Example sentences of "would face [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In almost any other country , he would face yet another handicap — defending a left-of-centre programme in a world that dislikes too much socialism .
2 The London-based Swede , champion in 1988 and 1990 , launches his hat-trick bid against a qualifier and would face either another qualifier or Israeli claycourter Amos Mansdorf in the second round .
3 If they stayed in the war zone they would face almost certain death .
4 He said better-off council tenants living in better properties in desirable and expensive areas would pay higher rents , while tenants in poor properties in cheap areas would face only modest rent rises .
5 I understand that if a bookshop were not registered for VAT it would still be charged VAT by its suppliers but would not be able to reclaim either through Customs & Excise or by passing the charge on to its customers and therefore would face very heavy pressure on margins .
6 Large as they were , the merged firms would still be small in relation to European or world markets , and would face relatively elastic demand curves which gave little scope for raising price above marginal cost .
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