Example sentences of "present [pn reflx] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was angry as hell at the time and disappointed , too , for this was a strongly Labour-controlled council , but looking back now I realize that this was the best thing that could have happened to the group , for now we could present ourselves to the people of Rotherham as a genuine minority with a grievance . |
| 2 | Only after these days can she present herself to the priest for ritual atonement of her impurity : |
| 3 | She wants her image ‘ sorted out ’ before she signs a deal to prevent any manipulation , to ensure no one tells her how she should present herself to the record-buying public . |
| 4 | Abolitionists thus presented themselves to the world and to each other as part of a continuous progress despite the significant disjunctures in the movement 's history discussed in the last chapter ( pp.65–6 ) . |
| 5 | However , before competing again you must present yourself to the tournament doctor to have both the injury and your bandaging accepted . |
| 6 | This was whether they should present themselves to the voters as a continuation of the Thatcher governments ; or claim that the election of John Major represented such a fundamental break with what had gone before that there was no need for voters to respond to the classical call of opposition on such occasions : ‘ Time for a change . ’ |
| 7 | Part of Lewis 's discovery of himself as a writer was the discovery of a means of presenting himself to the reader . |
| 8 | Eisenhower , who was in the midst of his re-election campaign and was presenting himself to the American electorate as ‘ a man of peace ’ , failed to make clear to his British and French colleagues in the Atlantic Alliance the depth of his reluctance to countenance the use of force over an issue that was only important and not vital to US interests . |
| 9 | In presenting yourself to the examiner , the skill with which you save time over small routine items can be very much in your favour , and this skill comes only with practice . |
| 10 | The position of the old inn made it attractive to wealthy friends of Royalty , wishing to change their clothes before presenting themselves to the monarch at Windsor . |
| 11 | Later in life this early thrill ( a combination of pleasure and shock ) is reproduced in voyeuristic activities as well as in its converse : narcissism and exhibitionism — presenting oneself to the gaze of the self and others . |
| 12 | Disguise is a matter of presenting oneself to the person deceived in an unexpected context . |
| 13 | We have identified some areas of weakness , and others in which we believe that the investment of resources will substantially improve the way in which we present ourselves to the public , and provide services which we are currently unable to undertake . |
| 14 | Individually these are small matters but collectively they are important in the way we present ourselves to the outside world , or in modern jargon the way we market the profession . |
| 15 | Immediately , problems present themselves to the fertile legal mind , and the final part of this paper will concentrate on exploring the implications of this submission . |
| 16 | Even allowing Finnis his large claim that private property is a general requirement of justice , it must be evident that a remarkably wide range of possible determinations present themselves to the legislator . |
| 17 | It presents itself to the citizen in many different guises : the payment of VAT on a chocolate bar , a rule against parking on a yellow line , a maternity allowance . |
| 18 | We need to retain the choice to present ourselves to the world as ‘ not-beautiful ’ , to prevent suffocation and keep up a satisfactory interaction with people and tasks that we encounter . |
| 19 | He also presented himself to the Rehabilitation Officer and has been a very great nuisance to him … |
| 20 | According to West European diplomats in Managua , President Daniel Ortega is running out of time in his attempts to present himself to the Nicaraguan electorate on February 25 as the ‘ peace maker ’ who ended the contra war . |
| 21 | Pedro Fernández Dittus was not , however , required to spend time in detention but merely to present himself to the authorities once a week . |
| 22 | In the run-up to the elections Fujimori sought to present himself to the public as the defender of democracy , claiming that opposition politicians had been behind a coup attempt on Nov. 13 aimed at preventing the CCD elections from taking place and restoring the 1979 Constitution . |
| 23 | It is hard to be sure about the year the photograph was taken , since the monuments of both Pahlavis were pulled down several times , whenever the occasion presented itself to the people . ’ |
| 24 | Just as there was no unique Greek idea of time , the history of the human race also presented itself to the Greeks in various forms . |
| 25 | They presented themselves to the Cuban ambassador . |
| 26 | I knew nobody and had no idea of what to expect when I presented myself to the new teacher in my new black overall and white collar . |