Example sentences of "when confront with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cadres had not escaped from the precept that even when confronted with error , ignorance , stupidity , a person should treat elders and guests with respect and politeness . |
| 2 | ‘ IT 'S always me , is n't it ? ’ was the cry of innocence from Ian Wright when confronted with TV evidence of his punch at David Howells . |
| 3 | One 's only logically appropriate stand when confronted with incomprehensibility is a demand for clarification ; belief , even with the best of good will , must wait upon the provision of a content to believe . |
| 4 | Why , for example , do we go on eating so much , in spite of our evident discomfort when confronted with intimations of the suffering involved for the creatures consumed ? |
| 5 | They land head downwards in America , upwards in the Old World ( it would be interesting to know the behaviour of bats in America when confronted with P. globosa , long ago introduced from Africa ) . |
| 6 | Besides laughing with a comforting or gratifying sense of superiority when confronted with pictures of the incompetence of figures who the readers may recognize as representing their fellow men , the readers may also be regarded , she suggests , as laughing at common humankind and thus also ( unconsciously ) at themselves . |
| 7 | When confronted with Plymouth Brethren or other sects at the door , my major defence ploy was to claim that I lived in a ‘ Quaker house ’ . |
| 8 | In addition , the borrower 's response to the arrears situation , the steps taken when confronted with arrears , and the nature of the interaction with the building society will be considered . |