Example sentences of "[adj] face to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rex made one of his most doubtful faces to date . |
| 2 | There has been nothing to fire the voters ' imagination — no spectacular clashes over policy , no exciting face to face confrontations between leading personalities , no suspense even as to the outcome , for that has been a foregone conclusion for months : the Right will win , and in all probability with a thumping landslide majority . |
| 3 | For example , a man who wished to make certain grievances clear to his boss decided that this was best approached , in the first instance , by writing to his boss because he realized that , were he to try to do this face to face , he would find it difficult to express himself without losing his temper . |
| 4 | We can settle this face to face . |
| 5 | I 'm not very good at sitting doing this face to face but |
| 6 | Trade unions do not have the exclusive right to such face to face information sessions with employees |
| 7 | Of all the thousands , the tens of thousands of people who lived in Palestine , of all the thousands of people who were crowded into Jerusalem , for this religious festival here is Pilate in this favoured position of having a personable , personal face to face encounter with Jesus Christ . |
| 8 | Team appraisal complements the individual face to face appraisal meeting . |
| 9 | This is not only the case when a discourse is constructed by two people interacting face to face ; it may also hold within the words of a single speaker . |
| 10 | Perhaps eventually small drop-in offices would be open in large towns or cities , offering instant face to face access . |
| 11 | Douglas now your background here is mainly erm er retail face to face but I can also read into and what er this and what you told me on the phone that there 's erm quote a lot of sales as well . |
| 12 | Collecting the data As we have seen , a questionnaire can be sent by post or administered face to face . |
| 13 | The magazine , the largest equestrian weekly , selling more than 75,000 copies each week , commissioned Taylor Nelson to carry out a random face to face survey , interviewing some 3,862 people across the country during July and August about their involvement with horses . |
| 14 | The old standards have decayed , the aristocracy no longer take the intellectual lead ; men of letters and booksellers are left face to face with a multitude of readers whose intellectual appetites and tastes are emancipated from all direct influence and control . |
| 15 | But I can talk better face to face . |
| 16 | I have not seen her alone face to face all the time we have been here and when I do see her in company she is wont to turn from me . |
| 17 | But er , I think the advice that erm , Mr is giving us about who we talk to and when to talk to them , how we get to get together and present a united face to government is a , is a good suggestion , and I 'd like to propose that er , we accept that . |
| 18 | A walk around Aarau brings one face to face with two architectural styles that are clearly defined , quite different , but which make a genial harmony . |
| 19 | planned face to face information flow with feedback is the most effective vehicle for exchanging understanding but supporting media can improve effectiveness if appropriate and justified |
| 20 | ‘ I had contact with hundreds of people prior to my first face to face meeting with the kidnappers in Beirut , ’ Waite said in a statement yesterday . |
| 21 | The French boy turned on one of his fierce expressions of shock and outrage and leaned back from the waist to subject the American boy 's now-blushing face to pantomime scrutiny . |
| 22 | All data were collected using a standardised face to face interview by one of the authors ( MRG ) in the endoscopy unit or on the ward . |
| 23 | 1959 Face To Face |
| 24 | To such men it was unthinkable to meet such a fellow face to face and across a table on equal terms even though it might no longer be diplomatic for an official of the Federation to admit this in public . |
| 25 | This interest can best be served by all responsible members of the scientific community beginning and sustaining an objective , scientific , honourable , and openminded face to face dialogue based on the actual and official tenets of clinical ecology/environmental medicine . |
| 26 | Interviewing is a special face to face encounter which comes in a number of different guises . |