Example sentences of "[noun sg] now face " in BNC.

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1 The standard of play over the past few years has shown a considerable step-up and the cream of the local talent now face a daunting challenge in their bid to reclaim the title for ‘ home ’ keeping .
2 The monastery of Ferrières offers a good example of the sort of dilemma now faced both by individuals and by communities .
3 ENDANGERED species like the giant panda now face a new threat , global warming , according to a report published today .
4 The issue now facing the Party had become the defeat of global finance capital , and in that struggle the Party could choose to support the rights of national independence or of world proletarian unity , but not both .
5 The issue now facing policy makers is whether the tribunals are equated with the county courts and legal aid extended to them or whether structural changes are made which enable unrepresented litigants to have a fair chance to present their cases in a manner which gives them a fair chance of success .
6 The plan now faces a court hearing in Seattle before becoming law .
7 The 47-year-old consultant now faces being struck off the Medical Register for attempting to murder a terminally-ill patient .
8 The question now facing voters is which approach is likely to achieve the best balancing act .
9 ( Turns round , sees her machine now facing her bed again and in his view .
10 Members of the European Community now face punitive US tariffs on a hit-list of exported products worth £193.5m , although a 30-day interlude is expected before the sanctions take effect .
11 ‘ Doan speak English , n the mother said in the voice of a record , turning the child on her lap so that its back now faced me .
12 The regional council says that unless it gets guarantees about the money it wants to spend on a railway service now facing privatisation , it may have to switch the money to its own plans to upgrade Glasgow public transport .
13 The drug now faces its first serious contender in omeprazole , made by Astra , a Swedish firm .
14 Does the Minister accept that the islands economy now faces its worst crisis since the war ?
15 He closed his mind for a silent prayer , but his thoughts kept returning to the danger that he and the woman now faced .
16 Anyway , Unix now faces a much tougher fight for survival against Microsoft Corp — or are we imagining things ?
17 The sender now faces the receivers so that he can see their reactions and they are allowed to ask questions to which he will reply .
18 The government now faces a financing problem .
19 A newspaper that dared to carry articles critical of the Barisan now faces a ban in Sarawak .
20 As the habitat was reduced , many species of animals that were common before the war now became rare , and many , such as rhinos , tigers , gibbons , douc langurs , pheasants and the eastern sarus crane now face extinction .
21 Many businesses based on inland waters for yachting and other recreation now face an uncertain future as the water they depend on for their livelihood is likely to be closed during peak demand .
22 Either way , it represents the greatest environmental threat the world now faces .
23 Commenting on the appointment , Dean Witter Reynolds Inc analyst Jay Stevens told Dow Jones & Co that the automakers have been working to slash excess capacity and workers for years and that that is the situation now faced by IBM after its decades of success in the mainframe computer market have been undermined .
24 It is generally assumed that international forces have a great influence on the UK so that it is the international economy which determines the character of the crossroads now facing the UK .
25 The challenge now facing cost-conscious practices would seem to be how to structure their own in-house training at minimum cost and disruption , but without sacrificing quality .
26 Typically he relishes the challenge now facing him on his return to All Ireland League combat .
27 While the law has not yet been enforced , individuals offering counterfeit Indian objects for sale now face fines of $250,000 and prison terms for first offences .
28 Hodkinson now faces a mandatory challenge from tough American Kevin Kelley .
29 In modern times churches and theatres were the only buildings which were designed to cope with crowds , and they offered no real clues to the scale of the problem now facing station architects .
30 The country now faces a bitter debate , with anti-abortionists seeking to overthrow the dilution of the constitutional ban , which was forced on the government by the Supreme Court after a 14-year-old rape victim was initially prevented from leaving the country for an abortion .
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