1.   According to the organisers, both races rely on military assistance, which could not be guaranteed in the present crisis.

2.   But it was not economic distress that precipitated the present crisis.

3.   Finding a solution to the present crisis in the region is no easy task.

4.   The article gives us a real insight into the causes of the present economic crisis.

5.   The government has allowed the present economic crisis to get completely out of control.

6.   The issues we are facing in the present crisis of faith touch on what I call the Square One Principle.

7.   The present crisis is a result of the collective failure of the political parties to put forward a plausible economic programme.

8.   The Government is determined to ride out the present crisis.

9.   He has brought much of the present crisis on himself.

10.   She contrasted the situation then with the present crisis.