Example sentences of "[prep] face to face " in BNC.

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1 To an extent , the questionnaire approach can be sterile and impersonal , but questions are only included after a good deal of face to face discussion .
2 The central sphere for the operation of the passions is the reality of face to face relationships .
3 I want a bit of face to face something more interesting this is er getting a little bit tedious .
4 Most businesses will place , or take , orders by telephone , or as a result of face to face dealing , for instance as a result of a representative 's visit or , less formally , at a trade fair or over a business lunch .
5 Er we sell the whole concept on the phone er but we also have the luxury of face to face .
6 But it is usually the mark of a serious and deep-seated friendship that differences can be discussed and dealt with face to face .
7 Last year ACET educators saw 24,500 pupils in face to face presentations .
8 Assessments of individuals along any of these scales is an element of the shared local knowledge which develops out of living in face to face ( or often back to back ) communities .
9 When this happens in reciprocal discourse , in face to face conversation , where the discourse develops by the exchange of speaker role , then the situation can be remedied ( given the impulse to co-operate and to accommodate the reality of the interlocutor 's world ) by an overtly interactive negotiation whereby intention and interpretation are brought into an approximate convergence as required by the purpose of the interaction .
10 The Halifax Building Society uses IV to help its staff develop interpersonal skills in face to face and telephone interviews .
11 This was attributed mainly to the need to liaise with a large number of external agencies and bodies either by telephone or in face to face meetings .
12 At the turn of the twentieth century , this ‘ majority rule ’ , as it was known , held sway in the US ; thus denying a shareholder the right to sue a director who used inside information in face to face transactions .
13 Speech is normally used in face to face interaction whereas writing is used across barriers of space and time .
14 In the absence of strong evidence to the contrary , the law presumes that in face to face agreements the seller is prepared to deal with the person in front of him — whoever that may be .
15 But Eisenhower and Dulles continued to work on the assumption that they could buy time with diplomacy , and with this object in view — especially in face to face meetings with the British — they were reluctant to lean too heavily on their ally .
16 Purchasing inhibitions are more quickly overcome and buyers declare their purchasing interest sooner than in face to face selling/ buying situations .
17 Round the semi-circle of chairs quick looks flicked from face to face .
18 Abruptly the laird smiled , looking from face to face along the front row , and said , ‘ Well , well — it is a fine morning for it .
19 Even Oz was quiet , his eyes flickering from face to face .
20 Joe tapped his fingertips together and looked from face to face .
21 Laughter jumped from face to face .
22 He sat there , looking from face to face expectantly .
23 The boy 's eyes went from face to face .
24 He looked from face to face , but no one said anything .
25 You know how I feel , he thought , looking from face to face .
26 He looked from face to face , aware that the past three years had brought great changes in his thinking .
27 DeVore looked from face to face , gauging their response , coming to Weis last of all .
28 She looked from face to face in the darkness , faces that seemed to belong to hideous inquisitors , with the torch beams casting harsh angular shadows from below into their upturned faces .
29 The questions of theory and of hypothesis seemed wrong now , and looking from face to face , he wondered how much good the answers would do him .
30 He looked from face to face , questioning and wondering .
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