Example sentences of "with [art] fait " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You presented him with a fait accompli ? ’ |
| 2 | The workers decided to push ahead despite the reservations of West , Paisley and others and the politicians were presented with a fait accompli . |
| 3 | Golda Meir replied that ‘ if he was ready and willing to confront us and the world with a fait accompli [ i.e. annexation of Arab Palestine ] — the traditional friendship between us would continue and we would certainly find a common language in arranging matters of interest to both sides . ’ |
| 4 | How long before we are presented with a fait accompli for a fonetic fosforus and the continental decimal comma ? |
| 5 | And this is precisely what he has done , to present everyone else with a fait accompli . |
| 6 | The EP and LEA were now presented with a fait accompli . |
| 7 | It is very concerned about presenting the world with a fait accompli and meeting the fourth-quarter timeframe it has set . |
| 8 | The usurpation of 1483 happened so quickly that many of the duchy servants were presented with a fait accompli , whereupon as usual they backed the crown ( which now happened to be worn by their erstwhile chief steward ) . |
| 9 | By this stage it is possible — the idea is corroborated to some extent by Castro 's actions in December 1959 and January 1960 — see pages 72–3 — that he had already taken the decision to embark on a campaign to present the USSR with a fait accompli of ‘ socialist ’ reforms to enlist their total support . |
| 10 | I suppose I knew what your reaction would be , but thought in my arrogance that if I presented you with a fait accompli , the sale of the land , your money back , you 'd be so overwhelmed with gratitude that you 'd immediately fall into my arms . ’ |
| 11 | The only way to handle my witch is to present her with a fait accompli . |
| 12 | The creation of a genuine joint decision-making mechanism was a basic prerequisite for a politically acceptable agreement , to ensure that " neither side is presented with a fait accompli " . |
| 13 | Yeltsin presented Gorbachev with a fait accompli at the RSFSR Supreme Soviet , when on Aug. 23 he signed in front of him a decree suspending the activity of the Russian Communist Party ( RCP ) , " pending the investigation by juridical bodies of its involvement in all these events " . |
| 14 | The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria ( CITUB ) and the Podkrepa ( " Support " ) Labour Confederation walked out of talks with the government on April 14 , accusing it of presenting them with a fait accompli over price liberalization . |
| 15 | Don Juan refused , but later acquiesced when , in October , Franco presented him with a fait accompli by leaking news that Juan Carlos was to come to Spain to continue his schooling . |
| 16 | The usurpation of 1483 happened so quickly that many of the duchy servants were presented with a fait accompli , whereupon as usual they backed the crown ( which now happened to be worn by their erstwhile chief steward ) . |
| 17 | This is an attempt to prevent delays in the other enforcement procedures ( and advantage being taken of these delays ) resulting in the local authority being faced with a fait accompli . |
| 18 | You 're going to present the court with a fait accompli to try and persuade them to rule in your favour ! ’ |
| 19 | and what they wanted was the easiest ones and they came up with the answer economics Gerald simply , we Ge Gerry and I put our heads together and went bib bib bib bib bib , you know as good parents do and we both presented him with a fait accompli you either take an engineering degree , we do n't care what sort or you go out to work in a bank because economics you will not get a first because you are not reader and t to get a first in economics , which is what you 'll need if you 're gon na make any money out of it |