1.   Before the sentencing, Secare and an assistant prosecutor offered different portraits of the defendant.

2.   Both offered sympathetic portraits of people who were driven by faith.

3.   A socialist, both repelled by and attracted to religious Judaism, Ansky was the first to offer a portrait of shtetl life for the stage.

4.   Historians offer a portrait of the man and his methods of work, with diverting asides.

5.   Previous Lincoln biographers have offered rich portraits of the Kentucky-born president and his role in shaping modern America.

6.   Taken together, they offer a portrait of what can and does go wrong at hospitals here and across the country.

7.   The movie offers incisive portraits of both persecutors and persecuted.

8.   The world of professional sports offers a portrait of a society built on false values.

9.   They offered a portrait of a talented, intelligent man.

10.   And Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, both Cannes regulars, are offering portraits of working-class Britain.