Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] the present " in BNC.

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1 To analyse the meaning of the association , serum PGA and PGC values and the PGA/PGC ratio were examined in the present study .
2 The real danger of course is the forthcoming Police bill the proposal which were instituted by the present er Treasurer , erm er the Chancellor er and instituted further on by the present Home Secretary would lead to a centrally appointed Police committee at least fifty percent and a centrally appointed chairman , paid by the Home Secretary much rather like the Leicestershire Health Authority and of course this will severely undermine the local democratic accountability of the Police service .
3 Most of those measures were introduced by the present Prime Minister .
4 In contrast , four EcoRI restriction fragments ( 17.8 , 17.2 , 13.5 , and 3.9 kb ) were observed in the present study , and we did not detect any RFLPs for PGA in Japanese populations by EcoRI digestion .
5 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 .
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