Example sentences of "exist at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Cynics of course would hold that the power potential and the danger that exists at the interface of the physical and the metaphysical exists only in the human imagination .
2 Unfortunately no single governing body for hypnosis exists at the time of writing .
3 Reflecting in 1968 on the difference between him and Communists of the older generation , he said : ‘ They seem to approach reality by way of certain abstract categories , which seem to them to have a lot of meaning and to reflect concrete experience … ; [ whereas ] members of my generation tend to use as a starting point reality as it exists at the moment , they form general concepts on the basis of this reality and they disregard categories which seem to have lost their relevance and to function more as incantations than as concepts . ’
4 Clearly , it shows a very much more complex structure than exists at the moment ( see Figure 3.1a ) .
5 The position of the mother would be one of even greater dependence than exists at the moment .
6 ( 3 ) You must leave tomorrow , Clearly , in our experience , the leaving must occur after the obligation which exists at the moment of speaking .
7 The difficulty presented by this use is that , to take ( 11 ) as an example , the seeing already exists at the moment of speech , at the moment of being glad , and , in fact , is apparently what brought about the gladness , hence Jespersen 's term .
8 The Postcode/Enumeration District directory exists at the moment as a raw data file , with an online guide in another file ; eventually there will be some simple software .
9 So , this joint staffing watch as it exists at the moment , has got a very restricted shelf life , an and I doubt if it 's going to survive .
10 unnamed that is not true and I do agree with Mr that when we make a decision to close some homes that they should be named to avoid the terrible indecision which exists at the moment .
11 How do you think it 'll complement what exists at the moment , which is the Apollo and of course , the recently opened Old Fire Station ?
12 I mean , what we 're trying to do in the visual arts is to spend what limited money we have to produce a better situation for the visual artist and for the public who gets pleasure and enlightenment from visual arts than exists at the moment , so rather than just prop up the status quo , which is what is would be very easy to do if one just kept the pot boiling so to speak by giving a few grants to artists here and sitting at the centre of a spider 's web in Tunbridge Wells waiting for applications to come in to us and then responding .
13 There is good evidence that a flourishing trade in false antiquities existed at the turn of the century , and its products filtered through to the United States and Europe .
14 Thus , where the user covenant permits the tenant to use the demised property for any purpose falling within a class of the Town and Country Planning ( Use Classes ) Order 1972 ( SI No 1385 ) the covenant will be construed as referring to the use class as it existed at the date of the demise .
15 Whilst a master outline of the character existed at the typesetter manufacturer or type foundry each font was compiled and tailored to suit the target system — generally at great expense .
16 He thought about the decadence which existed at the centre of the Empire .
17 The Australian court construed the agreement and concluded that the contract was not void , because the sellers had impliedly warranted that the wreck existed at the spot specified .
18 Michael Wigley , chairman , said : ‘ Hopes existed at the start of the year for a modest recovery in both the property and retail sectors , but this did not materialise . ’
19 The fear of future unemployment , he believed , was exaggerated and existed at the moment " as a heavy legacy of dictatorship " .
20 Hopper and Fonda were looking for finance , although all that existed at the time was an eight-page outline for the plot , which Fonda had been toting around .
21 Only fourteen comprehensive schools existed at the time when Tony Crosland was writing : good grammar schools could not simply be swept away , nor the rights and duties of Local Education Authorities brushed aside .
22 The accounts for the first year indicated quite clearly the recognition of the social divisions which existed at the time .
23 It must be remembered that what is described is , almost without exception , the church as it existed at the time of writing .
24 The amount of surplus ACT included in the claim must be capable of being determined by reference to circumstances that existed at the time of the claim ( see Proctor & Gamble Ltd v Taylerson ( 1990 ) STC 624 ) .
25 The educational regimes apparent in early asylums pay tribute to the humanitarian spirit which existed at the time .
26 It would seem obvious that at least some of those practitioners had not in fact vanished at all , but still existed at the time of the Crusades .
27 … Whatever be the true view with regard to the act or neglect , I think that the appellant is entitled to say that the respondents ' ‘ default giving rise to the action ’ existed at the time when he suffered his injuries .
28 I can see nothing in section 61 to suggest that these trust provisions apply only if the trust existed at the time the deposit was made .
29 On Aug. 23 the Minister of Home Affairs , S. B. Chavan , presented a bill to the Lok Sabha ( lower house of parliament ) which sought to prohibit the conversion of any place of worship that existed at the time of India 's independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 .
30 It is a long established rule of law that where a contracting party refuses to perform his contractual obligations by giving a wrong reason , this does not subsequently deprive him of a justification which in fact existed at the time of refusal ( see Taylor v Oakes ( 1922 ) 27 Com Cas 261 ; Braithwaite v Foreign Hardwood Co Ltd [ 1905 ] 2 KB 543 ; and Fercometal SARL v Mediterranean Shipping Co SA [ 1989 ] AC 788 discussed in Chapter 15 ) .
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