Example sentences of "present [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | You should present them with a sense of commitment . |
| 2 | It 's a constant challenge that I 'm centuries away from even thinking about mastering , but it 's definitely presented me with a universe of what 's out there left to do . |
| 3 | An offshore worker has presented me with a detailed file containing his experiences as a safety representative . |
| 4 | Having been primed by Draper back in the hotel room on who played or produced what , Branson would present himself with a box of tapes and play just one track by each artist ; enough to whet the appetite , but not so much as to test his customer 's patience — or indeed Branson 's own musical knowledge . |
| 5 | Head tilted back , and firing out ideas like a machine-gun in his nasal North London voice , he had presented himself as a man with his finger on the modem business pulse . |
| 6 | I 've presented you with a lot of information in this article , so remember to take your time and try to practise every day . |
| 7 | In effect , we have presented you with a prime site , and it 's up to you to decide what you want to do with it . |
| 8 | Henry is , or whether Mrs G. has presented you with a little Tasmanian , or likely to do so , a point upon which her mother is so exceedingly anxious that on finding it was not mentioned she sat down and cried with vexation . ’ |
| 9 | By 1902 Hardy was working on a project which owed its inspiration to boyhood memories of local stories and traditions of Napoleonic times , but had first presented itself as a literary theme in about 1875 . |
| 10 | St William 's has presented itself as a prime mover and so it falls to St William 's to work out how to express itself as a managing agent . |
| 11 | Everything of importance has always happened to me in the autumn , every new departure has always presented itself within a dying context . |
| 12 | Do n't worry , I sha n't suddenly present you with a bastard grandchild . ’ |
| 13 | Come and see me in the studio any time after that and I 'll present you with a couple of bottles of duty-free in compensation for any hassle . |
| 14 | Or a ready-made team may present itself with a management buy-out , buy-in or acquisition . |
| 15 | This does not matter when Greece can present itself as a lonely outpost of western ideas , defying the barbarians ; then the West rallies round . |
| 16 | For example , one article , entitled ‘ Strategy — the way forward ’ , discussed whether the party should have a secret/clandestine leadership , which would be a ‘ revolutionary elite cadre ’ , or whether , as Vanguard advocated , the National Front should present itself as a ‘ democratic , electoral/community party ’ ( January 1987 ) . |
| 17 | If we get it wrong in year two , it will be even more wrong in year three , because the distribution is n't going to alter dramatically in our favour , so if there is under-funding in ninety four , ninety five that we manage , it will present itself as a larger problem in ninety five , six , and an even larger problem in ninety s six , seven , so that needs to be borne in mind . |
| 18 | Very often , puberty for example , that depression will become more enhanced , so it might present itself as a problem that seems to be rising out of puberty , but as time goes on and through school help that does n't seem to be resolving that problem , I think that 's the point at which the specialist within the school , the teacher within the school , must think about , ‘ This does n't seem to be resolving itself . |
| 19 | Not wishing to live in south Durham and commute daily , this had presented something of a problem for him . |
| 20 | Persistent asexual lineages of organisms with large genomes would therefore present something of a paradox , and they do not seem to occur , at least in animals . |
| 21 | The tremendous variety of metal artefacts in use during the Roman Occupation of Britain does present something of a challenge to the detector user in the identification and evaluation of his finds . |
| 22 | Lady Miriam 's three-year-old granddaughter , Franchesca Hubbard , will present her with a posy of flowers when she arrives . |
| 23 | When she came back to him he must present her with a positive plan of action . |
| 24 | At this point some vainglorious politician would step forward and present him with a book such as this one . |
| 25 | He said that ‘ the powers that be ’ had presented him with a summons and the Protestant people had presented him with that book and he thought a parallel could be drawn between the two . |
| 26 | Anand made the announcement after student leaders had presented him with a petition calling for the lifting of martial law . |
| 27 | She sits at the marriage banquet , apparently in a cafe , and the harlequin has just presented her with a bouquet . |
| 28 | He turned to a small cabinet mounted high on the kitchen wall , and in a moment had presented her with a glass of water and two white capsules that she swallowed obediently and not without relief . |
| 29 | I think that it ought to be self-evident , erm if we 've done our programme in a way which er , is clear or if we 've presented it in a clear fashion , then I think sequence and clashes er and safety , to a large extent , become self-evident . |
| 30 | The mood has been very different from Labour 's controlled and skilfully-packaged press conferences , where Mr Kinnock and his shadow Cabinet colleagues have presented themselves as a government-in-waiting . |