Example sentences of "[was/were] face with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were faced with bankruptcy but there was enough expertise within the company to take a gamble on a change of direction . |
| 2 | Erm , and the reports that I 've had back from the governors was that Concept Catering was so , so absolutely certain that they were the only people who could do it , that when they were faced with competition , they had n't got the faintest idea how to respond to it . |
| 3 | All the wall surfaces and the piers were faced with marble in white , green , blue , rose and black . |
| 4 | Majority shareholders Hamish and George Deans were faced with hostility from more than 50 small shareholders at the meeting at Brockville over their motion to remove the men . |
| 5 | 3 Local authorities were faced with demands for improvements in service from local community groups . |
| 6 | The Spanish government too was faced with questions concerning the restructuring of the car industry during 1986 . |
| 7 | In quick succession the city was faced with plans to cut the last of its rail links to Belfast and the closure of the ferry services to Heysham and Glasgow . |
| 8 | Throughout these early days the service was faced with problems of misinterpretation about its purpose amongst the educational community . |
| 9 | Mr Kenneth Clarke , the new Home Secretary , was faced with demands yesterday to release from prison a campaigner for Sikh independence who has been under threat of deportation to India . |
| 10 | Asked about reports this week that the line was faced with closure before the end of the decade if money were not spent on resignalling , he said that he was confident the finance would be found . |
| 11 | The action was due to be heard in four weeks , time and he knew that , successful or not , he was faced with ruin . |