Example sentences of "[noun sg] face to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thomas met his enemy face to face that afternoon too , ’ shrilled Gwendolen , determined that her beloved 's name should at least be represented . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Oak Marketing realised the solution to selling Brewking was to take it direct to the people and explain its process face to face . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | How much more eager those warriors would have been to contact a foe face to face . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's more convenient , it 's probably cheaper overall and they can deal with each other face to face . |
| 11 | Booking forms are used for access face to face . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Another lingering lament of Auntie Rose ( Susan Fleetwood ) , seated in the armchair face to camera with no gimmicky cuts , is hauntingly moving . |
| 14 | For my own peace of mind , I have to see this man face to face . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not the same as seeing your MP face to face , ’ said Dave . |
| 17 | Still , if there were villages in Ireland these days where a man might be in danger of meeting the same ill-fortune face to face , Owen feared he was getting near them . |
| 18 | The poet who against Romantic diction forged a new contemporary language for a poetry which had been able to deal with the modern city face to face , had , to a considerable extent , reinstated Romanticism through anthropology . |
| 19 | Like a cat confronted by pigeons , or a terrier face to face with a rodent , I was ready and eager to do battle . |
| 20 | It would make the association feel that it had had a better hearing if it saw the Minister face to face rather than pursuing the matter in correspondence . |
| 21 | I must also acknowledge to the Minister and the House that I have been unable to interview my constituent face to face . |
| 22 | To the embarrassment of Verdeţ , it became clear that the strikers at Lupeni would settle for nothing less than meeting the Comrade face to face and putting their demands to him . |
| 23 | It is as if the Poet were tackling time face to face , confronting , wrestling with time , with his Friend standing apart as the prize in the competition . |
| 24 | I was amazed when , 30 more yards up the gully , I cam face to face with a blank , moss-covered wall . |