Example sentences of "present [pn reflx] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only after these days can she present herself to the priest for ritual atonement of her impurity : |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | However , before competing again you must present yourself to the tournament doctor to have both the injury and your bandaging accepted . |
| 4 | Part of Lewis 's discovery of himself as a writer was the discovery of a means of presenting himself to the reader . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | Disguise is a matter of presenting oneself to the person deceived in an unexpected context . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He also presented himself to the Rehabilitation Officer and has been a very great nuisance to him … |
| 14 | 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 . |