Example sentences of "[prep] the present [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nottingham Victoria after clearance of platforms to make way for the present shopping centre . |
| 2 | He wound up his reply to the delegation by saying that he had only put the £30,000 for the foundations into the estimates for the present session and would ask Scott for elevations in a different style . |
| 3 | Screening appeals The justification for the present system whereby some categories of appeal could only be brought by leave of the trial judge or of the Court of Appeal was threefold : 1 . |
| 4 | If the structure of excise duties maintained revenue without unduly distorting consumer choice , there might be some justification for the present system . |
| 5 | He abandoned speculation firmly and concentrated on the implications for the present case , since he was plainly being offered expert testimony . |
| 6 | But the difficulty with this approach for the present case is that Woolwich was in reality suffering from no mistake at all , so much so that it was prepared to back its conviction that the revenue was acting ultra vires by risking a very substantial amount of money in legal costs in establishing that fact ; and , since the possibility of distraint by the revenue was very remote , the concept of compulsion would have to be stretched to the utmost to embrace the circumstances of such a case as this . |
| 7 | The points I have endeavoured to make regarding the scope of orders that can be made under section 6(2) have implications for the present case . |
| 8 | But the implications for the present case are not entirely the same . |
| 9 | The counterpart for the present case of the linear stability theory mentioned above predicts overstability ( defined in Section 17.4 ) . |
| 10 | Ultimately , the government says , all will benefit from development , but that is a remote promise for the present generation . |
| 11 | What are the prospects for the present generation of working-age women ( 16–60 ) with regard to occupational pension entitlements when they themselves reach pensionable age ? |
| 12 | It is difficult for the present generation of comparable age to realize what a change , in this respect , has been brought about by television . |
| 13 | She writes : ‘ As a paradigm for encountering terror , this story offers sustenance for the present journey … . |
| 14 | In a broadcast on Radio Russia on March 15 he complained that the real purpose of the referendum was to " gain support for the present leadership " , adding : " The aim is to preserve the imperial , unitary state of the union , to preserve the system by renewing it just on the surface . " |
| 15 | However , for the present attitudinism there is no state of affairs , which may be real or unreal , of prostitution being immoral , as there is a state of affairs , which may be real or unreal , of its being on the increase . |
| 16 | For the present sample the relationship between housework satisfaction and social class assessed in this way is shown in Table 4.1 . |
| 17 | Our basic model is developed from the circular flow relationship that was established in Chapter 1 , and so the reader is recommended to refer to that chapter as a background for the present discussion . |
| 18 | More important for the present discussion , however , was the spatial variability in both support for the strike over the full period and the rate of the drift back to work . |
| 19 | Whether or not we accept these points , their importance for the present discussion is clear . |
| 20 | Moreover , the usefulness of the findings of the CSO studies for the present discussion is limited because all the published data refer to income groups and not to socio-economic groups . |
| 21 | However , the idea that there are two or more sectors or segments in the labour market has some relevance for the present discussion . |
| 22 | The basic premise upon which much of this work is based is most succinctly expressed by William Downes : While Downes 's statement alludes to an unfashionable humanist notion of dramatic character , it does provide us with a valuable starting point for the present discussion . |
| 23 | For the present year seven ? |
| 24 | A similarly satisfactory outcome is anticipated for the present year . |
| 25 | Seacombe faces a rising financial burden , including projected losses for the present year totalling £3m . |
| 26 | Surely it is time for the present Home Secretary — who started all this in Cabinet , along with the right hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) — to apologise . |
| 27 | ‘ The British side has unshirkable responsiblity for the present problem of confidence in Hong Kong , ’ said Ambassador Ke in an interview with the official New China News Agency . |
| 28 | It is often worthwhile looking at methods the patient has previously tried to use for the present problem to see whether , with modification , these might be tried again . |
| 29 | The attraction of connectionism for the present problem is that understanding is based upon continuously checking what is read against background knowledge , using a large number of constraints to guide the process . |
| 30 | The funding for the present installation comes largely from Paul Mayen , a family friend of Edgar J. Kaufmann Jr . |