Example sentences of "faces up to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Until the international community faces up to that fact , the humanitarian lifeline to trapped civilians will remain precarious , whether it goes by land or by air . |
2 | Carl Jacobson faces up to 10 years in prison for relaying bribery money to the US navy official responsible for awarding lucrative contracts to WedTech , a New York contractor , and United Chemcon , a Lancaster , Pennsylvania company associated with Mr Guerin 's International Signal and Control Corp . |
3 | ACTOR Gerard Depardieu 's son faces up to four years in jail if found guilty of drug pushing . |
4 | The project faces up to eight months of discussions between Boeing and its customers to finalise design details of the plane . |
5 | After a marathon seven-month trial , Noriega , 54 , the first foreign leader to be convicted in America , faces up to 120 years ' jail . |
6 | Jilted Griffin , who faces up to three years in jail , was arrested after tracking Lynn Oddo to a flat in California . |
7 | Anyone belonging to the UDA — Europe 's biggest paramilitary group with an estimated 2,000 members actively involved in terrorism — faces up to ten years in jail . |
8 | He 'd been hired by the man 's parents but still faces up to 20 years in gaol . |
9 | PM faces up to another shambles |
10 | MADRID — Howard Marks , the Briton accused by US police of being the ‘ Marco Polo ’ who led an international ring of hashish smugglers , yesterday took one step closer towards extradition to the US , where he faces up to 113 years in jail , Tim McGirk writes . |
11 | Police arrested him with 14 ounces of the drug in January and he now faces up to 25 years in jail . |
12 | If he is found guilty , he faces up to 12 years in jail and a $1 million fine . |