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

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In the face of.

If people act in the face of something, they do it despite it or when threatened by it.

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And yes, I've changed my models, mainly in the face of experience.

Even those countries that are not actively engaged in a fiscal orgy are seeing their surpluses collapse and their deficits soar, mainly in the face of falling tax revenues.

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For those on the right looking to deny Obama a political victory – fixing the economy – and stand athwart any government spending, these numbers were a god-send, a little empirical data to back up what had been mainly reactionary arguments in the face of a consensus among numerous economists, conservative and liberal.

More than 160,000 people have fled the mainly Kurdish town in the face of the IS advance.

But it's worth remembering that all of them were appointed by the last two Popes, and that, when it comes to any interest in loosening the doctrinal strictures that most lay Catholics would call "reform," they were appointed mainly for their intransigence in the face of change.

Daily pain mainly in the face suggests a possibility of PIFP.

The budget pressures on councils, mainly Tory controlled, will intensify in the face of this growing need.

But European officials confirmed in interviews that they supported Mr. Koch-Weser mainly to preserve European unity in the face of an unyielding German campaign rather than because they agreed he should head the I.M.F., a post held by a European since the institution was created just after World War II.

Controllability has mainly to do with dynamics in the face of disturbances.

Nor will new religious schools have to reserve places for those of other religions, or of none; the government tried to insist on this in 2006 but backed down in the face of opposition, mainly from the Roman Catholic church.The state came late to education in England.

David Bakradze, speaker of Georgia's parliament, believes that Russia balked at taking Tbilisi mainly because the morale of Georgians did not collapse in the face of their threat.

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