Example sentences of "[noun pl] present [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two parties presenting themselves as an alliance will , it is true , fare better than if they campaign separately . |
| 2 | She was of course aware that she came from a Catholic to a barely Protestant country in a state of intense flux and religious upheaval ; her new subjects presented her with a set of pressing confessional and political problems . |
| 3 | The Gospels present us with a picture of Jesus of Nazareth searching out those left on the edge , and bringing them into the heart of God 's kingdom . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At the end of the afternoon 's events the Head makes an emotional speech praising my athleticism , my versatility , my stamina and my humility as he kneels at my feet to present me with the ‘ School 's Outstanding Sportsperson of the Decade ’ award . |
| 6 | Various possibilities present themselves to an active lad . |
| 7 | The ‘ space ’ of modern astronomy may arouse terror , or bewilderment or vague reverie ; the spheres of the old writers present us with an object in which the mind can rest , overwhelming in its greatness but satisfying in its harmony . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Such bodies present us with a dilemma . |
| 11 | Police say dealing with such situations presents them with a dilema … between safety and |
| 12 | The Headmaster himself was an aloof and somewhat austere figure in public , betraying his emotions only twice — when he announced , on the afternoon of 11th November 1918 to the assembled school , the signing of the Armistice , and when some sixth-formers presented him with a gift to mark his marriage . |
| 13 | The Empress was in great beauty … the Emperor also looked very impressive , and when after the ceremony he held up the child in his arms to present him to the multitude , the enthusiasm was genuine and great . |
| 14 | In recognition of his enormous contribution to world tennis , fellow ITF members presented him during the World Champions Dinner in the elegant Pavilion Gabriel in Paris , during the French Open , with a specially commissioned bust , complete with that pugnacious chin which perfectly reflects the determined response he has always presented to any potentially damaging challenge . |
| 15 | Jean Moss got a pleasant surprise when , at the first class of the autumn session , her Melbourne class members presented her with a specially engraved glass candle-holder in celebration of her 25 years of Medau teaching . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | because the verderers ought not and are not able to enroll anything in their rolls except a presentment of the foresters , and the foresters presented nothing of the matters aforesaid . |
| 18 | Roofs presented us with a problem : Melinda was adamant that we were not travelling on them . |