1.   As I climbed the stairs I wondered if I could handle the present situation calmly and tactfully even a bit subserviently.

2.   Besides, the card game reflected his present situation well.

3.   Furthermore, do the recommendations for reform presently advocated come anywhere near improving the present situation?

4.   He warned that the present situation could get much worse.

5.   In their present situation there was no time to worry about such things.

6.   Start by assessing the present situation as objectively as possible.

7.   The maxims would serve only to guide him towards fuller awareness of the present situation.

8.   The present situation could get much worse.

9.   The present situation in Afghanistan is very worrying.