Sentence examples for facing cliff from inspiring English sources

They are cut vertically downwards, so when we stood outside St Mary's, the candles held by the milling worshippers illuminated a sheer facing cliff eight metres high.

Vólquez is scheduled to face Cliff Lee and the Indians Sunday afternoon.

Facing Halladay was a challenge for the Mets, but it will not be much easier Sunday when they have to face Cliff Lee, another strike-thrower who like Halladay has won a Cy Young award.

THE fiscal cliff may get all the attention along Pennsylvania Avenue these days but, almost unheeded, America's agriculture is facing a cliff of its own.

b Schematic geological cross section facing the cliff along the survey line.

In general, populations of both SIEs and MIEs in the northern, southern and western elements are small, and restricted to specific habitats in N NE facing moist cliffs of mountain areas (Duarte et al. 2008).

This summer, as holidaymakers walk along the Atlantic-facing cliffs around St Just, the nearest town to Land's End in west Cornwall, they will come across a sign that says: "English out".

This luxe resort offers two 18-hole courses built into the Pacific Ocean-facing cliffs of Half Moon Bay.

US facing a "fiscal cliff" as tax cuts end.

It is a surprise because these shelves are frequently faced with cliffs that may be tens of metres high in places.

Around its perimeter an outward-facing cliff ascends as high as 10 km (6 miles) above the surrounding area.