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In the face of.
If people act in the face of something, they do it despite it or when threatened by it.
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Many current specific DSS have architectures, tools, models and operational characteristics that are either fixed or difficult to change in the face of changing management needs.
The BBC's director of news and current affairs James Harding issued a warning to staff that its current affairs coverage had to change in the face of declining audiences and the changing digital environment.
The whole of the BBC's current affairs output is up for grabs after the BBC's director of news and current affairs, James Harding, warned that its coverage had to change in the face of declining audiences and the changing digital environment.
Often away from the headlines, young people are driving positive change in the face of momentous and tragic events.
That could be about to change, in the face of increasing reports of sexual abuse of children by priests.
Gypsies and Travellers are no different, yet they are adapting to change in the face of prejudice not experienced by the working class.
So even if it wouldn't be asking much – a small behavioural change in the face of a severe problem – it can make us feel morally defensive".
Bore said the Library of Birmingham's debt repayments stood at £1m a month and the authority was undergoing profound change in the face of government funding cuts.
In an open letter it said a "tough-minded activist" investor was needed to drive change in the face of "stubborn and entrenched" management.
In New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Los Angeles, officials are seeking large-scale change in the face of louder and louder calls for charter schools and vouchers.
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In 1995, the government abandoned other pension changes in the face of fierce protest.
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