"So he has avoided any real confrontation with the authorities."

But the real confrontation was to happen inside the Vicariate.

But Western diplomats say the military situation has not been growing more dangerous, indicating that neither country wants a real confrontation.

But Kirk knew that in a real confrontation, their party would still have a disadvantage.

"I don't recall any real confrontations with my parents over anything," he said.

In parliaments all over the world you get real confrontation.

Maybe what she'd witnessed was more like a ritual than any real confrontation.

Finally, toward the end of the show, came the prospect of a real confrontation.

It is a scavenger, and for all its size prefers to avoid real confrontation.

He hadn't really expected to get away with it, but his people were getting restless, eager for some real confrontation.