"confront a set of" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to face or deal with a group or collection of things, often in a challenging or difficult way. Example: The team had to confront a set of obstacles during their journey to the top of the mountain.
Consequently, the state court did not "confront a set of facts that are materially indistinguishable from a decision of this court and nevertheless arrive at a result different from our precedent".
A clever tactician and astute man manager – how many other coaches have coaxed smiles out of Hatem Ben Arfa? – Pardew thoroughly deserved his manager of the year award but now the bar has been raised and he must confront a set of fresh challenges.
While a combination of optimized hepatocyte cultures (via sandwiched culture) and phenotypic screens (via automated image analysis) is a powerful advancement in the study of DILI, the technology has to confront a set of key questions that challenges all in vitro tests.
There he confronted a set of problems related to the deployment of packet switching technology in military radio and satellite communications.
First, a state court decision is "contrary to our clearly established precedent if the state court applies a rule that contradicts the governing law set forth in our cases" or "if the state court confronts a set of facts that are materially indistinguishable from a decision of this court and nevertheless arrives at a result different from our precedent".
The mining industry in Turkey confronts a set of conflicting goals.
Later in his career, Mr. Shepherd and Texas Instruments were forced to confront a powerful set of suppliers in Asia and falling profits on the consumer electronics products.
Mark Miller, chief executive of Cuadrilla – the shale gas company whose initial drilling near Blackpool was found to be "highly probably" responsible for two minor earthquakes last year – will confront a new set of opponents in the south-east's stockbroker belt.
Most crucial, it reminds us of the presence of the novelist, of an organizing intelligence creating these characters and plunging us into their lives in a thoroughly intimate fashion, only to insist a few pages later that we leave them behind and confront a different set of circumstances.
There is a growing consensus that whoever takes over will have to confront a difficult set of problems, including an economy tipping into recession, job losses on Wall Street, a lack of private financing because of the credit crisis, and sharply declining tax revenues.
So far LHC Group has prospered, though no doubt it will confront a new set of rules after the election.
