Example sentences of "have to face [adv] to " in BNC.

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1 But when you have to face up to the fact that no one wants to know and people are more interested in the apprehension and sentencing of the offender , that for many people is even worse than the original crime . ’
2 One police source said last night : ‘ They have to face up to Christmas with all the eating and drinking that involves . ’
3 ‘ In today 's strange old world we have to face up to many unusual things . ’
4 Taylor said : ‘ We have to face up to the fact that we 're falling behind other countries who do things regarding fitness as a matter of course . ’
5 It 's one of the first things you have to face up to .
6 But you have to force yourself to accept the truth — that Paris is always an escape downwards ( G.P. 's words ) — not saying anything against Paris , but you have to face up to England and the apathy of the environment ( these are all G.P. 's words and ideas ) and the great deadweight of the Calibanity of England .
7 However , if you are to protect and preserve all you have worked so hard to achieve , then you simply have to face up to certain harsh realities .
8 There are other problems teachers have to face up to in practice ; getting to learn how to use the programs and how to fit them into their schemes , for instance : both require much thought and time .
9 I think we have to face up to the fact in the Labour party that quotas , that positive discrimination are essentially clumsy .
10 I then become rather more hesitant , when I have to face up to the problems particularly of er , women looking after elderly parents , because the burden does seem to fall , as you would know , on the women .
11 Not have to face up to the fact that he was a dynamic , intelligent , charming man with a gift for finance and the raw exercise of power .
12 ‘ That accident could have happened to anyone — male or female , ’ Sophie said , ‘ and all vets have to face up to a certain amount of danger . ’
13 That is the decision you have to face up to , that 's the decision I have to face up to .
14 That is the decision you have to face up to , that 's the decision I have to face up to .
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