Example sentences of "[vb infin] face the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If partnerships do begin to question the established pillars of the secondary school curriculum they will certainly need to face the constraint placed on curriculum development by the National Curriculum and examination systems which dictate subject content . |
| 2 | We would hope that the Highways Department as a whole can unite to face the future and that both conditions for Highways staff and the service we give to the public can be maintained . |
| 3 | The cleaner should work facing the flat of the blade which means changing position during the operation and necessitates clear access around the machine . |
| 4 | Indeed , they do not begin to face the problem . |
| 5 | The teacher can remain facing the class , so it is easier for him to maintain attention . |
| 6 | That seat in there , does that fit facing the driver or facing the front of the passenger rear ? |
| 7 | Malc and I decided we 'd have to face the music and tell his parents and my Pop . |
| 8 | Anyway , Corps commander has promised them immediate action , which being translated means : a couple of your pilots will have to face the music , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 9 | Otherwise Congress would have to face the consequences of automatic across-the-board cuts under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings budget deficit reduction law . |
| 10 | If he failed to come up with explanations to put everything right then , and then only , would he have to face the consequences himself , for it was clear now that she would have to leave — disengage herself from him , as Marc had so succinctly put it — but she had given her word and she would wait until the whole matter could be discussed openly . |
| 11 | He would have to face the consequences of his actions . |
| 12 | But no ; if he did that , he 'd have to face the laughter and ridicule of the community . |
| 13 | Ultimately , politicians will have to face the questions raised and deal with them . |
| 14 | Since central government had always paid for new building , local districts and services did not have to face the cost of using buildings and capital , and hence tended to waste space and capital assets . |
| 15 | The time may yet come when we shall have to face the bullets of our fellow workers in warning them that armed force is no remedy , whether in the hands of the capitalist or the worker . |
| 16 | In 1907 Sidney Webb , in a tract entitled ( significantly ) The Decline in the Birth Rate , wrote : ‘ In order that the population may be recruited from the self-controlled and foreseeing members of each class , rather than those who are feckless and improvident , we must alter the balance of remuneration in favour of the child-producing family ’ , and therefore he concluded that ‘ we shall indeed have to face the problem of the systematic ‘ endowment of motherhood ’ and place this most indispensable of all professions upon an honourable economic basis ’ ( Webb , 1907 ) . |
| 17 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that if the Labour party implemented even a fraction of the spending priorities that it has been spreading around over the past year or two , to the tune of £30 billion or £40 billion extra expenditure , it would not only have to face the problem of raising taxation , but would have to resort to massive borrowing , which would increase interest rates and greatly damage the economy ? |
| 18 | People did not have to face the problem alone as they do so often when it comes to social security benefit cuts . |
| 19 | Auctioneers would have to face the problem of liability over CIDs and have to engage extra staff to check cattle ear tags with CIDs . |
| 20 | Richard Branson had always known that , sooner or later , he would have to face the possibility of a price war with the big transatlantic carriers . |
| 21 | Do not let the channel of communication with your supervisor close — even if you are behind and would rather not have to face the situation of explaining why . |
| 22 | But with a greater willingness to let in somebody — a relative , best friend or counsellor — at least two little boys would n't have to face the future without a father . |
| 23 | But we do have to face the paradox implicit in our contributing to the discourse , which is that every word we say on the subject of difference just underlines the salience and the importance of a division we are ultimately striving to end . |
| 24 | She wondered wildly if a scratched finger would excuse her from supping in the hall so she would n't have to face the soldier again . |
| 25 | But ultimately we shall have to face the facts about whether or not whaling is acceptable to the peoples of the world or not . |
| 26 | Each person will have to face the fact of their own sinfulness and this will reveal one 's secret thoughts . |
| 27 | But they may have to face the fact that their own view of his department 's policy needs are irrelevant to the main problem being tackled within it , or even that their own commitments lead in quite opposite directions to the ones being taken by those concerned with policy innovation in the department . |
| 28 | ‘ Very soon she will have to face the fact that Señor Mitchell will leave . ’ |
| 29 | So she 'd have to face the prospect of me being on the dole for a long time . |
| 30 | In this age of fast travel , supported by conveniences in every aspect of a journey , it is almost impossible to imagine the difficulties which must have faced the mission . |