Sentence examples for facing stern from inspiring English sources

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

Jorge Lorenzo begins the defence of his MotoGP title in Qatar this weekend, with the Spaniard facing stern opposition as he looks for a third title.

In Spain, Moyes is not the manager under the spotlight following this particular result, with defeated Barca boss Enrique facing stern criticism after an insipid and disjointed performance from his team.

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

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

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.

Another idea is to allow foreign doctors to operate there (though this modest step already faces stern opposition from local medics).