Sentence examples for confronts said from inspiring English sources

"He is one of the pioneers who has been through the wars and understands the issues the industry confronts," said Craig Barrett, chief executive of Intel, the largest semiconductor maker.

"There are still problems out there we have to confront," said State Senator Rodney Ellis, Democrat of Houston.

The executive, when confronted, said it never occurred to him that his actions were inappropriate.

"We know what we are confronting," said Gaby Arellano, a Venezuelan opposition deputy speaking Thursday in Cucuta.

"NOT just the methods" of Islamism must be confronted, said Tony Blair after the suicide-bombings in London in 2005, "but the ideas".

"Most of the Afghans present dropped their weapons when confronted," said the executive summary of the inquiry.

I think the government doesn't know what they are confronting," said Gonzalo Sariñana, 40, a university official from the northern city of Monterrey who was in Mexico City.

"What brings a place alive and what makes it so interesting are the people who live there and the problems they're confronting," said the tour coordinator, Laurie Adams.

"I would never recommend confronting," said Sterner, who has only taken that step once in the all the cases he has looked into.

"Zero tolerance has become a one-size-fits-all solution to all the problems that schools confront," said a report accompanying the resolution.

The nationwide impact of the fuel strike crystallised some of the problems Buhari will have to confront, said Rolake Akinkugbe, head of energy and natural resources at FBN Capital.