Sentence examples for facing a major test from inspiring English sources

Vargas is facing a major test against Trinidad, a fighter with more experience, making it an intriguing clash between unbeaten world-class boxers.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Big pharma is facing a major test in a small courthouse 20 miles south of here: the first trial at which a jury could decide whether drug companies bear responsibility for the nation's opioid crisis.

As Greece heads yet again for elections, with Syriza's leader, Alexis Tsipras, facing a major test now that he has accepted the stringent economic terms laid out by creditors, the fallout will be watched closely in another country in Europe's south where traditional parties have come under the assault of new grassroots movements: Spain.

Gen. Joseph F. Carroll, the first director of the DIA, soon faced a major test during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.

The House Democratic leader, Richard Gephardt, faces a major test of his ability to keep his colleagues in line and press Mr. Hastert for an early vote.

Just recently the Lakers faced a major test: two games against Portland and then a home game against Utah last Sunday afternoon.

The AAP also faces a major test in Delhi where both the urban poor and liberal elite turned out in large numbers to vote the one-year-old party into power in local elections in December 2013.

Obama's comments in San Jose, to be delivered while the president is on a fundraising swing, come as the administration is ramping up efforts to promote the law, which faces a major test this fall.

The Reagan administration was only a few months old when it faced a major test: Senators were calling for the head of the president's new director of central intelligence, and no one knew if he would survive their investigation into his tangled past business dealings and questionable agency management.

NASA officials also face a major test of their agency's effectiveness: Is this another empty promise by an administration nostalgic for the triumph of Apollo and looking to make a splash while in office, or can NASA somehow pull off what would be an audacious step just in time for the presidential election?

The Briton, who suffered cuts to his left shoulder and elbow in the Criterium du Dauphine last month, faces a major test on Wednesday's stage five.