Example sentences of "were faced with the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He claims that when oil companies were faced with the contradictory demand for speedy exploration and extraction and the requirements of safety they , with successive British governments ' blessing , chose speed . |
| 2 | SAAB were faced with the same difficulties as Volvo in recruiting staff in the 1970s , and they too have moved to a system of group working with job rotation in many sections of the plant . |
| 3 | For now Aristotelians were faced with the same problem with respect to Jupiter and its moons . |
| 4 | Salford and Stirling were faced with the worst haemorrhages . |
| 5 | Thousands of pounds of damage was caused , and fire crews were faced with the added danger of having to remove gas welding cylinders which were overheating . |