in terms of a " reasonable man looking at the relevant facts and circumstances of the particular case " thinking that " there was a real sensible possibility of conflict " .
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