11.  In some geographical systems this is not the case, and the next state of the system is related to its present state.

12.  Here the resulting effect is to emphatically assert a present state.

13.  I was something very real, the only real thing about my present state, and all the conscious activity connected with my body was centred on the I.

14.  It is not sufficient to show that it is of less use to the owner in its present state than if developed.

15.  In the present state of the law the landlord is in a strong position if he wishes to include a break-clause in a new lease.

16.  In her present fragile state, an inquisition, no matter how well-intentioned, would have shattered her into a million pieces.

17.  And even in her present state of turmoil she could appreciate that he was a very handsome man, in a sombre, brooding sort of way.

18.  Top of the agenda for the party leaders will be a review of the present state of the European Community and the future of the Maastricht process.

19.  But Labour candidate Peter Mandelson said it showed how people were suffering under the NHS in its present state.

20.  Politicians are wary of doing this, of course, because it forces them to accept their proper share of responsibility for the present state of anomie.