Example sentences of "[noun prp] face the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As at all his power stations , Scott faced the building in a fine Worcestershire brick that has weathered to a lovely pinky-brown . |
| 2 | It would not be long before de Lattre faced the divisions of Giap 's new model army in the set-piece battles which the Vietminh were prepared to risk in a premature general offensive ; and it was in more conventional war of this kind where US assistance and particularly US munitions would apparently tip the scale . |
| 3 | In the years 1294–8 , therefore , Edward faced the prospect of warfare on four fronts : Gascony , Flanders , Wales and Scotland . |
| 4 | It means Walker faces the prospect of telling two of the men who helped Crusaders into Europe : ‘ Sorry , but there 's no place for you in the team . ’ |
| 5 | Finally at the field of Maledor at the very entrance to the passes of Nagarythe Caledor faced the Witch King himself in battle and defeated the mightiest of his armies , driving them into the marshes of Maledor . |
| 6 | SHIPPING services in Orkney face the threat of disruption as crews of the Orkney Islands Shipping Company vote on whether to take strike action . |
| 7 | Scotland face the Portuguese in Lisbon on 28 April . |
| 8 | Wimbledon 's 20-goals-a-season striker will today witness Shearer 's claim to be part of Graham Taylor 's 1994 World Cup squad when Blackburn face the Dons at Selhurst Park . |
| 9 | Touche Ross faced the wrath of Trafalgar House 's shareholders at a stormy agm last month , following Trafalgar 's restatement of its 1991 results . |
| 10 | The chase continues at St Helens where Swansea face the world champions . |
| 11 | But , with signs of an economic upturn and a strong balance sheet , Anglia faced the future confidently . |
| 12 | DEFEATS by England and Wales left Ireland facing the prospect of being left with the wooden spoon when the Women 's Junior Home International Bowls Championship is concluded in Portrush today . |
| 13 | Father Devlin faced the fire again , scowling . |
| 14 | As a result , Argentina face the United States and England play Chile in tomorrow 's semi-finals . |
| 15 | The Imperial family lived in the southern wing of the Tuileries , that is , between the Pavillon de l'Horloge and the Seine facing the Pont Royal . |
| 16 | The quarter-final draw offers the chance of Boro facing the team of one of their most famous sons . |
| 17 | Thomas Bacon was then brought to Stamford to face the charge of poisoning his mother and was committed to Lincoln for trial . |
| 18 | WE 'RE used to Tania Bryer facing the camera , so here 's a rear view of the TV-am weathergirl . |
| 19 | Geoffrey faced the plainclothes officer . |
| 20 | Analysts said Mr Muawad faced the task of uniting militia leaders who have been fighting each other for 14 years . |
| 21 | Meg faced the blaze again , looking out across the dark glass of the bay . |
| 22 | Delaney faced the sea himself . |
| 23 | This was her final act of spite , to take the piece and leave Paige to face the consequences . |
| 24 | Mr Hurd won Tory cheers as he said : ‘ Unless it is clear to people in Vietnam that those who do not qualify as refugees will be returned to Vietnam , Hong Kong faces the prospect of tens of thousands more arrivals in 1990 . |
| 25 | The presence of the Kingdom in the person of Jesus faces the individual with a clear-cut decision ( Matt. |
| 26 | The Luna Café on Soviet Boulevard faces the gardens and the old Liberation monument that had been built there several régimes back and — so it is said — was something of a milestone in municipal graft . |
| 27 | Blackburn boss Dalglish faced the nostalgia head-on as he prepared to lead out the opposition against Liverpool for the first time since his astonishing walk-out 20 months ago . |
| 28 | We travelled through the scorched aridness of the Scinde desert , lived in the Himalayas facing the peaks of snow , saw cities and mud-walled villages . |
| 29 | Locke faces the objection that there is no historical evidence for his account of the creation of political authority . |
| 30 | Britain faced the prospect of a winter without food and without energy , at the mercy of powerful unions and ineffective employers . |