Example sentences of "in the face of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We look for a hand to hold , a shoulder to weep on , another body to cling to — anything that will reassure us that we are not alone , abandoned and helpless in the face of forces we do not understand . |
| 2 | Despite the " Boy Wonder " tag , he countered the quite genuine complaints that with the elementary aids available — basically just a compass and air speed indicator — it was virtually impossible to find a German target in the face of spoofs/dummies and the mounting numbers of fighters , as well as flak and searchlights . |
| 3 | In the face of changes in patterns of demand , output and competition in the mid- to late twentieth century these industries have experienced something of a decline . |
| 4 | The scheme operates alongside many others designed to assist in the improvement of the rural economy , particularly in the face of changes in agriculture . |
| 5 | But behind the expressed reasons for antagonism or inertia in the face of proposals for harmonization lies a more fundamental consideration . |
| 6 | The research will also examine areas where there was a refusal to abandon sole national control over policy in the face of proposals to do so . |
| 7 | The North American economist , John Kenneth Galbraith , took a distinctly positive view , claiming that the crisis had shown both the revival of industrial technology and the reimposition of civic discipline as demonstrated by the pay pause , in the face of difficulties which might have led feebler nations to buckle under , or even lapse into military or other dictatorships . |
| 8 | All this was achieved in the face of difficulties which deterred men with less gusto than Thomas and John Mason . |
| 9 | But it was a step into the unknown that caused Telford considerable anxiety despite his reputation for unruffled calmness in the face of difficulties . |
| 10 | At the bottom end of the educational scale I remember so very clearly the instances — and there were far too many of them for my peace of mind — where the school had virtually given up in the face of difficulties . |
| 11 | I was being utterly foolish ; my duty was to stay on , do A-levels , and go on to Oxford or Cambridge ( which took an extra term ) ; the local grammar school was not good enough to fulfil this latter purpose and if I went there , I would only be throwing my education away ; and , besides , did I not realise that , in the face of difficulties , one should never give up , but struggle on and thus establish a superior strength of character ? |
| 12 | It is when we make an attempt to clarify it that the confidence begins to desert us in the face of difficulties . |
| 13 | To retain enthusiasm in the face of difficulties , we must receive respect for our tears and complaints in childhood and be helped to renew hope when facing difficulties . |
| 14 | You shake a sheaf of poems in the face of killers ; you do paintings with Uncle Sam as an anaconda ; and writers talk of five centuries of resistance to oppressors who may change-colonists , missionaries , generals , coke bosses-but whose victims remain the same . |
| 15 | In consequence the wealth of research contained in the bibliographies I have mentioned often fails to follow through the deep structures of police culture or establish the ways in which the culture is self-sustaining even in the face of calls for social change . |
| 16 | It enabled them to hold their own in the face of calls from male experts for a greater professionalization of the field . |
| 17 | The teachers appear to operate a very rigid model of the dual labour market and seem to make no effort to encourage their girl pupils to struggle against it ; on the contrary , they take positive steps to encourage passivity in the face of obstacles . |
| 18 | AT&T Co says it is confident of winning at least $30m in orders for digital switching equipment from South Korea next month , after the government promised to give US firms a fair shot at its telecommunications market in the face of threats of retaliation by the US . |
| 19 | Another serious defect in the previous law , pinpointed by the Law Commission , was that when the section was read literally , liability was seen to turn on the question whether the victim was likely to respond in a way that constituted a breach of the peace in the face of threats , abuses and insults . |
| 20 | Sultan Orhan , for example , is reported to have asked Taceddin Kurdi for a fetva on the legality of breaking an agreement over booty made with one of his commanders , while Murad I is shown just alter his accession consulting the ulema on the question of whether , in the face of threats from the Anatolian rulers , troops collected for the purpose of the against the unbelievers in Rumeli might be used to meet the threat in Anadolu first and the consequently delayed . |
| 21 | He ordered the interior ministry to defend the media physically in the face of threats by Communist hardliners in the Congress of People 's Deputies that they would themselves seize control of the press and broadcasting organisations ahead of Mr Yeltsin 's planned referendum on his authority on 25 April . |
| 22 | The Burmese government has warned that it may place a ban on all exports of logs to Thailand , in the face of reports that some traders are exporting logs illegally . |
| 23 | A white parent of a child attending a Wakefield school where one-third of the pupils come from Asian families has asked the Secretary of State to declare the school to be in default of its duty by continuing to offer a multi-faith assembly , in the face of claims by the LEA that the arrangements for collective worship had been carefully designed to comply with the law . |
| 24 | The Japanese have advanced in the face of claims by many observers that they are poor at developing software — the instructions that make computers operate . |
| 25 | Called on the initiative of the ruling DEMOS coalition and approved almost unanimously by the republican Assembly on Dec. 6 , the referendum had gone ahead in the face of claims by the federal authorities that it was unconstitutional , and despite threats of economic sanctions . |
| 26 | It merits a vigorous defence in the face of developments such as the 1981 Criminal Justice Act , which threatened to encroach on its humane vision with the clamour of the law and order lobby . |
| 27 | Its defenders have certainly been reluctant to give it up in the face of criticisms , for fear that ‘ without it , the macro-economists would be adrift in a sea of unorganized data ’ ( Samuelson and Nordhaus 1985 ) . |
| 28 | This was a lengthy business , and from December 1103 to April 1105 he contented himself with justifying his exile in the face of criticisms from his English friends . |
| 29 | The police , accused of inaction in the face of warnings of a possible attack , stated that an offer of police protection for the mourners was refused by the ANC . |
| 30 | Freedom retreats in the face of laws that are constantly emerging , evolving , and accumulating — but very rarely disappearing . |