21.   It had not been announced in advance to members of the church that Clinton would be there, and her presence seemed to take nearly everyone by surprise.

22.   Its sleek, iconic presence seems like some vision of the future visiting the present, a resurrection of modernist optimism that seems less starry-eyed than determined.

23.   Moreover, he and other social psychologists say, the presence of women seems to encourage men to behave better toward each other.

24.   Now this unexpected holiday presence seems a good omen not just for continued mild weather but for happy times in the new century.

25.   So he tried to joke about his toothbrush, for its presence seemed an odd thing to a young boy in this circumstance.

26.   Still, Shoemakers presence seemed to indicate the strike had some national significance.

27.   The heavy police presence seemed to work.

28.   Their presence here seemed to signal both a genuine desire for some degree of reconciliation and a genuine concern about their everyday estrangement from one another.

29.   Their presence seemed to refocus a Rangers team that had appeared adrift in previous exhibition games.

30.   There are events where the presence of the big-name anchors seems required as a sort of national acknowledgment of unity, be it in celebration or grief.