21.  B R says such rises were inevitable given the present state of its finances.

22.  In his present happy state the former applied, but he was careful to keep his feelings in check.

23.  An abrupt and exaggerated slowing of inflows brought Malaysia and the other ex-tigers to their present state.

24.  American Atheists President Ellen Johnson, speaking by phone from New Jersey last week, discusses the present state of American atheism.

25.  And the new museum building is tailored to the collection in its present state, with little room for expansion.

26.  At its present state, Buenaventura offers excellent conditions for a public course.

27.  Alas, not even a supermodel could be sustained by the garden in its present state.

28.  But even imperfect cooperation would be better than the present state of confused responsibilities.

29.  But in its present state, in its reluctance to disarm itself or even to impose meaningful gun control, society can indeed be blamed.

30.  Columnists ought to know that primitive history of the continent before they presume to dilate on the present state of the world.