Example sentences of "faced with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe techniques of evaluation ( important though they are ) need not be sharp when faced with a strong weight of empirical and impressionist evidence of the failure of conservation efforts to halt the deteriorating environmental situation in substantial areas of the world . |
| 2 | The area is now faced with a regional conflict — deep and dangerous for those who live there and tragic for those who lose their lives . |
| 3 | The Greeks did not react — or rather did not go beyond the surface of Roman life — until they found themselves faced with a first-class power which had defeated the Greek armies of Pyrrhus on the open field . |
| 4 | Faced with a silenced pistol , pointed unwaveringly at his head , and not knowing that the girl could not have pulled the trigger against an innocent man , he acceded to her demand … |
| 5 | At a time when Europe is moving ever closer towards economic union we are faced with a stark choice of either improving our economic performance or watching the UK become a marginalised and minor economic player . |
| 6 | It will be observed that in those cases there was no statutory period after cessation of trade during which jurisdiction continued , and the court was therefore faced with a stark choice between saying that the jurisdiction ceased immediately active trade was suspended , or saying that it continued until the business had actually been wound up by payment of the debts . |
| 7 | During the construction of the Blisworth to Peterborough branch line of the old London & Birmingham Railway in 1845 , the engineer and surveyor of the route , one Robert Stephenson , being faced with a hilly terrain near to the villages of Yarwell and Wansford decided to tunnel through as a cutting was not practicable at that time . |
| 8 | Unfortunately it can be very dull when you are faced with a dry reference book that retails facts and information and talks at you , not with you . |
| 9 | Faced with a competing predator , BA raised its bid to a knockout £250 million and this won the day . |
| 10 | Faced with a persistent excess of expenditure over income , they may cut student numbers or they may increase income . |
| 11 | Japan , faced with a diplomatic assault on several fronts , responded with a resolution which shifted the onus of proof - drift-netting could be banned if scientific evidence clearly showed that the effects on fish stocks and cetaceans were ‘ not sustainable' ’ . |
| 12 | Their stance is typified by one young officer 's remark , when faced with a recalcitrant discharger , that ‘ all cases should be looked at as potential prosecutions ’ . |
| 13 | Having indirectly made Mrs Thatcher pay with her political life for refusing to sign up to their timetable of achieving EMU by 1992 , they are now blowing cold on the issue , as they are faced with a ballooning budget deficit of their own , and no longer need French and Community political support for reunification . |
| 14 | On polling day , the elector is faced with a small ballot slip on which are printed the names usually of only three or four candidates ( Six or more candidates standing in any one constituency would be unusual . ) |
| 15 | The people were commanded to assemble and were faced with a simple choice : ‘ Elijah stepped forward and said to the people , ‘ How long will you sit on the fence ? |
| 16 | Thomas Holmes thought that slum youth were faced with a simple choice , ‘ whether to become dull-eyed , weak-chested , slow-witted degenerates , or hooligans . |
| 17 | If you 're faced with a slippery floor problem , it is inexpensive these days to get exhibition contractors to supply some cheap carpeting and you may want to investigate this option . |
| 18 | He immediately recognised the immense potential for the story but was faced with a major problem : the press conference was arranged for 23 March and the next morning was Good Friday — his paper would not be published that day . |
| 19 | If this proves not to be the case and if , faced with a major unemployment crisis , Britain finds itself with no recourse , then it should not hesitate in seceding before it is too late . |
| 20 | Faced with a major risk to your health you become more assertive about your needs . |
| 21 | The new Committee for Art and Design was then faced with a major review of 127 first degree courses . |
| 22 | In these cases an internal control is required so if faced with a negative result , one can still be sure that the PCR conditions were perfect . |
| 23 | ‘ Whatever the precise degree of knowledge of the defendants at any particular time , faced with a laden ship which , as they well knew , was about to leave port , the defendants must in my judgment be deemed to have known of the almost certain existence of contracts of carriage to which the shipowners were parties . |
| 24 | Plain concrete blocks are not intended to be on show , and are used mainly for constructing retaining walls which will then be faced with a decorative skin . |
| 25 | Faced with a conservative president the liberals want to control the presidency , faced with a liberal presidency er conservative congress want to control the presidency . |
| 26 | Both systems were faced with a combinatorial explosion of partial solutions since the input data matched very many rules or partial descriptions . |
| 27 | Once in the polling booth , the voter is faced with a daunting array of candidates : given the number of offices to be filled and the number of people seeking to fill them , the number of names may be a three-figure one . |
| 28 | We were faced with a daunting barrier of head-high tussac grass with which the island is completely covered . |
| 29 | Faced with a virtual infinity of demand , your role is to seek new resources and ensure that those resources are spent to best effect . |
| 30 | The user is going to be faced with a substantial processing load . |