ADVERB
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at the present moment
goods now on sale
it could happen any time now
they are now abroad
the now-aging dictator
he is busy at present writing a new novel
How To Use at present In A Sentence
- The only defence remaining alive at present is, therefore, I suggest, the disputed decision about qualifying privilege.
- At present, power is very high orders, to improve gross profit margins.
- There is a comic sight to be seen in some elder trees at present. Times, Sunday Times
- Ye same did rede a portion of his "Venus and Adonis," to their prodigious admiration, whereas I, being sleepy and fatigued withal, did deme it but paltry stuff, and was the more discomforted in that ye blody bucanier had got his wind again, and did turn his mind to farting with such villain zeal that presently I was like to choke once more. 1601
- The regulator said the proposed undertakings also rely on third parties completing certain actions, and involve complex and long-term behavioural obligations that present risks, creating uncertainty that IOOF could become an effective competitor to the combined NAB-AXA. NAB's Bid for AXA Asia Dealt a Blow
- Replanting disease is a serious obstacle for sustainable development of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch) at present.
- At present the apportionment is as follows: Church extension, 10 per cent; annual conferences, 36 per cent; and the financial Religious Bodies: 1906
- Such of these principles as the Council found expedient at present to formularize, were set forth by it in "The Dogmatic Constitution of the Catholic Faith. History of the Conflict between Religion and Science
- At present, radio is the only communication medium in the country which has achieved a mass audience.
- At present, monetary policy is expansionary, as interest rates are less than the rate of inflation.