Sentence examples for face firm from inspiring English sources

Guardiola is likely to face firm competition from Barcelona, while Chelsea and Real Madrid are also likely to make enquiries.

Instead, the Vatican has issued nonbinding guidance that punts the scandal back to the authority of local bishops, who still will not face firm oversight or punishment for cover-ups that recycled hundreds of abusive priests.

His final words were, "In me was what was possible that no future century will be able to deny to me... that I did not fear death, that I did not submit, my face firm to anyone of my breed; that I preferred a courageous death to a fearful life".

Dermatologist N.V. Perricone is more chemist than botanist: Even the name of his Face Firming Activator with DMAE, $95, sounds like a lab experiment.

"We don't know him," Meat-Meat's sister Bridgette told me of Dillard, her face firming up into a scowl.

The political deal has faced firm opposition from Yulia Tymoshenko, Mr Yushchenko's former political ally and prime minister in the wake of the orange revolution.

There are already some promising initiatives: consumer-facing firms, such as King of Shaves, have issued "mini-bonds" to customers; Funding Circle, an online service, matches savers with businesses in need of cash.

From a public policy perspective, the incentives facing firms are of some consequence.I'm also not convinced that this trend is likely to leave private investors shut out of capital ownership.

They influence the incentives facing firms and individuals to raise productivity.

Anschutz faces firms like IBM in storage and Williams Communications' well-established Vyvx unit in video transport.

Broadly speaking, the impact on Germany's largest globally facing firms will be limited.