Sentence examples for statement in the face from inspiring English sources

Art can't stop wars, they insist, just as Picasso's Guernica was a "pathetic" statement in the face of the oncoming second world war.

"It was closer than anticipated," he said of the vote, "but at the end of the day the truth prevailed and the members made a very affirmative statement in the face of the opposition".

Last week, Mr. Martin seriously misjudged the mood of the legislators when, making a formal statement in the face of public outrage, he failed to apologize on behalf of Parliament.

On Thursday, after the suit was dropped, Adam Rothberg, a spokesman for Simon & Schuster, said in a statement: "In the face of a powerful argument for the rights of free speech for authors and publishers, the plaintiffs wisely withdrew their action.

A substantial proportion of respondents (27.4%, 99/361) said they would consider making a false statement about sensitive health information in medical trials, with more participants (54.7%) likely to make a false statement in face to face interviews compared to over the Internet (30.1%).

His statement said: "In the face of doubt, openness prevails" and talked of "accountability through transparency".

Then, on Friday, the magazine issued a statement saying, "In the face of new information reported by the Washington Post and other news outlets, there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie's account".

A Ross County statement read: "In the face of heavy rain on already saturated ground, all efforts to get the pitch to a playable standard were in vain".

Until this ideal shifts, the female unibrow will continue to be worn as a transgressive statement, flying in the face of accepted female beauty standards.

Until this ideal shifts, the female monobrow will continue to be worn as a transgressive statement, flying in the face of accepted female beauty standards.

The statements come in the face of a bleak financial outlook, as the company is expecting to make a 25bn Yen loss (£147m) for the 12 months in 2014 through to December, a reversal of the 55bn Yen profit originally expected.