"faced a conflict" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to talk about an individual or group encountering opposition. Example sentence: The general faced a conflict between his own moral principles and his orders from the government.
WITH his sights on the G20 leaders' summit in Russia early next month, Kevin Rudd, Australia's prime minister, faced a conflict.
James D. Cox, a professor of corporate and securities law at Duke University, said Ms. Kenny had faced a conflict of interest by remaining on the company's board after Mr. Wang made the donation.
But at some point in mid-July, Ms. Hamann's staff determined that she faced a conflict of interest in pursuing the matter because she reports to Richard Baum, the secretary to the governor and an important figure in the case.
For the moment, she said, she faced a conflict of interest because she shared an office with other military defense lawyers whose clients have in some cases made statements against one another.
The lawmaker, Representative Dan Burton, an Indiana Republican who is a frequent critic of Attorney General Janet Reno, said that Ms. Reno and her deputies faced a conflict of interest in pursuing the inquiry because of what he described as their longstanding unwillingness to investigate allegations of wrongdoing at the White House.
Lady Butler-Sloss stood down earlier this year amid claims she faced a conflict of interest because her late brother, Sir Michael Havers, was attorney general at the time of some of the alleged abuse.
Chile will soon face a conflict between promoting economic growth and protecting the environment.
We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side.
Involving groups in primary commissioning means solving the issue of GP commissioners facing a conflict of interest.
-Anonymous, Boston Even with a sincere determination to be punctilious, your former boss faces a conflict of interest in writing a reference for someone she has seen naked.
The Treasury had insisted that Vlieghe, who has a PhD from the London School of Economics, did not face a conflict of interest.
