Example sentences of "[be] a fait " in BNC.
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| 1 | The BMC 's management committee , faced with what appears to be a fait accompli , must now decide what action , if any , can be taken . |
| 2 | Since Lewis was to go on to become a faithful and devoted Christian , he writes rather as if the ‘ conversion ’ were a fait accompli , after which nothing could be the same . |
| 3 | He was apparently told in June that there was nothing to report , and in September , he was told that the proposals were a fait accompli . |
| 4 | This time it 's a fait accompli — a bloody great sting to make your eyes water . |
| 5 | Can we in the alternative put our case if that is a fait accompli then there must be something for the local communities to be derived from this and therefore we went for protection under one O six agreement as Stewart quite rightly refers to and we also went for the dedication of large areas of the resultant heap for landscaping and for public open space . |
| 6 | Marrying me is a fait accompli ! |
| 7 | Councillors say while it appears the situation is a fait accompli , they feel they should take every opportunity to save the home . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's likely that its closure is a fait accompli but it would be imprudent not to try all avenues in a bid to keep it open . ’ |
| 9 | That was a fait accompli , no longer worth discussing . |
| 10 | Maria hesitated , self-consciously aware of the stupidity of resistance now when their relationship was a fait accompli and irreversible , but disturbed by the way he was regarding her . |
| 11 | It was not ideal but it was a fait accompli and one was fated to comply with it . |