Example sentences of "to face a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ARANYAPRATHET , Thailand ( UPI , AP ) — Heavy fighting continued in western Cambodia yesterday as the Vietnamese-backed government brought in reinforcements to face a drive by non-communist resistance forces , resistance officials and military sources said . |
| 2 | Mr Morton is certain to face a City grilling on the latest cost and traffic estimates when Eurotunnel presents its interim results next Monday . |
| 3 | Jens Soering , the West German awaiting extradition from the UK to face a murder trial in the US , is to challenge his continuing detention in a British prison at a High Court hearing this month . |
| 4 | Every time the car went round a corner you had to turn the whole radio round to face a different way That was the only way you could get half-decent reception . |
| 5 | Maggie was a very young woman , she thought that if she had to face a gang of young firemen she would be more comfortable in something smart . |
| 6 | Having never had to face a situation of wholesale redundancies in the past , ICI 's policies for dealing with them were out of date and inadequate . |
| 7 | But he will not be there today to face a Luton side who have Wegerle , Williams and Black available after injury . |
| 8 | Is it fair for a stockman or a shepherd to face a £2,000 ( $3,390 ) fine if he harms an adder to protect a child or a farm animal ? |
| 9 | Everyone is aware that the Chancellor has a difficult ordeal to face a few hours later and no one wants to make the occasion even worse . |
| 10 | She had hoped to guide the early conversation along vaguer , more social channels , not to have this immediate plunge into medical details , definite decisions , not to face a situation already cut and dried by her opponent . |
| 11 | She had to face a lot of questions about Labour 's plans to tax the better-off . |
| 12 | But with the coming of peace , I realised that I should have to face a new , strange , ‘ normal , world — alone . |
| 13 | Robyn turns to face a man who has just entered the shop : tall , heavily built , with bushy sideboards and moustache , a sheepskin coat open over his three-piece suit . |
| 14 | His only son was an infant , and his brother Phillip had to face a claim to the crown by Otto , son of Henry the Lion . |
| 15 | The adolescent is emerging from the small and comparatively cushioned world to which he has belonged and is having to face a great deal of pressure from many different relationships . |
| 16 | I came up to London last night by the last train because I had to face a Monday morning of solid Cabinet Committees . |
| 17 | Gallacher was on the verge of being deported and the team returned to England to face a full enquiry at the English FA Headquarters in Lancaster Gate . |
| 18 | They are forced to face a firing squad in the prison court-yard and predictably , one is sober and the other is steaming . |
| 19 | But the details of the incident have been lost in the mists of history and for most people all that remains is a fleeting memory of the dejected player arriving at Heathrow Airport to face a miserable future as one half of a very well worn footballing joke . |
| 20 | For some prey , it becomes a matter of safety in numbers , with musk oxen forming up in a defensive circle to face a pack of marauding wolves , like a wagon train defending itself against attacking Indians . |
| 21 | Just how much they obtain there from is known only to themselves , but this could well be a final act born of an inextinguishable instinctive knowledge that there is somewhere a source of power available to the individual whereby he can supplement his capacity to face a fading future , or any other of life 's unwelcome experiences , at least with less apprehension , if not with absolute serenity . |
| 22 | Rauschning returned to face a whole series of issues and policies he felt he could no longer support or accept and to find himself cited in an investigation of both Jewish and communist influence in the city . |
| 23 | It is one thing to face a situation alone , quite another to be able to share a burden or the excitement . |
| 24 | She may also have to face a serious reduction in income , which might necessitate the sale of her house and the loss of her settled way of life by a move to another neighbourhood and to a smaller home , or into yours if that is to be the arrangement you both decide upon . |
| 25 | That was five years ago , and he has n't been able to face a strawberry since ! |
| 26 | As a result , Alejandro , reluctant to face a rout , ducked out on Saturday morning complaining of an ancient back injury . |
| 27 | Glennon was a similar height and build to Edwards and in 1987 had to face a similar height problem when he came up against England 's Dave Cusani . |
| 28 | Unlike Arundel and the Howard family , his essential loyalty to the Tudor cause was never doubted but he remained a Catholic and had to face a compromise which lessened his personal authority . |
| 29 | An 18-year-old and a 16-year-old are due to appear in the same court to face a similar charge . |
| 30 | But without the support of the other big two , he is likely to face a humiliating rejection . |