Example sentences of "face up to [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Librarians in the USA faced up to the problems rather earlier , and there is some literature offering guidance from the late 1970s . |
| 2 | Face up to the fats |
| 3 | They must face up to the limitations of the Western model — though the baby of Western expertise should not be thrown out with the bathwater of its failings . |
| 4 | Children and adults come to learn and face up to the facts of caring and sharing on the principal that we can not survive alone on Earth — we must share it with all the other animals and plants . |
| 5 | It appears that rather than allowing us to enter a realm of meditation and escapism so associated with abstraction these paintings are determined to make us face up to the ambiguities in our readings of the visual world . |
| 6 | It is anticipated that , as regards the current emergency , personnel will face up to the issues involved and exercise appropriately the functions allocated to their respective age groups . |
| 7 | To film arctic foxes facing up to the rigours of approaching winter . |
| 8 | Other commentators , such as Barnett ( 1986 ) , place a greater emphasis on the interweaving influence of economic decline and political ineptitude that , even in the 1930s , prevented governments from facing up to the constraints imposed by the vested interests of major corporations and trade unions . |
| 9 | You can imagine the trauma of facing up to the realities of our competition . |
| 10 | Despite what Dane had said about facing up to the ghosts in her past and laying them to rest , it seemed she was still to be haunted by them . |
| 11 | Facing up to the alternatives |
| 12 | As with any situation , facing up to the facts , confronting and questioning your fears can help . |
| 13 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 14 | But he would not countenance a " Party within a Party , " and the NAC had to face up to the consequences of maintaining a separate party in Parliament . |
| 15 | As water engineers have begun to face up to the problems of crumbling sewers , they have become concerned too , with the effect of holes in their other , parallel supply system , the water mains . |
| 16 | I then become rather more hesitant , when I have to face up to the problems particularly of er , women looking after elderly parents , because the burden does seem to fall , as you would know , on the women . |
| 17 | Follow our advice , and get your locks ready to face up to the rigours and trials of sun , sea water and chlorine |
| 18 | The nearest she would get was that she wanted time , time to herself to think , to read , to find out how other people lived ; how they managed to live , how they managed to face up to the tragedies ; their scraping for a living ; and how they managed to cope with love . |
| 19 | The report also emphasises the need for the UN to face up to the responsibilities of peace enforcement when peaceful diplomacy , economic sanctions and all other measures have failed . |
| 20 | Have n't these candidates got the guts to face up to the voters who elect them to Parliament and spare us a few minutes of their time . |
| 21 | ‘ By saying that the documentary needed to face up to the frauds , if only to distinguish them from sincere practitioners . ’ |
| 22 | He accused them of failing to face up to the implications of the voters ' choice should this happen , and of preferring to hide from the truth . |