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Discover LudwigThe phrase "were present to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone was physically or metaphorically in attendance or available for a specific event or situation. Example: "The researchers were present to observe the experiment and take notes on the results."
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A panel of experts chaired by Lord Bingham were present to assess the presentations, while Guardian readers were invited to vote on their preferred solutions online.
Journalists and television cameras were present to record the fighting.
(Alas, no RapGeniuses were present to correct them).
Neither Fergus nor her lawyers were present to argue her case.
But only slightly more than half of the 275 members of Parliament were present to vote.
No major environmental groups were present to raise objections to the platform.
At his rally in Lyon on Tuesday night, leading figures from those street protests were present to applaud him.
Few outsiders were present to see it, but the lift in local morale was huge.
Only two of the winners were present to accept their awards.
Cameras were present to capture the historic moment, as DeVos extended her left hand tentatively and eventually touched the foreign object.
Two of these cases occurred when a Private Secretary and a Special Adviser were present to discuss diary arrangements for the lecture in Sri Lanka.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com