Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] at face " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the defenders of the domestic load , such as Dennis Bellamy ( chairman of the Yorkshire Board ) , occasionally quoted cost and load data to justify their views , but these were based on such a biased sample of observations that it was difficult for any serious enquirer to accept them at face value . |
| 2 | Two , he could go along with Marler , pretend to accept him at face value , and this way he could keep an eye on him . |
| 3 | Miss D'Arcy took the compliment , appreciated the censure and the mocking of Mrs Crump , and smiled the smile of the dumbly adoring at Hope , who was alerted by such a perfect response but nevertheless willing at this stage to receive it at face value . |
| 4 | The old records at the Royal Greenwich Observatory contained a consistent error , and Eddy had been wrong to take them at face value . |
| 5 | Because Kate , for all her faults real and imagined , was the only person ever to take him at face value . |
| 6 | She felt the lie was unconvincing , but he seemed to take it at face value . |