Example sentences of "facing [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Retiro , facing on to the Plaza Britannica , there were no fewer than three great head-type stations . |
| 2 | A footnote to Miss Godden 's article states that , of the bomb-destroyed Garden Room , only the wall facing on to the street has been rebuilt . |
| 3 | So that the pageant should not be seen by any outsider and news spread of where the Miracle-Worker had gone to earth , they rolled the various carts into two barns facing on to the street . |
| 4 | The number of steps to the ladder and number of trials for each step is negotiable , but the general principle of graded systematic exposure , facing up to the difficulty and learning to cope with it , holds for each of these cases . |
| 5 | This may include avoiding facing up to the boss at work , avoiding going to a party or social occasion , and man- ; other situations . |
| 6 | FACING UP TO THE PROBLEM OF WHERE OLD COMPUTERS GO WHEN THEY DIE |
| 7 | She knew that there was one compelling reason why Vitor d'Arcos should visit Praia do Carvoeiro and yet , instead of facing up to the possibility and planning a strategy , she had denied it . |
| 8 | Part 1 — Facing up to the information age |
| 9 | And with every new subscription received by first post on Friday 7th April we guarantee 5 free entries in the Communist Party 's 1989 Grand Draw " Facing Up To The Future " . |
| 10 | FACING UP TO THE ENERGY CRISIS |
| 11 | She squared her shoulders and , facing up to the challenge of those uninhibited Spandex-covered thighs , waved vigorously . |
| 12 | If you look up to the university lecturer or down on the cleaner , either way you 're not facing up to the truth about us all . |
| 13 | In her paradoxical way , the anorexic is facing up to the truth implicit in her own convictions . |
| 14 | If we had more courage at Goodison in facing up to the truth unpalatable though it may be things might begin to improve . |
| 15 | Mr Smith believes it lies in treating the educated public as reasonable people and facing up to the fact that their expectations do need satisfying . |
| 16 | ‘ We are only now facing up to the fact that people with learning difficulties are vulnerable to abuse . |
| 17 | The gallery 's present director , Nicholas Serota , is facing up to the fact that today , excluding the Turners , only one-fifth of the collections can be on display at any time . |
| 18 | The answer seems to lie in facing up to the fact that one particular cycle or era has finally come to a close and therefore both personally and professionally it would be wiser to channel your energies into something new . |
| 19 | This is not just climbing on to a fashionable band-wagon , it is facing up to the fact that for the first time in the history of our science we are approaching a general theory of the earth . |
| 20 | The worst part lay in facing up to the fact that some of the things he 'd said were true , much as she might try to deny it . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's what kept me awake last night — facing up to the fact that my behaviour , anyway as far as you were concerned , was as devious and manipulative as anything that William Ash could come up with . |