Example sentences of "[prep] [art] current [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons for the current gender imbalance are not fully understood . |
| 2 | Under the energetic Hemsted , orders were issued forbidding the building of manyattas and the carrying of spears , and the graduation ceremonies for the current age-set of warriors were hurried through . |
| 3 | It displays the help text for the current field , and , if the key is pressed again , it will display successive help pages for the current page . |
| 4 | The R factor for the current structure ( residues 2 to 176 ) is 21.5% for all data to 2.8 ( 19.6% for F 3 ) with a bulk solvent correction but no model for the ordered solvent or sugars ( Fig.1 b ) . |
| 5 | It must be a lot less wonderful for the current Duke Of Marlborough . |
| 6 | See the back of this leaflet for the current range . |
| 7 | It may well have contributed to the 1989 decision to introduce a policy of ‘ Power to the Routes ’ for the current decade . |
| 8 | For the current purpose , demonstrating that they were different is sufficient to illustrate two main points : that understanding a place involves uncovering the multivariate and inter-related nature of its culture , for which the three components of the schema in chapter 3 provide a valuable framework ; and that without understanding the nature of a place in all its complexity , it is difficult to appreciate what happens there during particular events — simple , monocausal explanations ( often located in the sphere of production ) are usually insufficient . |
| 9 | ‘ I understand the letter asks Whitehall civil servants to illustrate what a 2.5 per cent cut ( £6.3 billion ) and a 5 per cent cut ( £12 billion ) would involve for the current spending round which has now started . |
| 10 | It sees a pre-tax hit of $70m to $80m against figures for the current quarter to cover costs of inventory liquidation , leases , payroll and lay-off of 1,000 staff , fixed assets disposal , and operating costs . |
| 11 | The Pixel Semiconductor Inc unit of Cirrus Logic Inc has introduced the CL-PX0072 Video Window Generator I , a Microsoft Corp Video for Windows-compatible chip that features HiQ8 proprietary colour enhancement technology to provide high-quality picture resolutions ; samples from Cirrus Logic cost $32 in quantities of 10,000 or more with volume planned for the current quarter . |
| 12 | Few are in any doubt that there is plenty more pain to come , and it may well be that the interim management is now expected to clear the decks , steel itself to announce another enormous net loss for the current quarter and let the new chief executive and team come in with a clean sheet . |
| 13 | The explanation has to be that the company shot itself in the foot by announcing the Sparcsystem 10 machines with such a long lead time , many would-be customers are holding back and waiting for them , and that things will not really start to pick up until those start shipping around September time — which suggests that dullness will continue for the current quarter . |
| 14 | The estimate for the current work is far in excess of any price yet realised for a work by Goya and the highest price achieved at auction is currently the $650,000 ( £391,000 ) paid for a drawing entitled ‘ Those who escape work end up like this ’ sold at Christie 's New York in October 1990 . |
| 15 | Its profits before tax for the current year to 31 December are forecast at $900,000 on turnover of $6.5m . |
| 16 | MEPC raised its dividend for 1991 , but some analysts believe that , without sales from the Oldham portfolio , it will be forced to cut the dividend for the current year . |
| 17 | Twenty directors were appointed for the current year , including Granville Penn and Rev T. Burgess . |
| 18 | A permanent committee for the current year comprised Dr Crawford , Dr Drew , Penn , Stone , Topham , Gretton and Baynes . |
| 19 | Having reliable data for the current year is , of course , a prerequisite of good budgets . |
| 20 | There would then be no minority interest figure in the profit and loss account for the current year , since the minority interest will also have been a debit balance last year end . |
| 21 | These show monthly actual , monthly forecast , cumulative figures and an updated forecast for the current year , and comparative figures for the preceding year . |
| 22 | Sony Corp says it will reduce recruitment of new graduates next fiscal year to 500 from the 990 that it has offered jobs for the current year : it will be the second consecutive year-on-year decrease in recruitment after a peak of 1,750 in the 1992-93 fiscal year . |
| 23 | Founded in 1981 by Beth Grossman and Don Skirving ‘ on a shoestring , a friendly bank manager , and a cold market ’ , the company now employs 24 people , has a projected turnover of £2,75m for the current year to August , and is looking for larger premises to cater for an expanding stockholding . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , the king had to send his justices to the clergy 's deliberations and threatened to take the names of opposers , and it took all Winchelsey 's good will and best arts to elicit from them a grant of one tenth for the current year and another , should it be necessary , in the following year . |
| 25 | The irrationality of taking last year 's budget as the base for the current year 's , and arguing only for and against increments , has been repeatedly pointed out . |
| 26 | The winter Consolidated Fund Act authorizes the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of the total sun required by the winter supplementaries for the current year and for the vote on account for the following year . |
| 27 | Finally , the spring Consolidated Fund Act authorizes the issue of the amount required in the spring supplementaries for the current year and also the total sun required to meet any excess votes in the prior year . |
| 28 | In another drawer there was a file of household bills and receipts for the current year . |
| 29 | ‘ In the meantime we must not forget that we have tough targets to meet for the current year . |
| 30 | Non-manufacturing costs have also been analysed to identify further savings for the current year . |