Example sentences of "face the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A face the fairies would be proud to call their own . |
| 2 | The conflicts that face the CAB adviser are unusual among the caring professionals . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm just thankful that the baby was asleep because if she had moved her face the knife would have cut her . ’ |
| 4 | NOW THAT ‘ well apparelled April ’ has trodden on the limping heel of winter those of us who , last autumn , joined the ranks of retired cricketers face the obscurity attendant upon our decision . |
| 5 | I would get up in the morning , step out of my caravan , face the ocean and do my exercises , followed by my ritual routine . |
| 6 | ‘ Or face the wrath of the gods . ’ |
| 7 | Only the incurably honest would say no , and face the row that followed . |
| 8 | As you face the station , he lived that side you see and er there , the room where they used to entertain their friends was just the other side of the wall the booking office , you see , and er he was such a kind man , his name was Mr |
| 9 | And , and draw it , and stand up and think how you 're going to do it , and maybe you sort of , you know , sit here or something , when I 've gone and face the window and say , that 's North , and I must make sure I get it set up , get this the right way up and , |
| 10 | Building societies face the threat of a further slowdown in their mortgage sales as pressure intensifies for an increase in base rates , and therefore mortgage rates . |
| 11 | These brave men and women face the threat of terrorism every day of the year . |
| 12 | They themselves face the threat of social unrest over the coming factory closures . |
| 13 | HUNDREDS of teachers in State and independent schools face the threat of redundancy as a consequence of funding changes in schools and the impact of the recession , a classroom union leader said yesterday . |
| 14 | It was applied against the discriminatory laws of the Transvaal Government , one of which required Indians to procure a certificate of registration from the Registrar of Asiatics or else face the threat of deportation . |
| 15 | It is said to function through the mechanism of the take-over bid so as to allocate the assets of companies to those managers who can put them to their best use , thereby disciplining managers to maximize profits or face the threat of a take-over bid ousting them from their jobs . |
| 16 | But this is exactly the sort of attitude that has forced RAF pilots to take on the most terrifying assignments and attack runways and hardened aircraft shelters ( built with British expertise ) , to be fired on by Soviet missiles or Soviet antiaircraft guns , or face the threat of German-developed chemical warfare or French Exocet missiles . |
| 17 | Whalers face the threat of government reprisals should they start a commercial hunt which has been banned since 1985 . |
| 18 | SHIPPING services in Orkney face the threat of disruption as crews of the Orkney Islands Shipping Company vote on whether to take strike action . |
| 19 | and face the night , the back clicked off — darkness , diamonds , a sense of hurry stopped . |
| 20 | Or do you have the courage to show your weaknesses and face the possibility of rejection ? |
| 21 | As has already been mentioned , insider traders also face the possibility of conviction under the US mail and wire fraud statutes in so far as they participate in a ‘ scheme … to defraud ’ ( ie breach of s.10b and Rule 10b-5 ) where use has been made of the postal system or telephonic communication . |
| 22 | Over the past six months or so you appear to have taken a leaf out of the Aquarian book and aired your grievances in such a manner that you now face the possibility of a complete break from the past , which in turn would alter so much you have built up and established over the years . |
| 23 | Talking to women who have been there , or face the possibility of being sent there , you find that the fear of being put in the specials is far greater than the fear of imprisonment . |
| 24 | Last October , Glasgow High-Kelvinside administered a 56-13 thrashing to Heriot 's in a Division I match , yet such has been the turnround in both clubs ' fortunes since then , when the clubs meet in a friendly at Goldenacre tomorrow it 's GH-K , who still face the possibility of relegation , while Heriot 's have accelerated into mid-table . |
| 25 | Yes , but then er you face the possibility that er because your , your , if you like , your normal yield has risen |
| 26 | There will be no rise in the weights if either Cool Ground or The Fellow face the starter , putting several fancied horses out of the handicap . |
| 27 | Doug Ferguson , the County Durham-born former national cricket coach for the North of England , is to coach Bermuda when they face the England A team in a forthcoming tour of the Caribbean . |
| 28 | They now face the stigma and tragedy of being homeless . |
| 29 | AS the shouting , mud-slinging and patriotic appeals die away , Americans face the crunch the moment when they have to decide who is to be their next President . |
| 30 | After the English cricket and soccer debacles of the past week , Hastings ' side hope to make up for the misery by catching the All Blacks cold New Zealand have not played a Test for 10 months and face the Lions with a new team . |