Example sentences of "[noun] facing [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman who 's been writing to a convicted killer facing the gas chamber in America is to visit him on Death Row . |
| 2 | She chose a rock facing the window , a low rock , and sat down on it , circling her bent knees with her arms and resting her chin on her knees . |
| 3 | You need have no fear facing the world , ’ as if she were already clearly seeing her happiness and her children in the fullness of the years . |
| 4 | It occupied the space usually reserved for large , gala events : the White Hall , the ceremonial steps and small halls facing the entrance . |
| 5 | The more extreme alternative facing the panel is to match , or beat , the nine-game ban and £3,000 fine given to another Arsenal player , Paul Davis , in 1988 . |
| 6 | The figure facing the monster is also horned and is thrusting his spear into a snake-like head , three arms droop down having been similarly despatched . |
| 7 | There is also , in the Peterborough Museum , another scene which includes what is probably the lower part of a similar bench with the forge at the side , a figure facing the bench wears the heavy leather apron , carefully incised with a finely-pointed tool , below is a pilleus on a stick . |
| 8 | On the 24th June a small number of reinforcements had reached us and were immediately deployed to the Commando units facing the enemy . |
| 9 | An Ideal Husband ( 1947 ) , a film version of Oscar Wilde 's play , is a lavish but stagey production set in 1895 , when ‘ Britain ruled the world and held the purse ’ , showing the dilemma facing a government minister whose murky past catches up with him . |
| 10 | While the question of refugees highlighted the dilemma facing the government as it established freedom of movement [ see above ] , it also provoked problems in Romania 's foreign relations , especially with Hungary . |
| 11 | The dilemma facing the parents of a seriously ill child was especially acute . |
| 12 | The working party was very conscious of the dilemma facing the Institute in its capacity as a self-regulating organisation , namely that of balancing the need for a clear indication of expectation against over-prescription . |
| 13 | But such worries are nothing compared to the dilemma facing the Kremlin as the waves of perestroika lap at one of the last fortresses of communist orthodoxy . |
| 14 | This is some dilemma facing the manager but he can cope : the question is whether this gifted player can respond . |
| 15 | John Reason on the mounting dilemma facing the game as the demand for success continues to grow |
| 16 | Broadcast on November 23rd , 1982 , the Play for Today , ‘ John David ’ was meticulously balanced in its depiction of the true life dilemma facing the author of the play , Paula Milne , on discovering that she had given birth to a child with Down 's Syndrome . |
| 17 | Election pointer : The dilemma facing the province 's leaders |
| 18 | A senior staff member said that Mr Morgan had been under pressure because of the uncertainty facing the school 's future : ‘ Ronald Morgan was very popular with staff and pupils but he was under pressure because of what will happen here . |
| 19 | It meets the running costs of the Public Health Laboratory Service , which gives technical assistance , for example , to local districts facing an outbreak of an infectious disease , perhaps spread from abroad . |
| 20 | , whose organisation distributes many of our export products , highlighted opportunities facing the Company when he presented us with a commemorative certificate to mark the Chilton opening and to celebrate over 15 years of close co-operation . |
| 21 | When weather permits , à la carte lunches are served on the poolside terrace facing the sea , and buffet breakfasts are also served outside . |
| 22 | Snacks and afternoon tea can be enjoyed on the sun terrace facing the Jungfrau mountain . |
| 23 | The hotel features an elegant restaurant , locally renowned for its food , with a terrace facing the harbour , a pleasant roof garden with bar , sun terrace and panoramic views , a small garden and the public rooms which are all cool marble and pastel shades are air conditioned , with yet more fabulous views across the lake . |
| 24 | The chaos on the military front , the continued threat of German invasion , the disintegration of the domestic economy with the prospects of both famine and civil anarchy : all these established the first emergencies facing the regime , the imperatives which cried out for response . |
| 25 | Every year , the workload facing the RSPCA increases . |
| 26 | The student population was well-informed of the economic and social crises facing the country , but their own problems remained uppermost in their minds . |
| 27 | If we take just two examples of major environmental crises facing the world ozone depletion and carbon dixode emissions we see that no party except the Green Party is prepared to act quickly enough . |
| 28 | The EPA itself admits that pollution of drinking water is one of the four greatest environmental risks facing the population , causing at least 1,000 new cases of cancer each year and impairing the mental development of 240,000 children . |
| 29 | In the time of Diocletian the principal apartment was a long gallery on the south side facing the sea on whose façade a magnificent colonnade stretched along the Adriatic . |
| 30 | The side facing the river is completely overgrown and littered with rubbish , a sad sight for a place so steeped in history and it is hoped that at some future date a little dignity will return to these remains . |