Example sentences of "to face [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They turned , to face outwards from the line . |
| 2 | If , furthermore , these flaps had muscles at their base they could be tilted to face squarely to the sun 's rays . |
| 3 | But when you have to face up to the fact that no one wants to know and people are more interested in the apprehension and sentencing of the offender , that for many people is even worse than the original crime . ’ |
| 4 | Follow our advice , and get your locks ready to face up to the rigours and trials of sun , sea water and chlorine |
| 5 | WAR CLOUDS OVER EUROPE read the banner headlines at the opening of Reed 's earlier film , Bank Holiday ( 1938 ) , a picture whose setting suggests escapism but whose narrative argues for the need to face up to the dark side of life in order to find meaningful happiness . |
| 6 | While directors like Ken Russell and Nic Roeg carried on along their own idiosyncratic paths , and many of the directors who had flourished in the 1960s packed their bags for the trip to LA , there were no indications that those left behind had begun to face up to the economic realities of British film production , or what would have to be done to patch up the damage done to the craft of filmmaking , more particularly screenwriting , during the dead times of the 1950s and into the 1960s . |
| 7 | They will not be led by preachers at their church to face up to the fact that there are four Gospels , that John is significantly different from the Synoptics , that the New Testament writers do not always speak with the same voice even on essential matters of faith . |
| 8 | This morning I would like to invite everyone to face up to the challenge of the resurrection . |
| 9 | We have pressed our European colleagues to face up to the need for change . |
| 10 | He accused them of failing to face up to the implications of the voters ' choice should this happen , and of preferring to hide from the truth . |
| 11 | Thus the soignee appearance of Cresson and other French women politicians blazes a torch and tells others that , while everyone is mortal and while women may have many cards stacked against them , it is possible to face up to the worst as well as the best . |
| 12 | Labour will set the pace in pressing for international action to safeguard the ozone layer , to combat acid rain , to tackle the problem of global warming , to face up to the environmental needs of the poorest people of the world . |
| 13 | Hardy firmly believed that it was his duty to face up to the unpleasant aspects of life , if by so doing he could show sympathy with his fellow man and , perhaps , after all , offer hope for improvement in the future . |
| 14 | The nearest she would get was that she wanted time , time to herself to think , to read , to find out how other people lived ; how they managed to live , how they managed to face up to the tragedies ; their scraping for a living ; and how they managed to cope with love . |
| 15 | Death : fear of dying , inability to face up to the idea of death or bereavement . |
| 16 | In particular you need to face up to the reality that you are likely to have fewer employment rights than a colleague based in the UK . |
| 17 | Would-be delinquents in Saltash during most of the Nineteenth century had to face up to the threat of a short , sharp punishment ; a visit to the ‘ Black Hole ’ under the escort of one of the ancient borough 's best known characters , ‘ Nandie ’ Keast . |
| 18 | But then it would have to face up to the fact that , by comparison with much of the rest of the world , it would grow steadily poorer with no chance of arresting that trend until well into the next century . |
| 19 | As water engineers have begun to face up to the problems of crumbling sewers , they have become concerned too , with the effect of holes in their other , parallel supply system , the water mains . |
| 20 | I have listened in vain to hear anyone , in any political party , who has been courageous enough to face up to the crisis in the social services . |
| 21 | I know how good you are at hiding away inside it when you do n't want to face up to the real world . |
| 22 | Local farmers , too , were forced to face up to the unpleasant fact that they could no longer compete with the Poles because of the low cost of Polish labour and the high Reich and Polish tariff barriers . |
| 23 | A : Well , I suppose I would — that would be the ideal situation , but I think you 've got to face up to the reality of the whole thing . |
| 24 | She needs to find someone or something to blame for the catastrophe that has overtaken her , so she looks for reasons , because she may not yet be ready to face up to the extremely anxiety-provoking fact that life itself is unpredictable and the world is an insecure place . |
| 25 | At present , suppliers still need to face up to the fact that different customers may have different EDI requirements . |
| 26 | Apart from the physical difficulties , he also had to face up to the mental stress of completing the task . |
| 27 | The Big Six and other large firms need to face up to the question of whether they want to be professionals or commercial profit-maximising organisations . |
| 28 | I suppose some people might have but I think I did n't really want to face up to the fact that he might have been that man on the beach . ’ |
| 29 | You 'll need plenty of courage to face up to the fact that trouble is about to strike and then to deter whoever is behind it . |
| 30 | Underlying this refusal to face up to the logic of resistance was not merely a residual pacifism , but , more importantly , an inability to accept that armaments in the hands of the Chamberlain government would make the world a safer place . |