Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] met the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Seven Years War over 30 per cent of the Letters of Marque vessels from Bristol were lost , while a third of Bristol privateers during the American War of Independence met the same fate . |
| 2 | Representatives of colleges met the NDO and SCOTVEC staff and had the opportunity to raise issues with the unit writers . |
| 3 | Although the Bois became notorious as the place where the respectable of society met the less respectable , it was nevertheless , in some sense , an extension of the Court itself , for the carriage outings of the Emperor and the Empress formed part of the spectacle : |
| 4 | Earlier this year , the Secretary of State met the representatives of all the major brewery companies , having received a deputation from the National Licensed Victuallers Association . |
| 5 | David and Linda Leeder , of Wayside , Shalford , near Braintree met the archdeacon of Colchester , the Very Reverend Ernest Stroud in a bid to get the church to change its mind over the refusal . |
| 6 | that some of the material on the computerised systems in question met the statutory definition of records and thus could not be destroyed without the approval of the Archivist . |
| 7 | A sister in law met the boat . |
| 8 | Children from all over the country who 've triumphed over adversity met the Princess of Wales today . |