Example sentences of "[adv] faced with the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Mr. Major professes on the one hand to stand for something he calls a ‘ classless society ’ and , on the other , whinges on behalf of the wealthy , purportedly faced with the unbearable prospect under Labour of parting with their other BMW , we can detect the unmistakable stench of humbug . |
| 2 | His marines , suddenly faced with the British paras , took up a defensive position in some abandoned trenches and under Gómez 's leadership fought very last ditch , full of courage . |
| 3 | Skipper John Best is nevertheless faced with the tough task of ensuring that his crew are the best for the job . |
| 4 | We are thus faced with the following problem : what organization in the early sea-urchin embryo ensures that the proportions of cells that form the skeleton , the gut , and the surface layers , will be the same in embryos whose cells can be quite extensively rearranged and whose size varies over a factor of eightfold ? |
| 5 | In recent years the introduction of high power graphics cards and GUI 's have meant that we are no longer faced with the plain vanilla text and a mouse is n't just a furry rodent , but still many applications are based around text , multi media will change all that , bringing 24-bit colour and digital quality sound to our PC 's . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , Miss Hardbroom , ’ said Mildred , now faced with the embarrassing task of prising the unfortunate cat from the broomstick and making her way miserably from the yard with the taunting stare of Ethel boring into her back . |
| 7 | Mildred was now faced with the impossible task of convincing someone that there was an elderly magician in the pond . |
| 8 | But we are often faced with the experienced need to make ‘ sense ’ of our lives and our feelings and goals , to relate confused fragments of ourselves into something that seems more coherent and of which we feel more in control . |