Presenting Sentence Examples

I don't understand it, but the secret is in here, he said, presenting the book.

The former are received of ter special instruction and profession of faith; the latter on presenting a certificate of church membership from the church which they have left.

An alphabet of fifty-two letters, some presenting ancient Phoenician and Cretan forms, was found by Hahn in partial use at Elbassan and Tirana; its antiquity, however, has not been established.

To his translation (1530) of a Latin Chronicle and Description of Turkey, by a Transylvanian captive, which had been prefaced by Luther, he added an appendix holding up the Turks as in many respects an example to Christians, and presenting in lieu of the restrictions of Lutheran, Zwinglian and Anabaptist sects, the vision of an invisible spiritual church, universal in its scope.

The west coast throughout its whole length is covered to a depth of some miles with mangrove swamps, with only a few isolated stretches of sandy beach, the dim foliage of the mangroves and the hideous mud flats presenting a depressing spectacle.

The houses, built of stone and whitewashed, are square, substantial, flat-topped buildings, presenting to the street bare walls, with a few slits protected by iron gratings in place of windows.

The multitude of species and the many intermediate forms render their exact limitation difficult, but those presenting sufficiently marked characters to justify specific rank probably approach 300 in number.

But the Apennines of Central Italy, instead of presenting, like the Alps and the northern Apennines, a definite central ridge, with transverse valleys leading down from it on both sides, in reality constitute a mountain mass of very considerable breadth, composed of a number of minor ranges and groups of mountains, which preserve a generally parallel direction, and are separated by upland valleys, some of them of considerable extent as well as considerable elevation above the sea.

This unification meant for the army the absorption of contingents from all parts of Italy and presenting serious differences in physical and moral aptitudes, political opinions and education.

Had the blow thus struck at Italian influence in the Mediterranean induced politicians to sink for a while their personal differences and to unite in presenting a firm front to foreign nations, the crisis in regard to Tunisia might not have been wholly unproductive of good.

A motion presented by the Socialists in the Chamber for the immediate discussion of a bill to prevent the massacres of the proletariate having been rejected by an enormous majority, the 28 Socialist deputies resigned their seats; on presenting themselves for re-election their number was reduced to 25.

Thus the gonads are covered over by at least four layers of epithelium, and since these are unnecessary, presenting merely obstacles to the dehiscence of the gonads, they gradually undergo reduction.

Instead of presenting the appearance of a continuous band in which all the colors are represented, it is interrupted by seven vertical dark spaces.

The atria are comparatively small, the walls being thin, especially those of the right, which possesses numerous muscular ridges projecting into the cavity presenting a honeycombed appearance.

Cyprian had none of that character which makes the reading of Tertullian, whom he himself called his magister, so interesting and piquant, but he possessed other qualities which Tertullian lacked, especially the art of presenting his thoughts in simple, smooth and clear language, yet in a style which is not wanting in warmth and persuasive power.

To the west is the old town, consisting of steep, narrow, winding streets, and presenting a decidedly oriental appearance.

On the last point, however, the case was carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, and there Webster, presenting principally arguments of his colleagues at the state trial and making a powerful appeal to the emotions of the court, won the case for the college and for himself the front rank at the American bar.

Firdousi next repaired to Bagdad, where he made the acquaintance of a merchant, who introduced him to the vizier of the caliph, al-Qadir, by presenting an Arabic poem which the poet had composed in his honour.

He hoped, by presenting facts as they were, to win the adhesion of all parties.

But this vandalism, which Wagner condoned with a very bad grace, now happily begins to give way to the practice of presenting long scenes or entire acts, with the singers, on the concert-platform.

Formerly, when floods resulted from this obstruction, the townsfolk of Helston acquired the right of clearing a passage through it by presenting leathern purses containing three halfpence to the lord of the manor.

Eastwards the mountain system, the Jebel Sangeli, maintains the same general character as far as Bandar Gori (Las Korai), where the precipitous northern cliffs approach within 200 or 300 yards of the gulf, their bare brown rocks and clays presenting the same uninviting appearance as the light brown hills skirting the Red Sea.

The emperor could confer liberty by presenting a gold ring to a slave with the consent of the master, and the legal process called restitutio natalium made him a full citizen.

The islands, though seldom visited by foreigners, are for the most part highly interesting and picturesque, notwithstanding their somewhat barren appearance when viewed from the sea; many of them bear traces of the feudal rule of Venetian families in the middle ages, and their inhabitants in general may be regarded as presenting the best type of the Greek race.

In 1767 he was appointed to succeed Shakelton as principal painter to the king; and so fully employed was he on the royal portraits which the king was in the habit of presenting to ambassadors and colonial governors, that he was forced to take advantage of the services of a host of assistants - of whom David Martin and Philip Reinagle are the best known.

Natural selection which, under a uniform and constant environment, leads to the survival of relatively fixed and definite modes of response, under an environment presenting a wider range of varying possibilities leads to the survival of plastic accommodation through intelligence.

So far as the extreme claims of the tsar were concerned, neither Austria nor Prussia was willing to concede them, and both had joined with France and Great Britain in presenting, on the 12th of December 1853, an identical note at St Petersburg, drawn up at the Conference of Vienna, reaffirming the principles of the treaty of 1841.

The view of the three from the south, presenting a continuous river frontage of six miles, the river crowded with shipping and the densely packed houses surmounted by church towers - of which three are higher than the dome of St Paul's in London - is one of great magnificence.

As chairman of the judiciary committee, he brought forward a number of measures for the improvement of judicial procedure, and in May 1826 joined with Benton in presenting a report on executive patronage.

The coast-line of Galicia, extending to about 240 m., is everywhere bold and deeply indented, presenting a large number of secure harbours, and in this respect forming a marked contrast to the neighbouring province.

Along its eastern boundary adjoining Burdwan district the country is flat and alluvial, presenting the appearance of the ordinary paddy lands of Bengal.

The flora consists of 129 species of angiosperms, i Cycas, 22 ferns, and a few mosses, lichens and fungi, 17 of which are endemic, while a considerable number - not specifically distinct - form local varieties nearly all presenting Indo-Malayan affinities, as do the single Cycas, the ferns and the cryptogams. As to its fauna, the island contains 319 species of animals-54 only being vertebrates-145 of which are endemic. A very remarkable distributional fact in regard to them, and one not yet fully explained, is that a large number show affinity with species in the Austro-Malayan rather than in the Indo-Malayan, their nearer, region.

The greater part is a rock destitute of soil, and presenting the wildest aspect; the ground is cold, poor and sterile; and the whole face of the country bears marks of volcanic action.

Instead of presenting the Go vern- usual programme, the new premier read to the arliament.

At these central theatres successful plays are allowed to " run " for protracted periods, but there are numerous fine houses in other parts of London which are generally occupied by a succession of touring companies presenting either revivals of popular plays or plays successful at the moment in the central theatres.

Pamphylia consists almost entirely of a plain, extending from the slopes of Taurus to the sea, but this plain, though presenting an unbroken level to the eye, does not all consist of alluvial deposits, but is formed in part of travertine.

As in the beetroot factories, these machines work on different systems, but nearly all are arranged to turn out sugar in lumps or tablets presenting an appearance similar to that of loaf sugar made in moulds, as this kind of sugar meets with the greatest demand.

In this last work, by which he is chiefly known, he aimed at presenting an explanation and a vindication of the doctrine of the Atonement by the help of the conception of personality.

His defect lies rather in not presenting the historic Christ as the Christian's chief inspiration, a fact which connects itself with the strange absence of the names " Jesus " and " Christ."

Of the last there are two species, the kiji proper, a bird presenting no remarkable features, and the copper pheasant, a magnificent bird with plumage, of dazzling beauty.

Chocolate or dove-colored grounds with delicate diapers in gold and engobe; brown or black faience with white, yellow and pink designs incised or in relief; pottery curiously and deftly marbled by combinations of various colored clays these and many other kinds are to be found, all, however, presenting one common feature, namely, skilful finger-moulding and a slight roughening of the surface as though it had received the impression of coarse linen or crape before baking.

While he shows the persuasive art of an orator by presenting the subjugation of Gaul and his own action in the Civil War in the light most favourable to his claim to rule the Roman world, he is entirely free from the Roman fashion of self-laudation or disparagement of an adversary.

Marcellus, the exiled bishop of Ancyra, is quoted by Epiphanius as presenting it to Bishop Julius of Rome c. A.D.

This idea originated in the discovery of a jelly-fish, gasteropods, and other organisms of a more or less marine type, and presenting some affinity with forms of Jurassic age.

Ochino was at once cited, but was deterred from presenting himself at Rome by the warnings of Peter Martyr and of Cardinal Contarini, whom he found at Bologna, dying of poison administered by the reactionary party.

These chapters, though presenting some minor difficulties, do not call for discussion here.

From this meaning is deduced that of the person in whom lies the right of presenting to public offices, privileges, &c., still surviving in the title of the Patronage Secretary of the Treasury in Great Britain.

In appearance the town is quaint and romantic, presenting almost as faithful a picture of a town of the early middle ages as Nuremberg does of the later.

Beyond these ranges the country is further diversified by isolated hills rising abruptly from a common level, and presenting from their steep and nearly inaccessible scarps eligible sites for castles and strongholds, whence the mountaineers of Bundelkhand have frequently set at defiance the most powerful of the native states of India.

These monasteries became centres of civilizing influences by the method of presenting object-lessons in organized work, in agriculture, in farming, in the arts and trades, and also in.

The eleventh census was taken under a law almost identical with that of the tenth, and extended through twenty-five large volumes, presenting a work almost as encyclopaedic, but much more distinctively statistical.

The island is throughout mountainous, presenting from the sea in some directions the appearance of a series of jagged peaks.

The newer parts of the city are built with broad streets and sidewalks, presenting an almost European appearance.

Whether dwelling on the land or dwelling in the lake, they have exhibited so many indications of capacity, intelligence, industry and social organi zation that they cannot be considered as presenting, even in their Stone age, a very low condition of culture or civilization.

The minor variations of Chronicles from the books of Samuel and Kings are analogous in principle to the larger additions and omissions, so that the whole work has a consistent and well-marked character, presenting the history in quite a different perspective from that of the old narrative.

He is frequently introduced in legendary sagas, generally in disguise, imparting secret instructions to his favourites or presenting them with weapons by which victory is assured.

In 1869 an Irish lad, O'Connor, was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and a whipping for presenting a pistol at the queen, with a petition, in St James's Park; but this time it was the queen herself who privately remitted the corporal punishment, and she even pushed clemency to the length of sending her aggressor to Australia at her own expense.

Fair Head is formed of intrusive dolerite, presenting a superb columnar seaward face.

The seneschal of the court, a coward who has been watching for such an opportunity, cuts off the dragon's head, and, presenting it to the king, claims the reward, much to the dismay of Iseult and her mother.

The rigid line between fact or fiction in religious literature, which readers often wish to draw, cannot be consistently justified, and in studying old Oriental religious narratives it is necessary to realize that the teaching was regarded as more essential than the method of presenting it.

Sir Algernon West was elected to the chair, and ultimately two main reports were presented, one section agreeing with Lord Peel, and the other - including the majority of the commissioners - presenting a report which differed from his in several important respects.

On either side is attached a dorsolateral and ventro-lateral appendage, each with a fan-like plumose termination consisting of compound hairs or setae, found elsewhere only among arthropods (q.v.); each of these is moved by muscles running upwards towards the neck and arising immediately under the trochal disk, the inferior ventro-lateral pair also presenting muscles which form a girdle in the hind region of the body.

From a military standpoint as well as politically it was a conspicuous and instructive conflict, - conspicuous, or even unique, as being the most famous struggle in history where colonial dependencies defeated their powerful parent state, and instructive as presenting exceptional conditions and consequent errors in the attempt to break down the revolt.

The tribunate called into existence a purely plebeian assembly, firstly, for the election of plebeian magistrates; secondly, for jurisdiction in cases where these magistrates had been injured; thirdly, for presenting petitions on behalf of the plebs through the consuls to the comitia centuriata.

The horizontal strata of the plateau present equal ease or difficulty of erosion in any direction; the streams and the submature valleys of the plateau therefore ramify in every direction, thus presenting a pattern that has been called insequent, because it follows no apparent control.

The tilting of the great block resulted in presenting a strong slope to the east, facing the deserts of the Basin Range province and in large measure determining their aridity; and a long moderate slope to the west.

His right of recommending measures to the legislature (which does not formally include that of framing and presenting bills, but practically permits him to have a bill prepared and use all his influence on its behalf) is of greater value according to the extent to which he leads the public opinion of his state.

In America there are at Yale University a modern copy of the same recension, taken from the same original as the Cairo copy, and a MS. of Persian origin, dated 1657, presenting a text identical with the Vienna codex.

Drummond (1854-1907) Stand In A Class By Themselves, Between English And French Canadian Literature, Presenting The Simple Life Of The Habitant With Unique Humour, And Picturesqueness.

The sea-bathing establishment is situated here; a shelving beach of white sand presenting excellent facilities for bathing.

When standing in an open space, the larch grows of a nearly conical shape, with the lower branches almost reaching the ground, while those above gradually diminish in length towards the top of the trunk, presenting a very symmetrical form; but in dense woods the lower parts become bare of foliage, as with the firs under similar circumstances.

The silk to be opened is placed on a latticed sheet or feeder, and thus slowly conveyed to a series of rollers or porcupines (rollers set with rows of projecting steel pins), which hold the silk firmly while presenting it to the action of a large receiving drum, covered with a sheet of vulcanized rubber, set all over with fine steel teeth.

When the teeth are full the machine is stopped, and the silk stripped off the drum, then presenting a sheet-like appearance technically known as a " lap."

He has the merit of presenting natural or intuitive realism in its purity.

In his efforts to make the papal institution entirely worthy of its mission St Bernard himself did not shrink from presenting to the papacy " the mirror in which it could recognize its deformities."

The Tibetan language, presenting such marked differences between its written and spoken forms, has a great interest for philologists, Philology.

It is beautifully situated on the peninsula formed by the junction of the rivers Ischl and Traun and is surrounded by high mountains, presenting scenery of the finest description.

As seen from the west it rises abruptly from the sea, presenting in this respect a marked contrast to the rest of the isles of the Orcadian group, which as a whole are low-lying.

She formed a corps of Greek cadets, caused her younger grandson to be christened Constantine, and began the policy of presenting Russia to the Christian subjects of the Porte as their deliverer.

They are shown in lump form because of the difficulty of presenting to the eye their powdered state.

This manner of presenting themselves is the impression from which the idea of time takes its rise.

His fortunes were presenting a most interesting problem when, on the 31st of December 1882, at his house in Ville d'Avray, near Sevres, he died by a shot from a revolver which accidentally went off.

At Pompeii indeed the streets were not wide, but they were straight and regular, and the houses of the better class occupied considerable spaces, presenting in this respect no doubt a striking contrast, not only with those of Rome itself, but with those of many other Italian towns, where the buildings would necessarily be huddled together from the circumstances of their position.

The architecture of Pompeii must be regarded as presenting in general a transitional character from the pure Greek style to that of the Roman Empire.

But even more than in external nature, Hobbes was interested in the phenomena of social life, presenting themselves so impressively in an age of political revolution.

The eggs are very remarkable objects, curiously unlike those of other birds; and their shell looks as if it were of highly-burnished metal or glazed porcelain, presenting also various colours, which seem to be constant in the particular species, from pale primrose to sage-green or light indigo, or from chocolate brown to pinkish orange.

Unfortunately, however, it was necessary to enter upon the discussion of the fundamental laws, a subject presenting many opportunities for the display of rhetoric and intellectual subtlety.

In temples of Ptolemaic and Roman age the full series is figured presenting their tribute to the god, and this series approximately agrees with the scattered data of early monuments.

Although inferior in intellectual quality to Alexander Hamilton's Report on Manufactures, presenting the case against free trade, it is regarded as the most powerful attack upon the protection system which has ever been made in an American state paper.

These alluvial terraces form a strip of low fertile land between the edge of the sea and the rising ground of the interior, and among the western fjords sometimes supply the only arable soil in their neighbourhood, their flat green surfaces presenting a strong contrast to the brown and barren moors that rise from them.

There occur also below the Lias on some parts of the west coast unfossiliferous red sandstones, conglomerates and breccias, presenting lithological resemblance to the Rhaetic group of England.

On the one side is a flat sandy plain, in which lies Pest, modern of aspect, regularly laid out, and presenting a long frontage of handsome buildings to the river.

On the morning of the examination, after attending mass, he was assigned by one of the doctors of the assembled college two passages (puncta) in the civil or canon law, which he retired to his house to study, possibly with the assistance of the presenting doctor.

The medieval candidate for the doctorate in medicine, although required to have attended practice before presenting himself, discussed as his thesis a purely theoretical question, often semi-theological in character, of which as an extreme example may be quoted " whether Adam had a navel."

Lastly, under the head of " organic," come geology, botany and animal physiology - presenting the concrete results of these processes in the three kingdoms of nature.

The only side from which the rock can be ascended is the east; the other sides being for the most part perpendicular, and generally presenting lofty columnar forms, though not so regular as those of Staffa.

He disclaimed the right of suggesting a common order of worship or a uniform ecclesiastical polity; and Lutheran ritual and polity, while presenting common features, did not follow one common use.

Each of these may be subdivided into two regions presenting their own special peculiarities.

Keene Valley, in the centre of Essex county, is another picturesque region, presenting a pleasing combination of peaceful valley and rugged hills.

He studied mathematics and physics in his native town, Groningen, where in 1879 he took his doctor's degree on presenting a dissertation entitled New Proofs of the Earth's Rotation.

The heavens presenting a constant change even to the superficial observer, the conclusion was drawn of a connexion between the changes and the everchanging movement in the fate of individuals and of nature as well as in the appearance of nature.

The ridges which ramify from the Paramera are covered with valuable forests of beeches, oaks and firs, presenting a striking contrast to the bare peaks of the Sierra de Gredos.

In the purely intellectual sphere it is certainly true that the recovery of the antique world was of great importance; that it made possible genuine criticism by presenting new points of contrast and opening up fields that led away from theological quibbles.

Darmstadt consists of an old and a new town, the streets of the former being narrow and gloomy and presenting no attractive features.

Essex, to compensate in some degree for Bacon's disappointment, insisted on presenting him with a piece of land, worth about 1800, and situated probably near Twickenham Park.

The honour of presenting his countrymen with a complete Welsh version of the Bible was reserved for William Morgan (c. 1547-1604), vicar of Llanrhayader, in Denbighshire, and afterwards bishop successively of Llandaff and of St Asaph.

Thus he could count on presenting free from afterthoughts the vivid impressions which he had first received, and Millet's nature was such that the impressions which he received were always of a serious and often of a noble order, to which the character of his execution responded so perfectly that even a "Washerwoman at her Tub" will show the grand action of a Medea.

The type was fixed on a large cylinder, and instead of the printing surface presenting a complete circle, the different columns were each arranged so as to form a polygon.

The ministers of the "three denominations of dissenters," - Presbyterians, Independents and Baptists, - resident in London and the neighbourhood, had the privilege accorded to them of presenting on proper occasions an address to the sovereign in state, a privilege which they still enjoy under the name of "the General Body of Protestant Dissenting Ministers of the three Denominations."

In1851-1853he was superintendent of schools at Warren, Ohio; in 1853 was admitted to the Ohio bar, being at that time an anti-slavery Whig; and in 1859 was elected to the state senate, in which with Garfield and James Monroe (1821-1898) he formed the "Radical Triumvirate," Cox himself presenting a petition for a personal liberty law and urging woman's rights, especially larger property rights to married women.

But, besides removing the psychological slag which clung to Kant's ideas from their matrix and presenting reason as the active principle in the formation of a universe, his successors carried out with far more detail, and far more enthusiasm and historical scope, his principle that in reason lay the a priori or the anticipation of the world, moral and physical.

Roman emperors vied with wealthy natives in lavish gifts, one Vibius Salutaris among the latter presenting a quantity of gold and silver images to be carried annually in procession.

On the one hand, soul is corporeal, else it would have no real existence, would be incapable of extension in three dimensions (and therefore of equable diffusion all over the body), incapable of holding the body together, as the Stoics contended that it does, herein presenting a sharp contrast to the Epicurean tenet that it is the body which confines and shelters the light vagrant atoms of soul.

On the 27th the Bulgarian wheel began, but instead of its being carried out on a fixed pivot, the pivot itself was allowed to advance eastward, so that, instead of presenting a united line, the Bulgarians formed a loose echelon, left in advance, which led to successive instead of simultaneous engagements.

The attack of the English failed to make any gap in the line of defence, many knights and men-atarms were injured by falling into the pits, and the battle became a melee, the Scots, with better fortune than at Falkirk and Flodden, presenting always an impenetrable hedge of spears, the English, too stubborn to draw off, constantly trying in vain to break it down.

From the Gomal river southward commences the true Suliman system, presenting an impenetrable barrier between the plains of the Indus and Afghanistan.

Much haematite occurs in a compact or massive form, often mammillary, and presenting on fracture a fibrous structure.

Those of the south coast, mixed with Greeks and Italians, are well known for their skill in gardening, their honesty and their laborious habits, as well as for their fine features, presenting the Tatar type at its best.

From the time of Augustus to the end of the empire the number of those who were entitled to receive a monthly allowance of corn on presenting a ticket was 200,000.

The Stenopidea, another primitive group, differing from the Penaeidea in the character of the gills,, appear in the Trias and Jurassic. The Caridea or true prawns and shrimps appear later, in the Upper Jurassic, some of them presenting primitive characteristics in the retention of swimming exopodites on the walking-legs.

At one moment he withdrew from it, because Lord John Russell persisted in presenting a project of reform which appeared to him entirely out of season; and he advocated, with reason, measures 1 David Pacifico (1784-1854) was a Portuguese Jew, born a British subject at Gibraltar.

He was chosen a member of the council of state by the restored Rump, and made colonel and governor of Plymouth, but presenting with other officers a seditious petition from the army council, on the 5th of October, was about a week later dismissed.

The wings of insects may consist either of one or two pairs - the anterior or upper pair, when two are present, being in some instances greatly modified and presenting a corneous condition.

These operations, though comparatively trivial as the Civil War developed, brought great results, in permanently dividing old Virginia by the creation of the state of West Virginia, and in presenting the first sharp, short and wholly successful campaign of the war.

Proceeding south the shore trends generally south-west and is marked with many deep inlets, the coast presenting a succession of bold bluffs, while inland the whole district is distinctly mountainous.

Mazandaran comprises two distinct natural regions presenting the sharpest contrasts in their relief, climate and products.

The palace (Schloss), built in1751-1776on the site of the previous erection of 1715, is a plain building in the old French style, composed of a centre and two wings, presenting nothing remarkable except the octagon tower (Bleiturna), from the summit of which a splendid view of the city and surrounding country is obtained, and the marble saloon, in which the meridian of Cassini was fixed or drawn.

The first great political problem presenting itself was that of slavery, and for a decade or more the only party divisions were on pro-slavery and anti-slavery lines.

It was a difficult problem for Elizabeth to solve; to let Mary go to France was presenting a good deal more than a pawn to her enemies; to restore her by force to her Scottish throne might have been heroic, but it certainly was not politics; to hand her over to her Scottish foes was too mean even for Elizabeth; and to keep her in England was to nurse a spark in a powder-magazine.

This was followed by further reports of the committees of both Houses, presenting evidence of the secret manufacture of arms and of other proceedings calculated to endanger the public peace.

The notion of imaginary intersections, thus presenting itself, through algebra, in geometry, must be accepted in geometry - and it in fact plays an all-important part in modern geometry.

The several orders of Lycopodiales described above, while presenting a number of features in common, are distinctly isolated from one another.

The classes presenting these distinct plans of head-structure cannot be closely associated in any scheme of classification professing to be natural.

In 1880 and 1881 Schliemann cleared out the ruined dometomb of Orchomenus, finding little except remains of its beautiful ceiling; and in 1885, with DOrpfeld, he laid bare the upper stratum on the rock of Tiryns, presenting scholars with a complete ground plan of a Mycenaean palace.

It remains to try another psychological basis for ethical construction; instead of presenting the principle of social duty as abstract reason, liable to conflict to any extent naturalness of man's social affections, and demonstrate a normal harmony between these and his self-regarding impulses.

The simplest method of presenting it starts with the second view of the elliptic motion already set forth.

In 1913 the Portuguese forbade further recruiting in Angola; the Germans replied by presenting estimates to the Reichstag in 1914 for £150,000 towards building a railway from Otavi through the Ovambo country and 22 m.

Although flowers growing on the ground or on shrubs are not conspicuous for number or beauty, there arc many fine flowering trees, such as Poinciana regia, presenting a mass of scarlet flowers; 1 The words in parentheses are the native Malagasy names.

The suzerain, after receiving the vassal's homage and oath of fealty, invested him with his land or office by presenting some symbol, such as a clod, a banner, a branch, or some other object according to the custom of the fief.

Written under the obvious influence of later religious aims, it is especially valuable because one can readily compare the two methods of presenting the old traditions.'

During a prolonged audience he had received from the pope assurances of private esteem and personal protection; and he trusted to his dialectical ingenuity to find the means of presenting his scientific convictions under the transparent veil of an hypothesis.

It is the Montes Carpetani of the ancients, and a portion of it (due north of Madrid) still bears the name of Carpetanos Composed almost entirely of granite, it has an aspect when seen from a distance highly characteristic of the mountains of the Iberian Peninsula in general, presenting the appearance of a saw-like ridge (sierra) broken up into numerous sections.

A violent clerical agitaticn, encouraged by the Vatican, was started, 72 Spanish archbishops and bishops presenting a joint protest to the government; Fuel was added to the fire by the introduction of a billknown as the Cadenas billforbidding the settlement of further congregations in Spain until the negotiations with the Vatican should have been completed.

The hill occupied by the Pisan fortifications and the medieval town within them must have been the acropolis of the Carthaginian settlement; it is impossible to suppose that a citadel presenting such natural advantages was not occupied.

Superstition as to the appearance of the pie still survives even among many educated persons, and there are several versions of a rhyming adage as to the various turns of luck which its presenting itself, either alone or in company with others, is supposed to betoken, though all agree that the sight of a single pie presages sorrow.

He soon rose to the rank of lieutenantcolonel, but in April 1645, having become dissatisfied with the predominance of Presbyterianism, and refusing to take the covenant, he resigned his commission, presenting at the same time to the Commons a petition for considerable arrears of pay.

The inconsiderable ruins of the castle, presenting a portion of the keep and outer walls, occupy a rocky peninsula to the S.E.

The presses having perforated cylinders, although presenting mechanically a more perfect arrangement, are not preferable to the press cages formed by staves, as the holes become easily clogged up by the meal, when the cylinder must be carefully cleaned out.

Apart from the multitude of supposed fossil Algae described as " Fucoids " but usually not of Algal nature, and never presenting determinable characters, very little remains that can be referred to Palaeozoic Brown Algae.

The family as a whole is of great interest, as presenting points of contact with various recent orders, especially Hymenophyllaceae, Osmundaceae and Ophioglossaceae; the group appears to have been a synthetic one, belonging to a primitive stock (the Primofilices of Arber) from which the later Fern families may have sprung.

The investigation of the conditions under which adaptation of nature to intelligence is conceivable and possible makes up the subject of the third great Kritik, the Kritik of Judgment, a work presenting unusual difficulties to the interpreter of the Kantian system.

It touted a French cuisine presenting a local fare of fresh products.

Images of his brother played through his thoughts, images of Claire's father presenting her to Darian, of their visible love, of Darian's death, of his own involvement with Claire … The images hit fast and hard, even as he exited the compound and destroyed it with a flash of power.

They were presenting abstracts from the journal.

It was contradicted by many facts, and then he claimed that, despite all these facts, they are not worth presenting.

The principal cause of visual impairment was identified for eyes with presenting visual acuity 6/18.

Only the beautiful shop window, designed for presenting a tempting array of goods to the outside world, looks bare from the inside.

It's a little like presenting a special Wish You Were Here program from a Colombian drug baron 's private island.

You must make declarations on all relevant vouchers before presenting the carnet to us at the office of departure.

Craig Doyle is the Irish charmer who has moved from presenting Holiday on BBC1 to become one of the Beeb's main sporting anchorman.

They invite colleagues interested in presenting a paper to the panel to submit a 3-400 word abstract by 5th May.

Celestial Excursions defies this convention by presenting characters without context.

Secondly, there is the more complex technique of presenting counterarguments to the thesis propounded, and then offering arguments which defeat those counterarguments.

The retrograde route is preferred for patients presenting less acutely with elevated serum creatinine or pain.

There should be a minimum workload of 25 new patients presenting with abnormal cervical cytology over the six month period.

Sen Gupta's historical fiction has done a very commendable job of presenting children caught up in mysteries and adventures or even day-to-day problems.

He's not presenting different faces to different people - he's not duplicitous in that regard, but he is a complex man.

The first presenting symptom is generally ataxia, a medical term used to describe an unsteady gait.

In view of Master X's previous prescription for Amoxil and his presenting epigastric symptoms, the deputy made a diagnosis of antibiotic-induced gastritis.

Hockney takes a sideways glance at the stories, presenting vivid images capturing the mood or detail rather than the main event.

However, no cases of chronic hydrocephalus and suprasellar arachnoid cyst presenting with rhinorrhea as the unique clinical manifestation are reported in the literature.

Investigations Children presenting with an acute pulmonary bleed will have a reduced hemoglobin and widespread bilateral infiltrates on chest x-ray.

But previous stage treatments have appeared intent on presenting his tales merely as more explicit medieval precursors of the Carry On romps.

The very concept of loyalty seems to have become a dynamic one with the marketing literature presenting different aspects of the concept.

It can be done without compromising the liturgy as long as you consult the powers that be and confident in presenting your proposals.

Additional materials and audience have a notepad handy when presenting at your poster session.

We have now introduced a new style of data card better suited to presenting the information about unassigned peptidases.

Mark will be presenting his research on space weathering, a process that modifies planetary and asteroid surfaces over time.

The orchestral prelude begins with hushed strings presenting the ' Judgment ' theme.

Despite the excellent safety record of Western reactor designs they are still perceived by the public as presenting risks to health and life.

The student or his/her representative shall present the case to the panel, calling such witnesses and presenting such evidence as he/she thinks fit.

Boult conducts this with his customary care, presenting the long lines with a direct approach that avoids any hint of cloying sentimentality.

Gary is available for live presenting and awards hosting, as well as conference and after-dinner speaking engagements.

All costs for treatment in relation to the primary presenting tumor and metastatic spread will be excluded including any complications relating to the cancer.

President Putin will also be presenting awards to British submariners who helped with the recent rescue of a Russian submarine.

But, presenting a tableau of a period in process and witnessing the birth and death of varying perspectives is not Vickers ' aim.

We have decided to host our own teach-in instead, with students presenting the case against top-up fees and the marketisation of education.

In 1672 Newton made contact with the Royal Society, presenting his design for a reflecting telescope.

I loved hearing many different voices presenting Buddhism, there were some really top-drawer teachings.

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Presenting the true flavor of Eastern Europe with a fiery gypsy vivacity and an occasional swing feel that is infectious.

On one side stands the cathedral of San Lorenzo, a Gothic structure of the 14th and 15th centuries, in the plan of a Latin cross, with nave and aisles of equal height; on the other the Palazzo del Municipio, presenting two fine Gothic façades, of the 14th century (though the building was not completed till 5443), with the figures of the Perugian griffin and the Guelph lion above the outside stair; and in the centre the marble fountain constructed in1277-1280by Arnolfo di Cambio, and adorned with statues and statuettes by Niccolo and Giovanni Pisano.

The governmen - in presenting the estimates for 1907-1908 proposed to set aside - sum of nearly 800,000 every year for this express purpose.

The short feet of the penguins are quite plantigrade, in adaptation to which habit the metatarsals lie in one plane and are incompletely co-ossified, thus presenting a pseudo-primitive condition.

In a house, presenting no distinctive features whatsoever, one finds the decorator with a cupboard full of bowls and vases of glazed biscuit, which he adorns, piece by piece, using the simplest conceivable apparatus and a meagi-e supply of pigments.

The vale of Peshawar is for the most part highly irrigated and well wooded, presenting in the spring and autumn a picture of waving cornfields and smiling orchards framed by rugged hills.

Chalcedony is a translucent substance of rather waxy lustre, presenting great variety of colours, though usually white, grey, yellow or brown.

Under the head of physics we have the theory of the elements, of sound, heat and cohesion, and finally of chemical affinity - presenting the phenomena of material change and interchange in a series of special forces which generate the variety of the life of nature.

As regards the Talmud, neither the Mishnah nor the subsequent Gemara aimed at presenting a digested corpus of law.

Graetz's skill in piecing together detached fragments of information, his vast learning and extraordinary critical acumen, were equalled by his vivid power of presenting personalities.

Previous systems have erred in not presenting the facts of consciousness, 1 Du vrai,.

The more primitive forms (Entomostraca) are anomomeristic, presenting great variety as to number of somites, form of appendages, and tagmatic grouping; the higher forms (Malacostraca) are nomomeristic, showing in front of the telson twenty somites, of which the six hinder carry swimmerets and the five next in front ambulatory limbs.

Go on... harder, harder! he muttered, hunching his back and presenting his fat shoulders.

De Beausset bowed low, with that courtly French bow which only the old retainers of the Bourbons knew how to make, and approached him, presenting an envelope.

Having thrashed out these proposals the task of presenting them to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture had its own problems.

The principal speaker at the Press for Change meeting has direct experience of presenting transsexual rights cases in the English Courts.

Analysis of the news that is accurate uncovers what the facts show, presenting all the facts of an issue.

Kathy practiced effective verbal communication before presenting her ideas in front of the company's executive board.

Bring a smile to an expectant mom's face by presenting her with a beautiful baby shower gift basket.

Adoption.com offers a factsheet presenting estimated costs for domestic and intercountry adoptions.

Presenting a mom-to-be with a baby sock corsage at her baby shower is a wonderful way to give a unique and useful gift.

The pacifier lead should not be so long that it could potentially get caught around a child's neck, presenting a choking hazard.

By attending the baptism and presenting the child with a lovingly chosen gift, you are indeed sharing in this special day with all who love the honoree.

Online translation tools are an interesting way to find extremely unusual names - as well as presenting a great way to while away a few hours!

Presenting a positive attitude to the child teaches him that life is full of surprises, good and bad, and whatever the case, tomorrow is another day full of promise and hope.

Wholesale mineral makeup companies provide marketing support by presenting their own education to salespeople and business owners.

They claim to provide you time with agents and casting directors, presenting to you a shortcut ahead of the competition.

It will balance out your face, clean up the canvas, presenting a more formal appearance.

As an independent professional, an image consultant guides you in presenting yourself to your best advantage and in expressing your highest potential.

These poses push the boundaries of traditional portrait photography, presenting a fun and fresh take on standard poses.

Emphasis is on presenting a small amount of food with an intense amount of flavor.

The more you rehearse, the more prepared you will sound and you will come across as having a firm grasp on the knowledge you are presenting.

You can be more creative by presenting the teen with a gift card to his favorite store, if you know what it is.

He then acknowledges the bridesmaids and thanks them for all of their hard work and concludes by presenting a small token of appreciation.

Personalized plaque presenting to its holder one single share of Playboy stock.

Additionally, avoid presenting the tree to the bride-to-be during the shower.

In some situations, a bit of unspoken tension may arise when it comes to presenting bridesmaids with their dresses.

If you have a good singing voice and you feel as though you would be able to sing your vows without being overcome with emotion, presenting your vows in the form of a song is a creative method of delivering vows.

Although unusual for presenting wedding vows, some couples may want to consider using props.

By presenting the chocolates in an elegant way, even simple wedding favors can be lovely.

When you're in the market for a children's bedding set, you may wish to narrow your selection before presenting any choices to your child.

Of course, when Brian was asked why he was a no-show, he made some comment to the effect that it wasn't like she was getting an award, she was only presenting.

Vince Vaughn and commercial real estate agent Kyla Weber became engaged when he proposed on Valentine's Day about a year ago, presenting her with a four carat diamond ring.

Most adventure cruises are operated by local or regional cruise lines who intimately know the culture they will be presenting, and prospective passengers should thoroughly investigate lines before choosing their voyage.

However, the dramatic increase in water consumption could signal an undetected kidney problem that is just now presenting outward signs.

Is your near-sighted cat presenting you with rumpled socks instead of dead birds?

Not only do the skirts hide nothing of importance, but also if anything, they attract the eye precisely to the specifically female sexual areas by framing them, presenting them, or playing peekaboo with them ….

Polymnia grandis (Montagnaea Heracleifolia) - A half-hardy shrub with large, much divided, and elegantly-lobed leaves, about 3 feet long, presenting luxuriant masses of foliage.

By taking cues from the home, and by creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere, you will be presenting your home in the best light for potential buyers.

You can celebrate religious milestones such as confirmation by presenting a silver Celtic cross ring, or give them as Christmas or birthday gifts.

This will help save time in the long run, as well as presenting the opportunity for a pleasant few hours of jewelry surfing.

Most bracelet orders can take up to two to six weeks to process and customize, so keep these timeframes in mind if you plan on presenting a mother's bracelet for a special occasion.

Share your love, admiration, and respect for that special mother in your life by presenting her with the gift of a lifetime.

Presenting the gift to your wife can help to make the gift that little bit extra special.

In general, marketing your jewelry is all about presenting the pieces in an attention-getting and attractive way.

They'll fit better, presenting a more professional image.

Men who were considered fashion-forward were more likely to wear these suits than men who were interested in presenting a classic appearance.

If you're escorting a date to a black tie affair, you can make the evening more memorable by presenting your partner with a small gift or with flowers.

Presenting your best self and making a great impression is important, after all.

You can be assured of presenting a well put-together appearance when you accessorize with footwear from Stacy Adams.

The OCA claims that Whole Foods Market, which is a popular mainstream natural food store, deceives consumers by presenting products as natural when the products actually don't qualify for this designation.

For the plus size woman who is taller than average, finding women's tall blazers for her professional outfits is important in presenting a chic but businesslike image.

Knowing the right colors and cuts for your figure and body type is key when presenting yourself to modeling agencies and executives.

You will see that part of the room has collapsed, presenting a way to get up to the second floor.

Literati is the free online version of Scrabble, giving you a hand of seven letters, presenting you with the task of maximizing their use to form words of the greatest value.

This is because a large number of words can be pluralized using "S", presenting you with an easy opportunity to create two words at once.

Providing the alternative to consoles, the PC is revered for its high resolution graphics, fine controls (I'll take a mouse over a controller joystick any day), and skill with presenting complicated game schematics and interfaces.

They have a thick red plastic seal over the enclosure, presenting a false image of a traditional wax seal for added protection.

Wine drinkers who enjoy the fantasy world might enjoy presenting their wine to their guests on the back of a medieval dragon.

The waiter comes over, shows you the wine, and then the oft-practiced ritual of removing the cork with the corkscrew and presenting the wine and the cork at the end is just magical.

A gift of wine and glasses is always appreciated, but you can make it even more special by presenting it in a fine wood box.

Rogers Wireless was the exclusive iPhone carrier in Canada, presenting Canucks with the same kind of conundrum.

You can also get tips and tricks that will help you with preparing and presenting your culinary creations.

In this presentation, the baby's bottom is the presenting part instead of the head, which is called a vertex presentation.

Generally the prognosis is related to the diagnosis, patients' state of health, age, and the presence of another disease or complication in addition to the presenting problem.

If COA is detected, with or without the child's presenting symptoms, medical and surgical treatment usually corrects the condition and reduces symptoms.

Because the underlying cause of the fever is usually recorded as the diagnosis, accurate statistics for those presenting with FUO are not available.

Vegetarians have a huge number of statistics in their favor when it comes to presenting persuasive arguments in favor of their eating habits.

A., et al. "Clinical Presentation and Bacteriologic Analysis of Infected Human Bites in Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments."

Diagnosis of tetanus is based on presenting symptoms rather than laboratory tests.

In other cases, pica is diagnosed after studies have been performed to assess the presenting symptoms.

The prognosis for individuals with pica varies greatly, according to the type and amount of substance ingested, the extent of presenting side effects, and the success of treatment.

Such tests usually consist of presenting a variety of tasks to the child, from very simple to challenging, in order to assess the child's full range of skills.

Using various methods of presenting and shaping information increases understanding.

It is important to assess the eyes and visual acuity of a child presenting with delayed fine-motor adaptive development.

Occasionally, the presenting symptom may be a severe intestinal infection called enterocolitis, which is life threatening.

However, numerous cases of men with XYY syndrome presenting with infertility have been reported.

Diagnosis is made based on history, presenting symptoms, and culture of bacteria from the blood or wound.

Dancers with advanced skills are recognized by their ability to coordinate a few rhythmic movements simultaneously, presenting impressive complexities to an audience or other community members.

Along with American rival, New York City Ballet, NYCB, this company has dominated the international ballet scene since the 1940s by presenting a full repertoire of classical and contemporary ballet, showcasing the finest ballet dancers.

Two websites, FamilyEducation.com and Ancestry.com, do a particularly good job at presenting very interesting free research on family names.

As well as presenting with hair loss on the scalp, it also contributes to hair loss elsewhere on the body.

Teaching US history using movies is a creative approach to presenting history to your students.

Some online mortgage calculators will estimate the total cost of your PITI payment by presenting an approximation of tax and insurance charges within the geographical area in which you plan to buy a home.

Real Estate ABC takes a variety of economic information into consideration before presenting an interest rate prediction for mortgages.

If you'll be presenting your paper lily as a gift, it's a good idea to understand the symbolism behind it.

Each species and color of bloom is associated with a feeling or message, and presenting an origami flower is a way to share this message without using words.

Find the right video or content before presenting it to children or sensitive viewers.

Give a special housewarming gift by presenting a handmade blanket monogrammed with the homeowner's initials.

Presenting a solid block of color, with a matching bottom, is an easy way to instantly look five pounds slimmer.

Presenting a child with a toy tea set is a great way to encourage pretend play and imagination.

Therefore, it's wise to put it together before presenting it to your child.

By 1966, Christmas trees were such an important part of the holiday festivities in the United States that the National Christmas Tree Association began presenting a tree to the First Lady for display in the Blue Room of the White House.

When listing hobbies and interests, consider presenting a broad spectrum and not just sporting activities, cars, and other stereotypical male pursuits.

Consider a creative way of wrapping or presenting the gift to add your own personality to a tried-and-true idea.

Consider the difference between presenting the basket to your significant other after a romantic candlelit dinner or leaving it on the kitchen counter in the morning.

Usually these games test your interpersonal skills by presenting you with a series of encounters with characters you might be attracted to, and you try to select the appropriate responses to hopefully get them to go out with you.

Spending time getting to know yourself, so that when you write your profile (or talk about yourself with a date) you are not only presenting an authentic self but you are also clear about what you are looking for.

Romantic, candlelit dinners are a staple event on Valentine's Day, and many upscale restaurants are happy to assist with marriage proposals by arranging private music or presenting the ring with a particular course, such as dessert.

Unique floral options include replicating a friend's or relative's bridal bouquet (preferably one your beloved caught) and presenting the ring with that sentimental arrangement.

While the timing of presenting an engagement ring is obvious, many people are unsure about when to give such costly earrings as an appropriate gift.

Many restaurants will assist with these types of proposals by presenting the ring as a special "dessert" or by arranging for a special music request.

Presenting the engagement ring to your beloved as the MVP of your relationship.

To prevent this from happening, the giver should enclose a note explaining the purpose of the ring or tell the person upon presenting it what exactly it means.

Plus, you can surprise your future fiancé by presenting the signature blue box with the white ribbon.

If you don't buy a ring that comes engraved, you may want to get it engraved before presenting it.

Keep the fun going once the movie is over by presenting your child with some printed Shrek coloring pages.

The next time you're facing a rainy day indoors, help your child or student get "ogre" his boredom by presenting some of these fun coloring pages.

To make answering the "Should students have to wear school uniforms?" question a bit easier, it's important to be as specific as possible when presenting any uniform proposal.

Presenting the letters of the alphabet in a game encourages a kid to spend a longer period of time analyzing each letter and figuring out how they sound and fit together into words than simply reciting or writing out the alphabet.

The lifetime that is currently presenting so much anxiety and difficulty is a part of the natural progression that every soul must face at one point in order to achieve a higher evolutionary existence.

Most larger zoos also take part in reciprocal agreements that allow you to visit a number of other zoos in the United States simply by presenting your membership card.

Your Brandywine Zoo membership also allows you to visit more than 100 other zoos in the United States just by presenting your membership card at the gate.

The trend of presenting the awards via other television shows continued through the 70s and into the early 80s.In 1984, the Soapies vanished and were replaced with the Soap Opera Digest Awards and a specialized presentation of their own.

Eventually, Billy came out and a moving ceremony at Andrew's church included presenting the AIDs quilt.

LoveToKnow Watches specializes in gathering all the information on fine watches from around the world and presenting them in one easy-to-use catalog.

Some people are uncomfortable presenting ideas to people they already know and ask for financial help, but these may be the people most wiling to help you.

You must not only be convinced your idea will work, but must provide solid market research presenting a strong case to convince the angels why it will succeed.

This will be the first thing that many people see related to your business, so you should take the time to make sure that you're presenting a clean and professional image.

The sample functional resume below is a method of presenting what could be perceived as a "questionable" work history in a positive manner.