Example sentences of "have met with a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many cases where a request has been made , it has met with a flat refusal . |
| 2 | I am afraid it has met with a cool response from our colleagues , and in view of this , I am sorry to say that we will not be taking up your offer to publish . |
| 3 | The Citywatch project — which its organisers say must have private as well as public cash — has met with a mixed response from the city 's business community . |
| 4 | Generally speaking , however , family planning has met with a hostile reception . |
| 5 | The move to the Inn on the Lake seems to have met with a favourable response from students ; the pub has been described as a ‘ nice place to work ’ . |
| 6 | The meeting was concerned with a new Australian peace plan which proposed a large-scale UN involvement in Cambodia and which had met with a favourable response at the UN Security Council during January and February . |
| 7 | For this reason , arguments for the existence of the monster based upon visual evidence have met with a good deal of scepticism . |
| 8 | Better designed and better tested materials than ours have met with a similar fate . |