Example sentences of "[be] bring face to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had never been brought face to face with her great-uncle , and never devoted any conscious thought to him . |
| 2 | By January 1946 de Gaulle had been brought face to face with the reality that a basic incompatibility of outlook and temperament existed between himself and the members of the assembly . |
| 3 | We are brought face to face with the question , ‘ What is the purpose of human life itself ? ’ |
| 4 | Offenders are brought face to face with people who 've lost loved ones in drink-driving accidents . |
| 5 | In this context the first reactions of Europeans to the reality of the native inhabitants of the Americas is of particular interest , for here , in a very explicit sense , experience and fantasy were brought face to face . |
| 6 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
| 7 | ‘ Sometimes one is brought face to face with facts which can not be buried . |
| 8 | While travelling on the mainland of South America , Darwin was brought face to face with the conflict that was under way between the European settlers and the native Indians . |