Example sentences of "at present the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present the beer is bottom-fermenting in the lager style but Bitburger are considering turning it into a top-fermenting beer . |
| 2 | At present the unions wield 89 per cent of the conference vote in blocks , with the constituency parties taking 10 per cent , and the small socialist society affiliates less than 1 per cent . |
| 3 | At present the Association administers 80 sheltered flats . |
| 4 | At present the whole thing is on guilt money : ‘ I 'm glad it 's not my kids . |
| 5 | At present the advent of the All Blacks is concentrating the national rugby mind wonderfully and all four provinces have been in early-season action . |
| 6 | But the rest of the act lacks this savagery and Posner should surely have aimed for more laughs earlier — at present the audience only relaxes , by the usual process of familiarity , around the half way mark . |
| 7 | ‘ At present the turbid estuary is continually re-depositing mud on the flats , ’ says Mr Nigel Clark , of the trust . |
| 8 | At present the authorities in Berlin are having difficulty coping with those who have arrived so far , though no more than 1,100 or so have come in the past few days . |
| 9 | At present the answer lies somewhere in between . |
| 10 | At present the pile of plasticases was small , but enough to break a fall if necessary . |
| 11 | At present the Board consists of 28 Directors who meet once a year . |
| 12 | At present the income to a forester/ farmer was 25% from the forest and 75% from the farm . |
| 13 | At present the EEC Nine are around 95–97% self-sufficient in beef production so opportunities for expansion appear to be limited . |
| 14 | At present the schedules are being extensively revised to take account of social worker 's criticisms . |
| 15 | At present the UK accounts for about 1.5–2 per cent of research spending on superconductivity , and NCS wants this to increase to match the UK share of all research ( currently about 5 per cent of the world total ) . |
| 16 | Firstly , at present the twelve work together , both through the Treaty of Rome and through intergovernmental co-operation on issues such as foreign policy and terrorism . |
| 17 | At present the latest permissible time for legal abortion is 28 weeks , but by 20 weeks , the foetus is well formed , and currently doctors and gynaecologists are moving towards the idea of cutting the legal limit for termination from 28 to 24 weeks . |
| 18 | 9 ) At present the newsletter does not quite cover its costs . |
| 19 | At present the Náprstek Museum is closed , but when it reopens , the American , Australian and African collections will be shown here . |
| 20 | At present the scheme only applies to those buyers to whom reports are addressed — not the valuation reports addressed to building societies and banks . |
| 21 | At present the police do not perform their task satisfactorily . |
| 22 | At present the US has a $335 million annual budget for fusion research ( magnetic ) . |
| 23 | In our day many women are being called by the Holy Spirit to this hard vocation of priesthood — but at present the Church of England does not allow their vocations to be tested , as it does in the case of men . |
| 24 | Their requirements may be similar to those of others , but at present the vast majority of goods and services on offer are only designed to be user-friendly for fit , athletic members of MENSA ! |
| 25 | At present the world 's population is increasing by over 200,000 per day , with most of the growth concentrated in the LDCs . |
| 26 | At present the pattern of weathering in small mammals is compared to that of large mammals ( Table 1.3 ) , with stage 1 weathering reached in 18 to 29 months ( plus 24 months in the pellet ) in the prevailing wet climate of central Wales , and stage 2 weathering still progressing after 36 to 48 months ( again with the addition of 24 months in the pellet ) . |
| 27 | After rebuilding it was a Gas Fitters Shop , and at present the ground floor houses the Railway Veterans Club and the second storey contains a gymnasium . |
| 28 | At present the regular sites are either fairly large lakes with dense marginal vegetation , such as Burton , Lurgashall , and Shillinglee ponds , or small patches of marsh in the interior of the county . |
| 29 | At present the crèche operates during term time only but it is envisaged that it will eventually open outside term , subject to demand . |
| 30 | At present the crèche operates during term time only but it is envisaged that it will eventually open outside term , subject to demand . |