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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.
At present the tax credit is available only for children who are cared for at a nursery or by a registered childminder.
One should neither look forward to coming experiences, nor clutch at present ones, but let them all slip easily through one's fingers.
At present, IMS provides automatic equipment alarm, meeting notifying, mail notifying and productive system notifying on important issues.
At present, Wallis is still part and parcel of the overseas territory of Wallis-and-Futuna, a French variant of American Samoa, since 1900 an unincorporated territory of the USA and also to be found in Western Polynesia.
At present, the vertical incidence of seismic wave is considered in the seismic response analysis of arch dam.
Both point out that the techniques are, at present, highly experimental and that much work remains to be done. Times, Sunday Times
We need to improve our throughput because demand is high at present.
Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophize, that is, until political power and philosophy entirely coincide, while the many natures who at present pursue either one exclusively are forcibly prevented from doing so, cities will have no rest from evils, ... nor, I think, will the human race. All the President's Lies
At present the provincial council is headed by a Shia governor. Times, Sunday Times
The prostate can be affected by a variety of infectious and poorly defined non-infectious conditions that present as acute or chronic pelvic pain with a range of accompanying urinary and systemic symptoms.
This attacks the body's immune system, which is its defence against infection, and at present there is no known cure.
At present, all tax receipts go to the UK Treasury and money is handed back to Scotland in the form of a block grant.
At present,however, I am going to Jerusalem in a ministry to the saints.
Batch process fault diagnose with Petri net is a comparatively active research field at present.
What we need is to adopt whole river catchment plans from mountaintop to estuary, instead of the fragmented approach we have at present.
The research added: ‘At present, police do not have the legal authority to impound these vehicles.’
At present, the Secretary of State grants asylum to all such claimants.
At present the doctor is giving him daily massages to help restore the function of his limbs.
Both point out that the techniques are, at present, highly experimental and that much work remains to be done. Times, Sunday Times
How the processes for lodgement and legal deposit will work in practice, the fine print of the legislation, are being worked out at present.
To unwind, she delves into contemporary quilting - tying past to present, weaving emotions and demands into creations that present a physical reminder of a very rich, yet often troubling, cultural history.
The band has performed at several concerts abroad and is at present recording its third album.
At present the provincial council is headed by a Shia governor. Times, Sunday Times
At present the public have few reliable ways of detecting whether reporting is deceptive or not.
There are no plans at present to repeat this programme on the BBC terrestrial or digital channels, although I will certainly register your interest for the attention of our schedulers.
The irremediableness of marriage, as it is at present constituted, undoubtedly deters many from entering into that state. An Essay on the Principle of Population
For some Dene language groups there are at present competing writing systems and different spelling practices.
However, most of the women in our sample would most likely find that a very risky prospect to attempt at present.
At present the day was drizzling and chilly, while the huge volumes of smoke from a whole forest of factory chimneys tended to impart a deeper shade of dismalness to the dispiriting landscape.
At present, the ramjet engine jet for military purposes to be optimistic.
We are arranging so that presently this will be the other way around, but meanwhile London and our big cities have had to stand their pounding.
Of these the grey is the most numerous kind; but as I shall have occasion to speak of the large wolves hearafter, I shall say no more of them at present, but direct your attention to the second and very different species, the _prairie wolves_. Popular Adventure Tales
The juniors are fishing at Rawcliffe Lake on a Tuesday evening at present where lots of roach are taking an interest in hemp and tares.
With such discourse, and the intervening topics of business, the time passed until dinner, Macwheeble meanwhile promising to devise some mode of introducing Edward at the Duchran, where Rose at present resided, without risk of danger or suspicion; which seemed no very easy task, since the laird was a very zealous friend to government. Waverley
The company employs about 12,000 people in management and administration roles at present, but it plans to reduce the headcount in these areas by a few hundred. Times, Sunday Times
At present he is thin, has severe jaundice and his body is distended as his own liver has become swollen and hard.
Ms O'Neill isn't available at present. She's in conference.
The course aims at presenting an overview of the most important tools and processes of ethnographic museography, with special attention to the theoretical debates on the subject.
Reporter in fontal city waterproof market discovers, sort of the waterproof on market is not at present little, almost the brand that each waterproof shop has him to specialize in.
At present, a single fuel cell can provide enough power to recharge a cell phone battery once.
At present he is a research fellow in Cambridge while his girlfriend lives in Germany, ‘which is a long commute’.
They figure they will need €500,000 to establish a firm footing in the market, money the company does not have at present.
At present, his guarded manner and his reluctance to discuss his previous symptoms or violent behaviour make a detailed examination of his mental state extremely difficult.
There's a constipated sense about the public space in Australia at present.
The only defence remaining alive at present is, therefore, I suggest, the disputed decision about qualifying privilege.
At present, the endogenous financial needs of rural economic units cause it demands cooperative finance and commercial finance in rural areas.
I shall be an old woman then, and should, it may be, have less objection to being known as his benefactress than at present. A Romantic Young Lady
There is no way at present of predicting which individuals will develop the disease.
At present,(Sentence dictionary) the E-Commerce website is still remaining on the stage of receiving order information when the order is accepted.
At present we are doing a modern Russian play and another straight from New York.
The market price of radium is at present 70 dollars for 1 mg, but I am sure that our academy would be willing to accept a lower price. 142 Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna
His chief delight at present is playing voluntaries, which certainly would not be called music if performed by one of riper years, being deficient in harmony and measure; but they manifest such a discernment and selection of notes as is truly wonderful, and which, if spontaneous, would surprize at any age. On prodigies
All the women at present were busy knitting woollen garments; some were learners and did their work slowly and painstakingly. Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born
At present, these two roles sometimes converge but sometimes diverge or conflict. Times, Sunday Times
The most popular items exported by the company at present are pharmaceuticals, school text books, and items related to the security operation.
At present some comprehensives are neighbourhood schools. Times, Sunday Times
I have lately been led to reflect a little, (for, now that I am growing old, my work has become [word indecipherable] special) on the artificial checks, but doubt greatly whether such would be advantageous to the world at large at present, however it may be in the distant future. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
The interview could hardly have ended more auspiciously for Tito, and as he walked out at the Porta Pinti that he might laugh a little at his ease over the affair of the _culex_, he felt that fortune could hardly mean to turn her back on him again at present, since she had taken him by the hand in this decided way. Romola
MR. STILL: -- I take this opportunity of writing a few lines to you hoping that tha may find you in good health and femaly. i am well at present and doing well at present i am now in a store and getting sixteen dollars a month at the present. i feel very much o blige to you and your family for your kindnes to me while The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Auth
At present song thrushes are not often seen. Times, Sunday Times
You must forgive her - she's not herself at present.
At present, the ship and objects are separated by a walk of a quarter of a mile through the dockyard.
At present, the few U.S. programs in translator and/or interpreter education cannot even attempt to meet market needs for professional translators and interpreters.
At present, childcare workers are employed as casuals.
At present, procedures to deal with bedsores include using pressure-relieving mattresses and turning patients every couple of hours. Times, Sunday Times
At present, 750 students are studying at the school, but the student intake will increase to 1 000 a year.
He referred to a number of scenarios which would not be permissible under Irish law at present.
At present, I am sipping a Dr Stuart's detox tea which has lots of herbals such as dandelion, milk thistle and burdock to help cleanse the liver.
At present Lafarge is due to cease operation at the site in two years, but it is asking for additional time to extract the 1.5 million tonnes of unworked gritstone reserves.
Write down the advice of him that loves you, though you like it not at present.
At present the children are skateboarding on the public highway outside residents' properties.
Instead of indulging in something horrendous like book-banning, it should be seen as an opportunity to shore up our level of scholarship as well as articulateness which is pathetically abysmal at present. The Lives of Sri Aurobindo by Peter Heehs, screenplay for a future Spielberg movie!
`The general feeling seems to be that you are underemployed at present. TOY SHOP
A natural cause at present unrecognised may emerge in the foreseeable future.
Jinping High Arch Dam is the highest double - curvature thin arch dam in the world at present.
Intermarriage of two art form between Interpretation and Esthetics does not merely originated at present time.
Anglo-Japanese" (or, informally, "Japlish") is an intriguing case because of the economic prominence of Japan, the relative one-sidedness at present of the flow of words, and the restrictedness of Japanese, VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3
At present there is surplus silage on many farms and the advice is to use up the bales by early summer and to seal up any silage left in the clamps.
During some centuries India, as a political region, was not delimitated on the north-western side as it is at present and numerous principalities rose and fell which included Indian territory as well as parts of Afghanistan. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1
At present it is little more than a swampland, with pools of standing water, rubble, mounds of earth and stone and other building waste.
At present the most popular baguette is the chicken and cheese melt with lettuce and mayonnaise called Lisa after the customer who first ordered the filling.
At present, he has the air of the uninvited guest. Times, Sunday Times
At present our sports hall is tiny - about nine metres square.
At present, MPs must publicly declare the appointment of partners or family members and may only hire one at a time. Times, Sunday Times
Has a look at present's Looney, was similarly also injured, but he again why?
At present appears the unrelatedness "foreign merchant tightness of money ' repudiates a debt ' the Chinese Enterprise to suffer the loss" is an evident proof.
Elsewhere Thomas Spooner, mercer and draper, wanted York people to know he ‘has at present by him a quantity of fine old Jamaica Rum’.
At present it is not possible to draw any definite conclusions about the binding mode of CytR.
He was a very free-spoken man (the gentry of those days were much prouder than at present), and used to say to me in his haughty easy way, The Memoires of Barry Lyndon
Large numbers of chub and barbel are also on view in Tadcaster where fish spotting from the road-bridge in the centre of town seems to be a popular spectator sport at present.
He is battling a very serious blood disorder called amyloidosis and has vowed to beat it, although it is not a curable condition at present. Just a Round-Up...
At present, land is taxed at a higher rate than improvements only in the counties of Hawaii and Kauai.
At present, all three sign systems are still being used in Nicaragua, presumably reflecting the different ages at which people are exposed to language and the kinds of inputs (ISN or LSN vs. signed and written Spanish or lipreading in regular schools) they receive. Innateness and Language
I pushed the problem aside; at present it was insoluble.
In summer it nests in holes in trees, and at present is walking about under oaks and eating acorns. Times, Sunday Times
Fresh megass is at present better suited for fattening animals than for fuel under the sugar pans. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, o
Here it certainly is not; & I have no doubt the whole American people will rally ere long to the same sentiment, & rejudge those who, at present, think they have all judgment in their own hands. Letters
Many country tour developments exist bigger blindness, considers at present, regardless of farsighted.
M. Naudin states, that a certain kind of furze or thistle, of which cattle are very fond, may be made to grow without thorns -- an important consideration, seeing that at present, before it can be used as food, it has to undergo a laborious beating, to crush and break the prickles with which it is covered. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852
At present the fruit is ripening on the twigs, and looks like small brown cherries. Times, Sunday Times
At present, credits constitute 40 per cent of the banks' assets to give them the top slot in the banks' assets.
Trafalgar Square is at present something of a building site as it undergoes partial pedestrianisation.
This is so far the only production directed by the glamorous French ballet star who is among the world's most famous ballerinas at present.
The sky over Britain at present rarely fails to offer the sight of one gliding by. Times, Sunday Times
Of flowering plants there are, as far as at present is known, 185 species, and 40 cryptogamic species, making together 225; of this number I was fortunate enough to bring home Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
At present, there was no other option but to advise those members to wait and see.
If any one at present was to announce in Constantinople that he was favored by the angel Raphael, who is superior to Gabriel in dignity, and that he alone was to be believed, he would be publicly empaled. A Philosophical Dictionary
I tell you what, as things are at present, I cannot possibly speak to Lord Treasurer for anybody.
The public discourse is heavily dominated at present by a perception whether welcomed or deprecated of student instrumentalism. C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: A Life of Learning
At present, natural gas can cost anywhere between 18p and 25p a therm for industrial users while their contract terms are based on 12p a therm for a period of 10 years.
The company declined to comment on initial findings of the inquiry but has said that there were no indications that present management was involved. Times, Sunday Times
At present most cases are brought under the catch-all heading of breach of the peace, which means repeated offences can be overlooked on sentencing.
In addition, two main temples were constructed on the acropolis, and a thriving seaport at present-day Minet el-Beida was located about half a mile away.
‘We also want to see a fairer planning system since at present the majority of planning applications from gypsies and travellers are rejected at the first stage,’ she adds.
It was in vain to argue the tyranny of some husbands, when he could turn upon us the follies of some wives; and that wives and daughters were never more faulty, more undomestic, than at present; and when we were before a judge, who, though he could not be absolutely unpolite, would not flatter us, nor spare our foibles. Sir Charles Grandison
I confess," replied Wallace, "that an armed citadel is not the most pleasant abode for a lady; but at present, excepting perhaps the church, it is the safest; and I would not advise your lady to remove hence, until the plain be made as free as this mountain. The Scottish Chiefs
Andrew Motion has been sounded out, but has declared himself uninterested at present while he remains Poet Laureate.
He said that present asthma treatments were good for daily use but could not help when a common cold worked its way down to the lungs. Times, Sunday Times
Paul is treating the meeting as a one-off at present.
As democracy is, at present, the only permissible political rhetoric, the ruling class duly speaks its language.
In other words, a scarcity value attaches at present to the possession of a licence.
At present we're gleaning information from all sources.
At present mothers can veto unmarried fathers from being included. Times, Sunday Times
He took the view that presentment took place at the later time, as presentment had to be made to a person entitled to decide whether to pay or dishonour the instrument.
The only reason America has lasted as long as she has, and even still has more than a few years left, is that this malignancy is at present encysted in a thick husk of sclerotic scar tissue – our permanent civil service. Democoup « Isegoria
Ms O'Neill isn't available at present. She's in conference.
At present, therefore, no single theory can adequately explain the origin of pidgin language.
But it is not the usual type of textbook that presents how a discipline currently sees itself and introduces its subject matter to beginners.
At present, it is split into a museum on the ground floor and an art gallery upstairs.
That we are not able at present to skiagraph the soft parts of the body, does not imply that we shall not be able to do it hereafter; and should this be possible, especially with our increasing ability to penetrate thick masses of tissue, it is evident, without entering into details, that the use of the X rays may be of immense importance in obstetrics. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896
At present, more than one in four adults of working age are either unemployed or economically inactive. Times, Sunday Times
Sonographic evaluation at presentation can usually differentiate between intrauterine and extrauterine pregnancy and offer some prognostic clues.
At present, Chinas food logistics can not adapt well to the changes in the food market.
At present, most studies are focused on dissolved phosphorus concentrations and distributions in our country, and little is known about the suspended paniculate phosphorus and the phosphorus dynamics.
At present there are about 271 members contributing to the scheme, with approximately 1,100 in receipt of a pension.
The farmer and grower is faced at present with an almost impossible situation. The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food
Slowly the uranium changes into radium, the radium changes into a gas called the radium emanation, and that again to what we call radium A, and so the process goes on, giving out energy at every stage, until at last we reach the last stage of all, which is, so far as we can tell at present, lead. The World Set Free
The most abundant source at present known is the Freiberg blende, 100,000 parts of which only yield from twenty-five to forty parts of indium. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
At present, it is not thought that underpinning the foundations would be enough to save the building.
Snaking across rugged forested land, the trails lead you through a mix of oak, hickory, beech and maple that present a range of almost Eastern-quality fall colors.
He argues they are both prototypically modern in that they created works that present and then question any stable representation of cultural truths.
Furthermore, new crockery is needed, some of the men drinking out of empty tins at present. Work Camp 11072 GW
An inequality of years so considerable, had led him to expect that the fortune he had thus acquired, would speedily be released from the burthen with which it was at present incumbered; but his expectations proved as vain as they were mercenary, and his lady was not more the dupe of his protestations than he was himself of his own purposes. Cecilia
At present he earns his living by repairing photocopy and fax machines.
At present, however, only about 10 percent of the nation's agricultural land is under cultivation, and subsistence farming is all but dead.
Senior politicians use incredibly belligerent rhetoric that presents protest as a crime. Times, Sunday Times
Although Lower Cambrian stratigraphy remains in a state of some uncertainty, therefore, it is possible at present to present a provisional view of the sequence of events in at least some areas of the world.
When Clinton placed responsibility upon the person responsible for the exfiltration of the data, as opposed to Wikileaks itself, she may have tacitly ceded that the networked world that we live in at present means that once information is shared, it's extremely difficult, if not impossible, to control its spread. Alexander Howard: Secretary Clinton doubles down on Internet freedom at the State Department
There are various reasons to play the waiting game at present. Times, Sunday Times
`Am I to take it then that you will not be suing for divorce at present? A WORM OF DOUBT
But at present Dan Tugwell was as tender to the core as a marrowfat dallying till its young duck should be ready; because Dan was podding into his first love. Springhaven
But what motivates these shifts, if not a particular hermeneutic, a particular point of view or collection of views that presents itself within the overall tradition about Manasseh and/or creation?
No such plans exist at present. Times, Sunday Times
Despite the stable temperature at present, the intensity of the radiation makes it difficult for human beings to work here. Times, Sunday Times
At present he is emeritus professor from the University of Marburg.
At present, these courts are governed by the statutes of the former apartheid government and the former homelands and self-governing territories.
Succession to the throne is based at present on the principle of male primogeniture, embodied in the Salic law, according to which male heirs take precedence and the right of succession belongs to the eldest son.
That's the kind of newspeak that presents itself as journalism while detouring around truth.
The centre will bring together facilities that at present are scattered over four locations in the garrison town.
At present we have four Masses, in the parish divided equally with two on Saturday and two on Sunday.
Write down the advice of him that loves you, though you like it not at present.
At present most of the island's septage is simply dumped on vacant land and such activity not only poses a threat to the environment, but public health as well, it is at worst unsafe and unhygienic.
At present, there are 47 projects under BNDES and these have the potential to contribute1. 4 GW of cogenerated electricity to the national grid in 2008 and Newswire Today - Free Newswire - Press Releases Distribution
The disease is incurable in about half of patients at presentation.
At present, exactly how many male elephants engage in crop-raiding is unknown. ID Cards Free to Elephants | Impact Lab
The almighty dollar, which at one time served as a tool of hegemony, is not as viable a tool at present.
We are at present in correspondence with the company on the matter of our estimate for the repair of the bridge.
At present rates of consumption there are 30 or 40 years' worth of oil known to be retrievable using present methods.
I made haste, hereupon, to nod my head twiceonce in the negative, meaning thereby that I would prefer not taking the other bottle at presentand once in the affirmative, intending thus to imply that I was sober and had positively come to my senses. Archive 2008-12-01
They've made the choice to create a kind of enlivenment packaged as entertainment that presents the baser side of human experience, knowing that humans, out of their boredom, self-doubts, or lack of fulfillment, can be attracted to the negative if they don't have the option of turning to the positive that's packaged in an equally entertaining fashion. Mike Schwager: Why We Need to Transform Television
Resemble at present: With planning fierce Bi of dim glow of the setting sun rips Yan? shoe and trousers wet, cannot go out temporarily, can get into mosquito-curtain to listen to rain only.
It is called St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, but is at present quite central as it regards the metropolis. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland
At present the academy works in two areas both of which are interlinked.
We soon left behind the ominous cone of Vesuvius, reported by the best judges to be at present in so unsound a state that nothing can prevent its early fall; sunset left us near the grand precipices of Anacapri, and morning found us with Ustica on our beam, and the semicircle of mountains which enchase the gem of Palermo gradually unfolding their beauties. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860
There are at present opportunities to undertake agricultural and horticultural work in the open air at 23 young offender institutions.
At present the managing of 4 D data can not satisfy the need of city digitalization.
At present my biggest gripe is the lack of facilities.
There are a number of situations that present potential liability for artists, galleries and publishers in the area of fakes, forgeries and stolen art.
In Spain, there are few or no schools in the villages and small towns, that would have the effect of releasing the minds of the natives from monkish tyranny, which at present influences their principles, and biasses their choice, with regard to political, and indeed almost all other pursuits. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 341, November 15, 1828
Don't homeopaths still use "allopath" in a different way than the way described in this article at present (to mean something like "mainstream medical doctor"?). Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
At present, only two therapies - osteopathy and chiropody - have a regulatory umbrella body, established by the government.
At present, regulators visit manufacturers to inspect them. The Sun
There are various reasons to play the waiting game at present. Times, Sunday Times
I at present entirely reject the blastema doctrine in its original form, and in its place I put the _doctrine of the continuous development of tissues out of one another_. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science
This would be a great help, instead of just relying at present on judging conformation in the hope of reducing strain on tendons.
The only non-sugar sweetener at present licensed for use in most countries is saccharin, a synthetic substance made from coal tar.
At present, because their limits are not clear, people frequently confuse the two responsibilities, leading to more and more audit lawsuit cases in view of registered accountants.
Submitted to Messrs. Kesteven, Sydney; but they say they are publishing very little at present, as times are depressed. In the Mist of the Mountains
Racism is not unique to Western culture - what matters is that at present the West has the power to go with it.
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