Sentence examples for being present to from inspiring English sources
Here, not being present to save people somehow magically leads to not needing to save them at all.
Time is running out, and the three leaders have yet to meet without Frank G. Zarb, the chairman of the seven-member state board, being present to referee.
Each step "forward" has made it easier – just a little – to avoid the emotional work of being present, to convey information rather than humanity.
The film exudes Tanne's own sense of calm excitement, nearly a documentarian's serendipitous thrill at being present to catch on-camera a secret miracle of mighty historical import.
Before 1875, a mother could have the father of her child's name recorded on the birth certificate without the father being present to confirm parentage.
Each step "forward" has made it easier, just a little, to avoid the emotional work of being present, to convey information rather than humanity.
To help me perform this transition, I might cheat a bit by substituting readiness-to-hand for indicating subjective experience, and things being present-to-hand for representing objective experience, as a breakdown of the former.
