Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [prep] the present " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems to the writer little doubt that unemployment due to automation will grow steadily over the next few decades , perhaps centuries , and in the end it is likely to reach a very high figure , say ninety per cent of the labour force , unless radical changes are made in the present pattern of working . |
| 2 | So , providing you say yes there will be occasions when the machine can take over some sort of part of the teacher 's role , then fair enough , yes , but I think one of the interesting ways in which computers are used at the present time , particularly again in the primary school , is as orchestrators of group work . |
| 3 | Highways made the point that the yellow-line alterations and refuge islands are based on the present stop positions and they would prefer that these not be altered until we have experience of the new arrangements in operation . |
| 4 | These proposals are aimed at providing the public with more reassurances than are provided at the present time as to whether boards of directors have fulfilled their stewardship responsibilities . |
| 5 | He knows very well , because he is against a single currency in principle , like his predecessor , the right hon. Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) , who clearly expressed his views — which , I think , are shared by the present Chancellor — in an article in one of the tabloid newspapers . |
| 6 | Recommendations for reducing or eliminating the upland agriculture/nature conservation conflict in the UK are derived in the present chapter . |
| 7 | We know rather little about what kind of bargains are struck at the present time although inheritance is always a possible way of ensuring that the balance of support does not tip too much in one direction , even if its use is not spoken about openly . |
| 8 | First , we may note that consumption plans are determined by the present value of lump-sum transfers ( ) . |
| 9 | At the same time these results are likely to be slow , and if we are right in our conclusion that we are faced at the present time with a certain amount of abnormal employment of a quasi-permanent character , then it is not sufficient to solely rely on the gradual improvement of productive efficiency . |
| 10 | However , if sales are maintained at the present level the higher rate will generate an extra $18 million of gross earnings . |
| 11 | As a result the Conservative Party continues to enjoy the favours of those newspaper owners who are embedded in the present structures of power and of wealth generation . |