Example sentences of "present themselves [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | Such investors tended to come in when stocks were exchanged rather than present themselves at the moment of initiation . |
| 4 | Aircraft captains are legally entitled to deny boarding to any passengers presenting themselves at the aircraft who , cat the captain 's absolute discretion , are unacceptably under the influence of drink or drugs . |
| 5 | So , in making their denials , they often make unseemly proclamations about their own heterosexuality , in the worst cases ( only too common ) dis-associating themselves from ‘ radical feminists ’ ( read lesbians ) and presenting themselves as the ones who are the reasonable moderates . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Under the general safety requirement , retailers are criminally liable if they knowingly expose an unsafe product for sale , whereas in civil law , under the product liability regime , retailers are liable to third party victims only if they present themselves as the producer or can not identify the person who supplied them with the product . |
| 8 | The best kept secret of this election may be that poll tax collectors plan a massive drive to catch those who have failed to register for poll tax , or those who have registered but failed to pay it , when they present themselves at the polling booths tomorrow . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | While Gould 's first impressions were not favourable , he was determined , as he wrote to Sir John Franklin , to keep an open mind : ‘ The heat and dust of Sydney is extremable neither does the presence of Drunkards which constantly present themselves in the streets add to the interest of this place , time and better acquaintance with the country will however perhaps enable me to speak better of it . ’ |
| 11 | In the context of special need this means selecting competent , adaptable and understanding staff who are sensitive to the needs which present themselves in the school and who are prepared to undertake the study and training required to keep pace with developments . |
| 12 | The newcomers ' decision to present themselves in the city as ‘ Sotheby Deutschland ’ , rather than as an Anglo-American auction house , has proved to be a wise one . |
| 13 | The 1000 or so members of the meek class who presented themselves at the conference , were , suitably enough , unruffled by having been shunted from the Sorbonne to the techno-chic sidings at Porte de la Villette . |
| 14 | Each morning at seven the members of the Brotherhood presented themselves at the dock-gates , and Josh called out their numbers , allowing them in one at a time to report for work . |