Example sentences of "face up to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gayle , sent off during Birmingham 's Anglo-Italian Cup clash with Lucchese on Wednesday , has called on the players to toughen up as they face up to a New Year relegation battle . |
| 2 | If we are to consider effective follow-up of the family concerned as an equally desirable function for the church to perform , then we very quickly face up to a major logistical exercise . |
| 3 | As police track a small boy 's killers , locals face up to a lurking danger |
| 4 | The show continued until Christmas by which time Mr Smith and Doris realized they were facing up to a new way of life that would challenge them even more than the lean and difficult times of the thirties . |
| 5 | There again is the brave Boris Nikolayevich facing up to a murderous convict who has been given work on a building site and is threatening foreman Yeltsin with an axe ; sheer strength of will sends the man packing and the construction team gets the work done on time . |
| 6 | ‘ That accident could have happened to anyone — male or female , ’ Sophie said , ‘ and all vets have to face up to a certain amount of danger . ’ |
| 7 | If the hon. Gentleman wants a level playing field between Scotland and England , he will have to face up to a substantial drop in spending by central Government in Scotland . |
| 8 | She kept trying to tell herself that his was just another face in a long line of faces , but the nearness of him was agonising , and she was forced to face up to a bitter realisation . |