Sentence examples for face stern from inspiring English sources

As Webb missed it altogether, Whelan is likely to face stern retrospective punishment.

It's certainly true that Hunt has had to face stern criticism before.

Fitzgerald had to face stern opposition from the Catholic Church on proposed reforms on divorce, contraception and abortion information.

"Microsoft had early notice that it might face stern remedies and had time to prepare arguments and gather evidence on the remedy issues" but chose not to do so, the brief says.

After a marathon cabinet meeting that ended early this morning, Mr. Barak acceded to international pressure to extend the Monday night deadline he had declared for the Palestinians to cease their violence or face stern Israeli retaliation.

The chancellor said he wanted more women to apply, though with a rise from one application three years ago to seven this year, he is expected to face stern questioning over his failure to appoint women to the post.

A period of slower growth looms for most banks; some may face sterner tests.

"If you look at our forwards, they will face sterner tests and I think one of them will be next week".

While Scotland know they will face sterner tests than their fellow International Cricket Council (ICC) associate member when the World Cup begins this weekend, they will take heart from an assured batting display after Mommsen won the toss at Blacktown International Sportspark in the Sydney suburbs.

But for 27 years, Dr. House had faced stern opposition while he was developing the device.

It's facing stern competition in the form of Football Manager Handheld 2013 though.