11.   Bush conceded that a balanced budget is impossible under the present conditions of war, national emergency and recession.

12.   But the answers reflect the present conditions of stagnant wages and real estate prices, of longer lives for the retired and of heavy taxes on inheritance.

13.   Esteemed deputies of the lower house, the present conditions are anything but simple.

14.   If we leave it in its present condition, it risks getting weaker.

15.   I will leave it to the scientists to determine whether the heat, humidity, walking catfish or hallucinogenic toads are responsible for our present condition.

16.   In fact, he suggested, at about the end of the decade the sunspot minima could coincide with several other conditions present during the previous fire periods.

17.   Instead of worrying about how classical music has reached its present precarious condition, we might better spend our time thinking over how things could be improved.

18.   The demonstrator was taken to a hospital and his present condition is unknown.

19.   The overall Michigan index, which combines expectations and attitude toward present conditions, climbed in January for the fourth consecutive month.

20.   The present condition of the economy is a case in point.