Example sentences of "[adj] face to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He put on a brave face to Sunday Express readers : ‘ I hope it will be believed that the Arsenal can take a licking as well as any other club . |
| 3 | Lucy demanded , a sudden apprehension gripping her as she stared from Doreen 's smug face to Silas 's back . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Team appraisal complements the individual face to face appraisal meeting . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Perhaps eventually small drop-in offices would be open in large towns or cities , offering instant face to face access . |
| 8 | When they arrived at Louise 's house , Grégoire raised a small pinched face to Edouard 's , and Edouard took his hand and pressed it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Collecting the data As we have seen , a questionnaire can be sent by post or administered face to face . |
| 11 | This provides not only a familiar and welcome face to people who have not been exposed to library services but also provides a medium of communication through the use of community languages . |
| 12 | Human bring a human face to people . |
| 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 | ‘ There is a man who lives in this vale , ’ Crump said bitterly , turning a hard face to Hope , whose notion about the murder underwent a radical revision : Crump would be no willing accomplice in his own end . |
| 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 | 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 |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Roger 's Assistant today is Su Evans , a well-known face to viewers who enjoy Central 's antiques programme , Something To Treasure . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Once she had , after she had listened with a gentle face to Jack 's admission , his ultimatum , that Alison was different , Alison was ‘ for keeps ’ , believed that nothing could be worse , that she had now experienced the worst . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The aim is to enable organisations to present a friendly face to visitors . |
| 26 | But I do n't think Mr Drennan … ’ he shot a quick look in Malachi 's direction , before turning a sympathetic face to Bull O'Malley ‘ I do n't think Mr Drennan intended that he should ask for your daughter and expect you to make a decision on the spur of the moment . |
| 27 | Interviewing is a special face to face encounter which comes in a number of different guises . |
| 28 | ‘ You killed him , ’ challenged Thai , and turned a sweaty face to Doyle , who shook his head and smiled . |