Example sentences of "[noun pl] present [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 ad hoc as external courses in specific subjects present themselves .
2 There are no instant answers to this dilemma , but two partial solutions present themselves .
3 In Laing 's view , getting to the top in management by climbing up through the ranks is fifty per cent luck , but when the opportunities present themselves , they have to be grasped , and that often requires courage .
4 But nevertheless , at that stage in your career , the tendency is to be in so much of a hurry , that if the opportunities present themselves , it all seems quite logical in a way .
5 Tutors and mentors will wish to examine and introduce professional and ethical issues relating to the Code as and when opportunities present themselves .
6 Similar considerations present themselves as regards ‘ rendering to each his due ’ .
7 There is no self-evident motivation for these intrusions , but three hypotheses present themselves :
8 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 .
9 Various possibilities present themselves to an active lad .
10 This condition is met wherever there is value in people being able to express themselves in the way they choose , at least where acceptable alternatives present themselves .
11 In fact , he claims , colours present themselves as what they truly are , features of the world which are intrinsically to do with how we see them .
12 FOR THE thoughtful punter , with cash in hand , at least two openings present themselves this morning — the Grand National and next week 's General Election .
13 New fears present themselves .
14 Opportunities for joint supervision with members of staff from these bodies are available when suitable candidates with appropriate research topics present themselves .
15 The reason I ask these things is that we will have to look ahead in case certain difficulties present themselves . ’
16 Three difficulties present themselves :
17 Erm , I think Chair , it , there is a need obviously for all committees to be realistic , and erm , that certainly is our intention within those , but I would say again , it leads me to believe that you should keep a reasonable er , committee contingency in case certain difficulties present themselves in terms of those additional er , pressures and requirements .
18 As to the impact of all this , several questions present themselves .
19 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 .
20 So it is not by ‘ their own real or absolute extension that bodies present themselves to our minds ’ , and we have no reason not to conclude that ‘ they are not extended in themselves ’ .
21 Simple random sampling can be achieved even when no frame is available but where the population members present themselves one at a time as potential sample members .
22 Other issues present themselves once inside the prison .
23 There is of course a difference between a flexible general programme , able to expand/develop/change emphasis , as and when circumstances alter/new needs emerge/relevant external courses present themselves , and waiting for a course to be advertised before a need is identified , or taken notice of .
24 Two choices present themselves .
25 But with the new noise come all the old preconceptions and problems of how women present themselves .
26 If these economies are to be achieved then two possible scenarios present themselves .
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