Sentence examples for recognise a face from inspiring English sources

He had planned the meeting for the evening, when there would be just enough light to recognise a face but not enough to hinder his escape, if necessary.

Modern theories focus on the memory process of familiarity, as distinct from knowing – like when you recognise a face but can't quite place it.

None of the systems worked well in a formal identification mode when shown a face and asked to identify the subject; nor did they work well when trying to recognise a face surreptitiously.

The ability to recognise a face is something we all take for granted; yet it is an extraordinary attribute, and one of the first we develop as a baby.

Facebook is developing a programme that can recognise a face before it has been tagged.

This is known from previous studies to be active when somebody is recognising a face.

Its activity was as predicted: most responsive when recognising a face of the same race, less so when the face was of a different race, and least of all when the "face" was that of an old radio.There is, however, no suggestion that the difference is hard-wired from birth.

All it can really do is point to the way things look, and hope we recognise a human face in what is just an oval shape with dots for eyes and a line for a mouth.

As the traffic becomes stationary, I recognise a familiar face walking along Balby Road.

At the class I recognise a familiar face – it's Hilda Hogan, a 77-year-old undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, who gave me a warm welcome when I was admitted to an open bay for the first time in January this year.

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