Example sentences of "[noun] face to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two friends with whom he joined up were not so lucky ; their deaths brought David face to face with the human cost of war and his naive teenage thoughts of glory changed to fear and loathing of war . |
| 2 | ‘ Thomas met his enemy face to face that afternoon too , ’ shrilled Gwendolen , determined that her beloved 's name should at least be represented . |
| 3 | On the other hand no manager willingly accepts a new member of staff without the use of a selection interview , no doctor will express a confident diagnosis without an interview with the patient , and no counsellor could function without meeting his clients face to face . |
| 4 | In a contract made between parties face to face the seller will find it difficult to show that to him the identity of the buyer was a vital factor in deciding to make the contract . |
| 5 | If you want to deal with the issue face to face , ask for an appointment , either in the local office or for an officer to visit you in your home . |
| 6 | It was just four months ago that met my first contras face to face . |
| 7 | He thought always much too easily , in highly unrealistic terms , of the peoples he ruled as a mere aggregate of individuals face to face with an absolute State . |
| 8 | One of the persistent misconceptions about professional work in the human service occupations is that it mainly takes place face to face with clients or patients and that time spent with others about the client or patient is a necessary but regrettable adjunct to the real work . |
| 9 | They 're the times when when actually look at which ones we 'd use remember the strengths in these some of the biggest yes you can go into greater detail you can see the reaction face to face you 'll get feedback straight away verbal as well as non-verbal er you know immediately what the answer is if there 's if you 're waiting for some sort of reply to it , you 'll have more effect because it 's face to face erm , cheap on material but it 's expensive on time you do n't have a formal written record and it can be very time consuming . |
| 10 | Oak Marketing realised the solution to selling Brewking was to take it direct to the people and explain its process face to face . |
| 11 | ‘ To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face one must be able to love the meanest of creation as oneself . ’ |
| 12 | I met Lily face to face . |
| 13 | R. L. Stevenson encountered immigrants from China as well as from Europe and reflected upon the irony of immigrants from hungry Europe and hungry China meeting face to face in the American West . |
| 14 | Mr Plant and his wife and children were there , but when he met Mrs Gedge face to face near the hoopla they passed as if they were strangers . |
| 15 | It would be so much easier Elsie if there was not this huge amount of land separating us and if I could just talk to you for a little while face to face . |
| 16 | How much more eager those warriors would have been to contact a foe face to face . |
| 17 | The Shorter Oxford Dictionary defines ‘ interview ’ as ‘ a meeting of persons face to face , especially for the purpose of formal conference on some point ’ . |
| 18 | Thus , they assert that the STV " puts the electors face to face with the candidates without interposing the party machine between them " . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's more convenient , it 's probably cheaper overall and they can deal with each other face to face . |
| 20 | All these aims will be much easier to achieve now that they have met their customers face to face and talked over their problems . |
| 21 | ‘ Shame to spoil it for you , then , ’ he said tartly , and walked off , leaving Gabriel face to face with the recorder-player he had seen on stage . |
| 22 | Richard Baxter movingly brought his people face to face with the great realities of heaven and of hell , with God and with eternity . |
| 23 | You stand a better chance if you put something with the Sunday and even then that might not be completely enough to reach down to the crevices , but I think some method , and that 's why I suggested surgeries actually , was that we have to talk regularly to people face to face and once you 're in a room with people then it goes , does n't it ? |
| 24 | Booking forms are used for access face to face . |
| 25 | Malhandir brought Tyrion face to face with the Witch King 's standard bearer . |
| 26 | Law 's campaign against Home Rule also brought the Liberal government face to face with power politics and showed up the hollowness of the reasoned optimism that underlay Edwardian Liberalism . |
| 27 | Another lingering lament of Auntie Rose ( Susan Fleetwood ) , seated in the armchair face to camera with no gimmicky cuts , is hauntingly moving . |
| 28 | For my own peace of mind , I have to see this man face to face . |
| 29 | If I 'd tried to walk out along the trail , I would have met Perkin face to face . |
| 30 | When I am called to meet my Maker face to Face , I hope my doctor helps me do it gently , instead of striving to avoid the issue . |