Example sentences of "to [be] faced with [art] " in BNC.

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1 Now it would seem that they are not only to be denied an increase , but also to be faced with a reduction .
2 The user is going to be faced with a substantial processing load .
3 It can be so annoying , when using a colleagues computer , to be faced with a mishmash of open windows obscuring program icons and other boxes .
4 Nevertheless , we continue to be faced with a large empire whose structure is creaking and whose nationalities , after decades of Soviet subjugation and , in some cases , centuries of Russian imperialism , are seeking independence .
5 ‘ Over the next two years , these same people are to be faced with a rise of 25pc for domestic fuel — VAT at 17.5pc plus 3pc or 4pc price rises each year — then obviously there must be a significant increase in pensions and benefits in order for them to be able to pay . ’
6 At some point in the second half of next year , and perhaps even earlier if President Mitterrand decides to bring forward the abolition of French controls , the Government is going to be faced with an inescapable decision .
7 It 's a problem that we had to face , and we had to take it , because otherwise we were going to be faced with an enormous bill , erm for ourselves , because it was down to us .
8 Does the Minister think that it is satisfactory for the people of Teesside to be faced with an application for a power station , another for a gas plant for the power station , and a separate application for the overhead line ?
9 It seemed like a thousand years had lapsed since ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ and how refreshing it was , how exciting to place the record clumsily on the turntable for the first time to be faced with the full frontal body blow that is the title track .
10 As a consequence , they are likely to be faced with the necessity of balancing priorities — within the various demands being made upon them by the inchoate changes which characterize the present assessment climate .
11 Those authorities continued to be faced with the same issues of escalating costs and deteriorating quality of service within the institutions .
12 But to be faced with the short-term threat of redundancy at the hands of private contractors brought in by the health authority would mean that they might feel subject to a considerable degree of provocation .
13 At last it was all over , and burdened with farewell gifts , Cassie left school on the final day to be faced with the prospect of the long summer holiday .
14 Eviction , harassment , bills for disrepair : the words are well known , but no-one wants to be faced with the reality .
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