This is the political present being constructed, at least in Britain.
"Being present, being there to offer prayers," he said, "was critical".
"That's how I tend to think of myself, in any event, at present: being on my second, wholly separate life.
— Joshua Rothman The American present being what it is, I've lately been exploring foreign TV from the past.
She responded thoughtfully and without resentment, and seldom, if ever, finished an interview without those present being on her side.
When Paul Warner saw a stranger's comment on Facebook lamenting her nine-year-old daughter's birthday present being lost in the post, he couldn't help but take note.
"There's something very profound about Catherine," says Wainwright. "She's got such a big history, with so much of her past life present in her present being.
He is at present being honored with an exhibition at the Cité de la Musique, which celebrates his work as composer, conductor, and agitator.
This is that the nation-state, having displaced the princely state, is at present being supplanted in turn by the "market state".
The catastrophe here is in the future, bookended by the cosiness of the present, which (the present being the late 19th century) is all drinks by the fire and helpful butlers.
Seven individuals are at present being investigated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in relation to events at Furness hospital, while the General Medical Council said eight individual doctors had been investigated.
