Example sentences of "[noun] as presently [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opposition councillors supported the so-called Option 3 which earmarked Finchlea and Oakfield for closure as presently constituted but left the door open for the working party to propose further use in the search for improved service for post-19 year olds . |
| 2 | In its Report on Sexual Offences , the Criminal Law Revision Committee concluded that , whilst certain adjustments to it might be desirable , the law of rape as presently constructed was basically sound . |
| 3 | Because of MAFF 's view that environmental considerations are not pre-eminent in dispensing aid on any new 3(5) areas as presently drafted , and because they are concerned that it will mean payments to support a predominantly dairying agriculture in the lowlands ( setting a precedent because the UK does not pay HLCAs on dairy cattle ) , MAFF submitted to the Council of Ministers in September 1984 a major proposed amendment . |
| 4 | Clearly , incapacity or wilful refusal to consummate a marriage as presently defined , if it were to be retained at all as part of the law , could only apply to those relationships presently regarded as marriages . |
| 5 | ‘ The BBC as presently managed is over-stretched and quality is already being compromised . ’ |
| 6 | This is the conventional ( and essential ) domain of soil erosion studies as presently conceived . |
| 7 | It is most important for those who develop services for old people to consider the complexities and variations of the social structures which we describe with words like ‘ community ’ , ‘ neighbourhood ’ and ‘ networks ’ — all overworked and imprecise terms as presently used by many professionals . |
| 8 | If the National Government as presently constituted could not be persuaded to ally with the Soviet Union it would have to be replaced . |
| 9 | Thus it questions the values of the existing order of ‘ better ’ , ‘ useful ’ , ‘ appropriate ’ , ‘ productive ’ and ‘ valuable ’ and is ‘ wholly distrustful of the rules of conduct with which society as presently constituted provides each of its members ’ ( Horkheimer 1972 : 207 ) . |
| 10 | Buggery as presently defined covers non-consensual acts between males and between men and women and consensual acts between men and women and between males unless the latter are aged 21 and the acts take place in private . |
| 11 | You would be a material shareholder in Flybynight as presently constituted and I enclose a copy of their accounts for your perusal . |
| 12 | ATB Courses as Presently Offered |
| 13 | One of the problems with many systems as presently marketed , observes Price , is that companies with products which comply to the basic Posix 1003.1 interface standard promote their products as ‘ open systems . ’ |
| 14 | This is incompatible with the constraints of a finite world and we are therefore opposed to the EC as presently constituted . |
| 15 | These studies lend support to the thesis that labour mobility policies as presently constituted do little more than act as a mild incentive to a very small proportion of migrant workers . |
| 16 | This flexibility of approach is impossible with the EEC as presently constituted . |
| 17 | Likewise , further development of Open Look as presently constituted is being discontinued , although there will be a new release in the autumn incorporating the COSE specifications and X Window 11.5 . |
| 18 | The Minister obviously recognises that there is continuing concern , not least in Scottish agriculture , including north of Scotland agriculture , about the likely effect of the MacSharry proposals as presently cast . |