Example sentences of "faced with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Midlife is a time to come to terms with the past so that the future can be faced with no unfinished business to block the way ahead . |
| 2 | When a manager is faced with no financial resources he has to look for youth or experience to fill out his squad . |
| 3 | In many situations , actors are faced with no clear rules for action , or the action may be hard to sustain . |
| 4 | Maybe techniques of evaluation ( important though they are ) need not be sharp when faced with a strong weight of empirical and impressionist evidence of the failure of conservation efforts to halt the deteriorating environmental situation in substantial areas of the world . |
| 5 | The area is now faced with a regional conflict — deep and dangerous for those who live there and tragic for those who lose their lives . |
| 6 | The Greeks did not react — or rather did not go beyond the surface of Roman life — until they found themselves faced with a first-class power which had defeated the Greek armies of Pyrrhus on the open field . |
| 7 | Faced with a silenced pistol , pointed unwaveringly at his head , and not knowing that the girl could not have pulled the trigger against an innocent man , he acceded to her demand … |
| 8 | At a time when Europe is moving ever closer towards economic union we are faced with a stark choice of either improving our economic performance or watching the UK become a marginalised and minor economic player . |
| 9 | It will be observed that in those cases there was no statutory period after cessation of trade during which jurisdiction continued , and the court was therefore faced with a stark choice between saying that the jurisdiction ceased immediately active trade was suspended , or saying that it continued until the business had actually been wound up by payment of the debts . |
| 10 | During the construction of the Blisworth to Peterborough branch line of the old London & Birmingham Railway in 1845 , the engineer and surveyor of the route , one Robert Stephenson , being faced with a hilly terrain near to the villages of Yarwell and Wansford decided to tunnel through as a cutting was not practicable at that time . |
| 11 | Unfortunately it can be very dull when you are faced with a dry reference book that retails facts and information and talks at you , not with you . |
| 12 | Faced with a competing predator , BA raised its bid to a knockout £250 million and this won the day . |
| 13 | On our first call , from a dreadlocked Rastaman , we are faced with a clapped-out Mini Clubman . |
| 14 | Faced with a persistent excess of expenditure over income , they may cut student numbers or they may increase income . |
| 15 | Japan , faced with a diplomatic assault on several fronts , responded with a resolution which shifted the onus of proof - drift-netting could be banned if scientific evidence clearly showed that the effects on fish stocks and cetaceans were ‘ not sustainable' ’ . |
| 16 | Their stance is typified by one young officer 's remark , when faced with a recalcitrant discharger , that ‘ all cases should be looked at as potential prosecutions ’ . |
| 17 | Having indirectly made Mrs Thatcher pay with her political life for refusing to sign up to their timetable of achieving EMU by 1992 , they are now blowing cold on the issue , as they are faced with a ballooning budget deficit of their own , and no longer need French and Community political support for reunification . |
| 18 | On polling day , the elector is faced with a small ballot slip on which are printed the names usually of only three or four candidates ( Six or more candidates standing in any one constituency would be unusual . ) |
| 19 | The people were commanded to assemble and were faced with a simple choice : ‘ Elijah stepped forward and said to the people , ‘ How long will you sit on the fence ? |
| 20 | Thomas Holmes thought that slum youth were faced with a simple choice , ‘ whether to become dull-eyed , weak-chested , slow-witted degenerates , or hooligans . |
| 21 | If you 're faced with a slippery floor problem , it is inexpensive these days to get exhibition contractors to supply some cheap carpeting and you may want to investigate this option . |
| 22 | Faced with a major risk to your health you become more assertive about your needs . |
| 23 | If this proves not to be the case and if , faced with a major unemployment crisis , Britain finds itself with no recourse , then it should not hesitate in seceding before it is too late . |
| 24 | He immediately recognised the immense potential for the story but was faced with a major problem : the press conference was arranged for 23 March and the next morning was Good Friday — his paper would not be published that day . |
| 25 | Obviously not — so now we 're faced with a major worldwide catastrophe , where the fucking noise then , eh ? |
| 26 | The new Committee for Art and Design was then faced with a major review of 127 first degree courses . |
| 27 | Obviously not — so now we 're faced with a major worldwide catastrophe , where the fucking noise then , eh ? |
| 28 | This week , the same spokesman said : ‘ Despite the apparent softening of attitudes within the Orange Order and the re-routing of the Mini-Twelfth parade , we were again faced with a major sectarian parade through our community . |
| 29 | In these cases an internal control is required so if faced with a negative result , one can still be sure that the PCR conditions were perfect . |
| 30 | ‘ Whatever the precise degree of knowledge of the defendants at any particular time , faced with a laden ship which , as they well knew , was about to leave port , the defendants must in my judgment be deemed to have known of the almost certain existence of contracts of carriage to which the shipowners were parties . |