1.   A great deal could be done, even in the present climate of opinion, and example counts for a great deal.

2.   All these agreements and ideas remain little more than pious hopes in the present climate.

3.   But in the present climate that is a somewhat pious hope.

4.   Fashion and change Two features of the present cultural climate make this element of conviction all the more necessary.

5.   However, such an outcome seems highly unlikely in the present political climate.

6.   In the present economic climate it is doubtful if many lots were actually sold.

7.   In the present economic climate, investors should be cautious.

8.   In the present relaxed moral climate, there was always a frisky society matron willing to accommodate a discreet young man.