Sentences with phrase «to face up»

Once you've found out that sloppy work has led to a poor product, you can either face up to it (but that's inconvenient and painful and maybe expensive) or you can unethically (and maybe dangerously) sweep the problem under the carpet.

They also face up to 20 years in prison.

When his affair came to light, he faced up to his failure, took responsibility for the consequences, and did what he believed that duty, honor, and country required.

In the meantime, Americans can only hope that their national elected representatives show an equal willingness to face up to and take responsibility for their failures, pettiness, and insistence on putting partisanship ahead of the country's manifest and urgent needs.

If convicted, he faces up to four years in prison.

Why don't we face up to the fact that many of us in Silicon Valley are living lives that involve telling ourselves a lot lies, VC Om Malik writes.

He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of destroying evidence and eight years for each false statement count.

Those who refused faced up to five years in prison.

Last week, Simmons pleaded guilty to charges that he wasn't a CIA agent at all, and he faces up to 40 years in prison.

To make the most of metrics, you also have to be prepared to face up to what you're doing wrong — and resolve to fix it.

There's a little plastic flamingo, a miniature tuba and some playing cards, all facing up in a neat arrangement.

«If a man faces up to the [unknown] and takes the dare of the future, he can have some control over his destiny.»

We'd all prefer not to think about our own failings, blind spots, and possible future errors, but facing up to your limitations is one of the best ways to learn.

If you never face up to things you find scary, how do you expand who you are?

When Warren Buffett last hosted his Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, the legendary investor had to face up to the fact that most of his stock picks had fallen over the previous year — a rare occurrence for one of the country's most celebrated and successful investors.

Even after a few weeks of wearing the Moto 360, I still couldn't figure out how to bring up email notifications or the heart - rate monitor — are you supposed to swipe the watch's face up, down, left or right?

With the decision Monday, though, he could face up to 20 years.

Under a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity, Routh would have faced up to life in a state mental hospital.

The company also closed the door on a long - running anti-bribery case involving contracts with Aluminum Bahrain, and faced up to a $ 243 million after - tax charge stemming from settlements with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

He faces up to 415 years in prison if convicted on all counts.

«We reported in February 2018 that departments across government have yet to face up to the need to re-prioritise existing activity to make space for Brexit work,» the report, which you can read here, explains.

Hailey, who was diagnosed with borderline character disorder, mood disorder and anti-social personality disorder, could face up to seven years in prison if convicted.

In a forthcoming short article in Canadian Business, I riff on a recent Globe and Mail story about a South African winery that is working hard to face up to its slave - holding past.

The fact that the companies are trying to face up to the central defining question of their existence amidst the explosive growth and the mundane, day - to - day chores of running a business makes it a very challenging business indeed.

The GST comes loaded with a host of hidden traps for those in the property and investment industries who refuse to face up to its imminent arrival, according to Geoff Stevens of law firm Phillips Fox.

Given that Apple Watch's biggest criticism has been its design aesthetics, offering an upscale version with Hermes handmade leather straps and an exclusive watch face ups the cool factor considerably, extending the reach of the Apple Watch from techies to more fashion conscious consumers.

If convicted, he faces up to nine years and three months in prison.

The police report (there were no criminal charges this time) were enough for a judge to determine that Chahal had violated probation, and he now could be facing up to a year in prison.

He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted in a pending criminal case — one of several prosecutions brought against him.

If convicted, Fitzgerald faces a maximum possible sentence of 29 years and 18 months, while Hall faces up to 19 years and 4 months in prison if convicted on all charges.

He faces up to 20 years in prison on one of the counts but is likely to receive less severe punishment at sentencing.

A person caught in the act can face up to 14 years in prison, though activists say that it is rare for people to be prosecuted.

A white Arkansas man faces up to 20 years in prison after being found guilty in the beating of an African - American man during racially charged protests last summer in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Ulbricht, who prosecutors say went by the alias Dread Pirate Roberts in a reference to the 1987 movie «The Princess Bride,» faces up to life in prison and a mandatory minimum term of 20 years.

A woman faces up to a year in jail and $ 10,000 in fines if convicted on price - gouging charges after allegedly raising the monthly rent by $ 4,000 on her Marin County home in the days following the October wildfires.

Oil prices have the potential to rise another 15 % over the remainder of 2018, as the market faces up to an undersupply and low storage «double hit».

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So, even if you're eligible with a low score, you could face up to a 35.99 % APR..

Furthermore, taxpayers who knowingly file a false tax return may face up to three years in prison, as well as pay a $ 250,000 fine.

She faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

A man was arrested in Dunfermline, Scotland, on Saturday for carrying a potato peeler in a public place «without reasonable excuse» and faces up to four years in prison.

So Ryan has to be presented as the only realistic «ideas guy,» the one facing up to the debt / demographic crisis.

Now she did take pride in not flinching or being resolute or facing up to unpleasant duties and hard truths.

Then pretending that those who lack their belief also have a faith based position demand much less intellectual discipline is a much easier option than facing up to the burden of proof they give when insisting they believe what they do.

She faces up to two years in prison and an unlimited fine after admitting at Brighton Magistrates to six charges of demolition or alteration of a building affecting its listed character.

Faces up toward the sky, they spun around.

Benedict's principles are obviously correct ¯ and yet they point to a problem that serious ethical thinkers, especially Catholic thinkers, have not really faced up to.

Unless the group is a true co-op with full equal rights (ie with no named or paid pastoral leader) then the group has to face up the fact that their equality is relative.

Purpose sees him asking the same questions about life and faith as many of us, as well as facing up to his headline - grabbing mistakes.

This did not mean that religion would disappear; some would always be too weak to face up to the demands of the day, and for them the arms of the church will always be open.»