Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [art] present [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( McGinn , 1982 , pp. 121–2 ) Even acute defences of Descartes ' argument for an ego ( B. Williams , 1978 , pp. 95–100 ) , prove to be ineffective ( Parfit , 1984 , pp. 225–6 ) , but their failure does not affect the present view . |
| 2 | We can not regard the present statements as necessarily being set in concrete . |
| 3 | This may or may not include the present health promotion and education work of health educators as we now understand it . |
| 4 | Lord Mayor it is clear that this country can not sustain the present numbers of applicants seeking asylum . |
| 5 | Lord Mayor , it is clear that this country can not sustain the present numbers of applicants seeking asylum . |
| 6 | We will not tolerate the present level of racial harassment and attacks , and will ensure that more effective protection is given to vulnerable groups . |
| 7 | They do not approach the present problem which arises when the successor lived with the tenant in different premises during the qualifying period . |
| 8 | Finally , apart from demoting the status of fitness for purpose and reversing the Aswan case , this list does not change the present law , but merely removes uncertainty and renders the implied term easier and less uncertain in application . |
| 9 | They gave him a good room , and ‘ here therefore we settled , ’ he said , ‘ and did not spoil the present hour with thoughts of departure . ’ |