Example sentences of "[vb -s] [art] present " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman 's killing the man seems metaphorical only , but it fits the present idea — that the one whose identity becomes submerged may want to kill the other . |
| 2 | Mr Greenwood , who was the main architect of the currency link , thinks the present rate is about right . |
| 3 | The common Unix desktop that represents the present manifestation of the Common Open Software Environment , COSE , is just a first step on the road to a much more comprehensive common Unix environment . |
| 4 | Taking lifetime consumption , this is defined as where the last term represents the present value of wealth passed on ( r being taken here as the interest rate per generation ) . |
| 5 | The position of local authorities was also left unclear until the next case , which represents the present law . |
| 6 | Okay so if we just summoned this area right , that area there represents the present value of the discounted stream of income . |
| 7 | ‘ Prejudice is a burden which confuses the past , threatens the future , and renders the present inaccessible ’ , she has written . |
| 8 | The British government agreed to that and it 's that matter that now causes the present difficulties and uncertainties . |
| 9 | ‘ Capes ’ deems the present aggregation of talent at Northampton as the best-balanced in his 11 years there . |
| 10 | Has the present interest in the ‘ authentic ’ school changed your attitude in any way ? |
| 11 | ( ii ) When the actor coerces the victim to submit by threatening to use force or violence on the victim , and the victim believes that the actor has the present ability to execute these threats . |
| 12 | Yesterday Johnson Matthey — which announced pre-tax profits of £33.5million — said it ‘ has been authorised by Charter to say that Charter has no present intention of either buying or selling shares in the company . ’ |
| 13 | Yesterday Johnson Matthey — which announced pre-tax profits of £33.5million — said it ‘ has been authorised by Charter to say that Charter has no present intention of either buying or selling shares in the company . ’ |
| 14 | It has no present claim to fame and its longest guidebook entry are the words in Domesday . |
| 15 | The Group has no present intention to dispose of the AUK Notes and therefore no tax provision has been made for the potential liability to corporation tax . |
| 16 | This case is the most recent in a long line of cases involving the question whether , if the paper owner has no present use for the land , there can be any possession " adverse " to his rights . |
| 17 | Mr Franklin says the promised stream of profits averaging £10m over the next five years has a present value of roughly £44m . |
| 18 | Bottom-hole temperatures from wells in southern England suggest that the region has a present geothermal gradient close to the world average for cratonic areas of 25° C/km . |
| 19 | Rank Organisation ( owner of 49% of Rank Xerox and a variety of leisure activities ) has issued an 8.25p convertible preference that has a present price of 94p , giving a gross yield of 11.7% . |
| 20 | Rather than saying that £100 invested today at an annual rate of 10 per cent will yield £110 in 12 months ' time , we say that £1 10 due in 12 months ' time has a present value of £100 today . |
| 21 | As the hobby of metal detecting in Britain has a present following of a quarter of a million people ( plus sympathetic friends and family ) the way we vote could decide which party is to come to power . |
| 22 | To bring that about in a timescale which meets the present crisis for world peace would be likely to create the very wars we are seeking to avoid . |
| 23 | It replaces the present system , where appeals are dealt with by the Department , with less than 10 made each year . |
| 24 | ‘ Only male contempt for women as a class perpetuates the present system . |
| 25 | It describes the present position but draws attention under the heading De-materialisation of Listed Securities to the aims of the TAURUS project which may be achieved shortly after this edition is published and which will change the position markedly so far as concerns fully paid securities of listed companies . |
| 26 | The paper on the government of Northern Ireland describes the present structure and also reviews experience in three other countries with community problems , the Netherlands , Belgium , and Switzerland . |
| 27 | This little story describes the present workings of America 's social-security pension system . |
| 28 | It says the present system , which allows controlled international trade , has failed to prevent heavy illegal smuggling of wild Paphiopedilum ( slipper ) orchids . |
| 29 | It is , says the present bishop , the Right Reverend John Baker , much too big . |
| 30 | In this respect , at least , John Eliot Gardiner 's recording on Archiv far outshines the present one . |