"face" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The idea, put forward in 1969, was dropped in the face of local protests.
- The league dropped its quest for a luxury tax on payrolls as well, again in the face of adamant union opposition.
- Unwillingness to drop standards even in the face of contrary data.
- In the early 1970's, the tobacco industry voluntarily dropped television and radio advertising in the face of a looming Government ban.
- An attempt by city officials to acquire a trolley car in 1986 was dropped in the face of high insurance costs.
- But the officials dropped the idea in the face of protests from riders.
- The possibility of a tuition increase has apparently been dropped in the face of last year's student protests.
- Mr. Gingrich defended the arrangement for weeks before he later dropped it in the face of bipartisan criticism.
- They dropped Friday in the face of a rising market.
- Cherokee dropped their plans in the face of local opposition and the slumping real estate market.
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