Sentence examples for expected to face off from inspiring English sources

Republic Airways and Southwest Airlines are expected to face off in an auction for Frontier Airlines (Tuesday).

Roy Halladay, the ace of the Phillies, is expected to face off against Chris Carpenter, his friend and counterpart on the Cardinals.

Quality Road and Blame are talented older horses and are expected to face off in the $750,000 Whitney Handicap on Aug. 7 at Saratoga.

The two sides are expected to face off in Illinois' Fifth District Court of Appeals in Mount Vernon, near St . Louis in the fall.

If Mr. Lew is confirmed in time, his first test as Treasury secretary could come as soon as next month, when the administration and Congressional Republicans are expected to face off over increasing the nation's debt ceiling, which is the legal limit on the amount that the government can borrow.

The 27-year-old stunned the world when he ended Klitschko's near-11-year reign as heavyweight world champion with a unanimous points victory in Dusseldorf, although the two are expected to face off again in a rematch after a clause was inserted into the fight contracts that allowed the Ukrainian an immediate chances to get his belts back.

They are now expected to face a run-off vote on 28 May.

The 27-year-old was expected to face a lengthy spell on the sidelines after he went off in the first half of the play-off defeat by Swindon last Thursday.

Mr Rafsanjani, a pragmatic conservative who had restyled himself as a cautious reformer, had been expected to face an out-and-out moderniser in the run-off.

Street Sense, who is coming off a win in the Jim Dandy, is expected to face C P West, Sightseeing, Tiz Wonderful and Loose Leaf.

Mr. Putin is expected to face painful and unpopular decisions over the coming years as oil production levels off and the rise in Russians' standard of living slows.