1.   At our present state of knowledge, statistical calculations of what could happen are justified and achievable.

2.   Gary believes that I should be the recipient of his special knowledge and in my present state of mind I am willing.

3.   In her present fragile state, an inquisition, nomatterhow well-intentioned, would have shattered her into a million pieces.

4.   Lying on his uncomfortably narrow bed, he thought back to the events which had brought about his present state.

5.   The present state of the locomotive is that it is almost complete.

6.   We can deduce how the planet evolved from its beginnings to its present state.

7.   You have to ask yourselves some searching questions, particularly about the quality of your relationship prior to the present state of emergency.

8.   There is too little certainty about the present state of the German economy.

9.   There is no chance of maintaining the present state of affairs, he added.