Sentence examples for fails in the face of from inspiring English sources

This contention fails in the face of abundant evidence that the police have effectuated a heckler's veto.

An attempt to see the Rutles, thus creating an entire evening of Beatles-themed entertainment, fails in the face of the muddy throng, so we are faced instead with the Black Eyed Peas (Pyramid stage, 8.35pm), this year's official Unsuitable Soon-To-Be-Forgotten American Band Placed Bafflingly High Up The Bill.

But this sort of 'noble lie' justification for the Buddha teaching a doctrine he does not accept fails in the face of the evidence that he also taught it to quite advanced monastics (e.g., A III.33).

"Buchanan failed the test of Southern secession, Johnson failed in the face of Reconstruction, and Hoover failed in the face of the Great Depression.

The effort failed in the face of opposition by the majority Democrats.

The plan failed in the face of fierce opposition from the system and the Legislature.

My sun-soaked solipsism failed in the face of monolithic New Year's Eve.

In 2002 it tried to buy an ILC in California but failed in the face of lobbying from local banks.

Three attempts over the last two decades to privatize the postal service failed in the face of overwhelming objection.

In the replay, North-South reached seven clubs, a not unreasonable contract that failed in the face of bad breaks.

But its efforts to open wilderness areas to oil drilling failed in the face of Congressional opposition.