Sentence examples for that it confronted from inspiring English sources

Some members of the panel said New York was facing a crisis in the adult homes akin to the one that it confronted with the Willowbrook scandal of the 1970's, which led to landmark changes in the state's care of retarded people.

The critic noted the film's different take on the Iraq War, writing that "it confronts the fact that men often take great pleasure in war".

Training for these and other units will focus on "hard skill" tactical training (i.e. protecting VIPs, quick reaction forces, explosives detection/disposal) most urgently needed by the GOP given the deteriorating security environment that it confronts.

What I liked about "Waltz with Bashir" is that it confronts so much and, whatever Boaz says, resolves so little.

The virtue — and also the limitation — of this movie is that it confronts senselessness and insists on remaining calm and sane.

One of the consequences of Mandelbrot's revolution is that it confronts us with the difficulty inherent in measuring the edge of anything, such as a coastline, the "tortuosities" of which Robinson has spent much of his life studying.

What makes this approach novel is that it confronts extremism to where it really matters: the ideological and intellectual battlefield.

Kelly describes it as "existentialist to the extent that it confronts the minimal limits of identity" and an exposé of the worst depths of human nature.

"It confronts that murderous organisation on terms of its choosing rather than ours," it says.

It confronts that murderous organisation on terms of its choosing rather than ours.

It is the cause, and the passions informing it, that confront us.