Example sentences of "present them [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 27 November 1777 ) Among his complaints were that Mozart and his mother had stayed too long in Munich and Augsburg using up their money on lodging expenses without having any means of earning money , that Mozart was not keeping him fully apprised of exactly where his plans lay , how he was proposing to get from one place to another and by which route and when , that he was not keeping up with his composition , nor arranging to have existing works copied so that he could present them to an influential Prince or noble , and that he had not taken the right sorts of composition with him — too many symphonies and not enough church music . |
| 2 | Some of the prescribed topics may not at first seem particularly appealing , especially if they have not been covered in school before , but avenues can be explored for presenting them in an interesting way . |
| 3 | Twelve months earlier , when Paris had been liberated , communist members of the Resistance in France had wanted to strike before the French army and de Gaulle arrived and thus present them with an accomplished fact . |
| 4 | To bring about greater stylistic variation and interest , the extract could be rewritten , by combining sentences ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , and sentences ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) : As a way of reflecting the development of their heroines , both Brontë and Hardy present them within an organic structure . |
| 5 | The wedding was held in 1920 at Mouthlock Methodist Chapel , at South Stainmore , where Mother was the organist and , much to her surprise and delight , the members of the chapel presented them with an inscribed silver teapot . |
| 6 | Erm the the er Professor Lock was saying well you know the way you get your footloose industry is to present them with an absolute guarantee of planning permission . |
| 7 | Unless you have established for yourself what your motives are beforehand , you are unlikely to be able to present them in an attractive light to others . |