Example sentences of "to [art] face " in BNC.

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1 Much of this is due to the face that , following the recent Monopolies and Mergers Commission report on pub ownership , many breweries are actually moving out of brewing itself and concentrating instead on pub management — an area where they believe they stand to make the greatest profits .
2 Some referees appear to see only one half of a pair of techniques and , while reverse punches are seldom missed , snap punches to the face often are .
3 Compare this with the rather more obvious open-hand attack to the face .
4 Similarly , roundhouse kicks to the face may land with a slightly heavier impact because they are inherently more difficult to control and yet are to be encouraged .
5 Referees seem incapable of deciding whether a fast , controlled snap punch to the face has scored or not , and they generally disallow them .
6 Only the lightest contact is allowed to the face
7 Fast jabs to the face are ideal for this purpose , because if they look effective they cause the opponent to throw back his head .
8 The first punch may be to the face , so attention is focused there .
9 What nonsense — they are relative to the face side/edge , or the reference plane as the author calls it .
10 The national brewers , whose attitude to staff and tenants would bring a blush to the face of the average Victorian mill owner , object to new legislation that would deprive them of the right to evict tenants and their families at a moment 's notice .
11 Street Scene is the climax of this quest , an opera that speaks with the accents of Broadway , but which holds up a typically critical and compassionate mirror to the face of his adopted city .
12 This is alright but it does tend to bunch up a lot when it 's pulled in close to the face .
13 With true Mediterranean emotion the hands move to the face to emphasise tragedy .
14 When Professor Aldini applied galvanism to the face of a felon who had just been cut down from the gallows ,
15 TEN PEOPLE WHO OWE IT ALL TO THE FACE ( All right then , ten we helped along the way )
16 A talented photographer who contributed regularly to THE FACE , his work can be seen at the National Portrait Gallery , London , from Nov 8-Jan 20 .
17 It held a pillow to the face of every other kind of music . ’
18 There 's a lot of sheer face to The Face .
19 There , sure enough , I found the recipe for dissolving phosphorus in olive oil and applying it to the face for a ‘ ghost ’ .
20 The word person or ‘ persona ’ refers to the face each one of us puts on the world .
21 For it is to this that another reacts and it is to the face of another that I speak .
22 The beards come in a range of attractive colours ; pink to match your top , green , surfing blue , day-glo yellow and natural brown for those who desire a more rugged countenance , and once strapped on to the face with its Gortex-coated elastic strap , the beard provides the wearer with complete all-round chin exposure protection .
23 Just to know that he was there could bring a smile to the face and to know now that he was n't brought an ineffable sadness to them all .
24 Although inspired by Gattefossé , she developed a special massage technique of applying essential oils along the nerve centres of the spine as well as to the face .
25 How to use : Apply a thin layer to the face and neck and leave on for 10–15 minutes .
26 Caring for your skin needs to go deeper than superficial ‘ beauty care ’ confined to the face .
27 A weekly face-pack , or mask as they are often called , can be applied to the face and neck after ordinary cleansing , or better still , after an aromatic bath or facial steam while the skin is still moist and warm and therefore , more receptive to whatever you put on it .
28 From my own experience , essences used in baths and general massage will help the complexion whether or not they are applied directly to the face .
29 Flushes to the face
30 Flushes to the face .
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