Example sentences of "[to-vb] up to [art] fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't like to own up to the fact that she now stood a little in awe of him , and she had never felt like that with either Mr Martin or his father before him because , in their own ways , they had both been free and easy . |
| 2 | I 'm afraid you 'll have to wake up to the fact that that kind of man from that kind of a family would n't know the meaning of love . ’ |
| 3 | All we need to do now , we are told , is to wake up to the fact that we are God . |
| 4 | The City was beginning to wake up to the fact that the Labour movement , all told , had a great deal of money at its disposal — especially in the pension funds of Labour-controlled local authorities . |
| 5 | It took us both some time to wake up to the fact that the world did n't owe us a living . ’ |
| 6 | But when you have to face up to the fact that no one wants to know and people are more interested in the apprehension and sentencing of the offender , that for many people is even worse than the original crime . ’ |
| 7 | They will not be led by preachers at their church to face up to the fact that there are four Gospels , that John is significantly different from the Synoptics , that the New Testament writers do not always speak with the same voice even on essential matters of faith . |
| 8 | But then it would have to face up to the fact that , by comparison with much of the rest of the world , it would grow steadily poorer with no chance of arresting that trend until well into the next century . |
| 9 | At present , suppliers still need to face up to the fact that different customers may have different EDI requirements . |
| 10 | I suppose some people might have but I think I did n't really want to face up to the fact that he might have been that man on the beach . ’ |
| 11 | You 'll need plenty of courage to face up to the fact that trouble is about to strike and then to deter whoever is behind it . |
| 12 | Taylor said : ‘ We have to face up to the fact that we 're falling behind other countries who do things regarding fitness as a matter of course . ’ |
| 13 | The Queen for her own part will have to face up to the fact that , however perfect her public role , she has dismally failed in private to give her children the guidance they needed for stable marriages . |
| 14 | The effort to face up to the fact and its consequences demanded all the will-power I could muster , and left me in a mental turmoil . |
| 15 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 16 | The thing to do , Bob , is to face up to the fact right from the beginning that it 's going to be something Victorian or Edwardian , and that it 's going to be in some slightly less fashionable postal district . ’ |
| 17 | I think we have to face up to the fact in the Labour party that quotas , that positive discrimination are essentially clumsy . |
| 18 | She had to face up to the fact that her father meant business , and that once more Ace was going to be put into an impossible position because of her . |
| 19 | ‘ No , I 'm afraid I ca n't — and I 'm also afraid that you might have to face up to the fact that Silas has n't got private talks in mind , ’ Lucy pointed out gently . |
| 20 | She 'll just have to face up to the fact that he 's guilty , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 21 | Not have to face up to the fact that he was a dynamic , intelligent , charming man with a gift for finance and the raw exercise of power . |