Example sentences of "are confronted with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In gender terms this means that it is ‘ precisely when most compelled to see yourself as a woman or as a man , [ that ] you are confronted with the mystery of the other [ sex ] who faces you from across an impassable moral divide ’ ( p. 306 ) . |
| 2 | This organ has received much attention from surgeons , who are confronted with the problems which arise when the prostate enlarges late in life and obstructs the urinary channel which passes through it . |
| 3 | At Christmas we are confronted with the face of a baby and it seems churlish to obstruct the tide of warmth and sentiment which flows out to descend on Bethlehem . |
| 4 | In everyday life there are countless occasions on which people are confronted with the need to make a decision which , in its resolution , should be motivated by a healthy conscience and thereby result in a kindly , productive or generous act . |
| 5 | But by bringing in such literary examples , we are confronted with the question of whether the notions of " truth value " and " reference " can be applied to the mock realities of fiction . |
| 6 | There are many people who come into English-language teaching without having passed through formal pedagogic processes , so that when they are confronted with the terminology of the subject , they may be at a disadvantage to those who have already been to teacher-training college or who have a university degree in linguistics . |
| 7 | In the case of the APT , we are confronted with the task of identifying the relevant factor structure , rather than the true market portfolio . |
| 8 | And that 's still something that comes again and again when men and women , when you and I are confronted with the claims of Jesus what about this ? |