Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a meeting " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact the rot set in 15 years ago when Dr Coggan asked for a meeting with Jim Callaghan to lobby for the Church to be exempted from a two per cent surcharge on employers ' National Insurance contributions . |
| 2 | ‘ She told me that you phoned her and asked for a meeting in town . ’ |
| 3 | After the previous Armed Forces minister , Archie Hamilton , was replaced by Mr Hanley , Mr Brandreth asked for a meeting in the hope that a change of minister might mean a change of heart over the pay office . |
| 4 | Imagine what it is like to sit through a meeting , go to the theatre or try to follow a further education class if it is essential to see the speaker 's face in order to understand what is said . |
| 5 | The outcome of their efforts was the treaty of Leake in August 1318 which provided for a meeting of Lancaster and the king . |
| 6 | The appeal hopes to raise £637,000 to build the day care centre , which will act as a meeting place for all old folk , especially the lonely , frail and housebound , and provide a range of services . |
| 7 | The appeal hopes to raise £637,000 to build the day care centre , which will act as a meeting place for all old folk , especially the lonely , frail and housebound and provide a range of services . |
| 8 | The appeal hopes to raise £637,000 to build the day care centre , which will act as a meeting place for all old folk especially the lonely , frail and housebound and provide a range of services . |
| 9 | Organisers of the appeal need to raise £637,000 to build the centre , which will act as a meeting place for old people especially the lonely , frail and housebound , and provide a range of services . |
| 10 | Organisers of the appeal want to raise £637,000 to build the day care centre , which will act as a meeting place for all old folk especially the lonely , frail and housebound , and provide a range of services . |
| 11 | Organisers of the appeal want to raise £637,000 to build the day care centre , which will act as a meeting place for all old folk especially the lonely , frail and housebound and provide a range of services . |
| 12 | The centre will act as a meeting place for all old folk especially the lonely , frail and housebound and provide a range of services . |
| 13 | The positive intervention by the military occurred after a meeting earlier in the month with United States Defence Department officials who warned the military against attempting to seek authoritarian solutions . |
| 14 | Hopes rose this week that further strike action at north London 's Alice Hoffman Homes could be averted after a meeting between NALGO and management at ACAS . |
| 15 | If its august it must be Fairport … for these fifty Americans … some of whom having been coming for ten years … their annual pilgrimage to Oxfordshire for the Fairport Convention festival starts with a meeting with the folk rock band in a local pub . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've just come from a meeting with Bobby Anscombe . |
| 17 | Think how often , say in a meeting or discussion , you have a point of view that you want to persuade other people to agree with or adopt . |
| 18 | 7,000 to £10,000. the Royal Perth Golfing Society originated from a meeting on April 5 1828 . |
| 19 | If people expected to come to a meeting to make a decision , they will feel let down if the meeting does not reach one . |
| 20 | RP reported on a meeting chaired by H Sluiman . |
| 21 | Karen reported on a meeting convened by Jenny Borden on consultation on management involving 11 people mostly from Aid Sector : in this meeting Jenny mentioned that no more grades would be created , training should be related to a person 's job only and staff should n't take on other tasks not included in their job description which would lead to dissatisfaction of salary level . |
| 22 | In September 1959 , at Woods Hole on Cape Cod in Massachusetts , Professor Jerome Bruner presided over a meeting of influential scientists and afterwards wrote The Process of Education . |
| 23 | The official go-ahead from X100 , won at a meeting of Ford and Jaguar company chief company chiefs in Coventry late in October , has sent an unprecedented wave of optimism and excitement through Jaguar 's Browns Lane headquarters . |
| 24 | In Congress-ruled Gujarat , on the west coast , the state Health Minister , Mr Vallabhbhai was attacked at a meeting on Tuesday and died yesterday in hospital . |
| 25 | Yeltsin proposed at a meeting of his supporters on Nov. 28-29 that a pro-reform party or movement should be established , offering to participate in any such movement . |
| 26 | From the detailed observation of fifteen boards , it was evident that training often followed the pattern of immediate demand rather than being linked to any developmental plan ; thus , a board might ask the headteacher or member of staff for further elaboration of a topic which surfaced at a meeting , such as subject choice by S3 , or individuals might decide to attend an area session on interviewing skills only once they knew that they were to participate in the selection of a senior member of staff . |
| 27 | A major obstacle to a comprehensive Cambodian peace agreement was lifted at a meeting of the all-party Supreme National Council ( SNC ) in New York on Sept. 19 [ see p. 38389 for Aug. 26-29 SNC meeting in Pattaya , Thailand ] . |
| 28 | Rapid changes in higher education were forecast at a meeting of Darlington Soroptimists . |
| 29 | The issue will be resolved at a meeting of the agency 's council next month . |
| 30 | A final decision on the details of the EC 's own contribution is expected at a meeting of EC finance ministers in Luxembourg next week . |