Example sentences of "[noun pl] meet [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The Fijian traditional communal system of livelihood has a tendency to restrict initiative for commercial expansion and development so that there is a need to modify commercial values to meet with the demands of modern commercialism , This , in a nutshell , is what the Yalavou project sets out 10 do .
2 The festival is pleased to provide an opportunity for audience and musicians to meet in the beautiful 12th-century church known as the Spurriergate Centre which serves a wide range of delicious foods and is renowned for its vegetarian dishes .
3 Mr. Denzil Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has any plans to meet in the near future the chairman of British Coal to discuss the state of the Welsh coalfield .
4 Due diligence will be undertaken by a number of different advisers to Newco and the investors , and in certain transactions it is advisable for these parties to meet before the exercise in order not to duplicate work and to provide for cross-fertilisation of ideas .
5 Angela Cooper , prosecuting , said high spirits turned to aggression when the two sets of fans met on the train journey home .
6 They changed to a strategy-management mode in which each of the business heads met with the entire executive board once a year to define strategic objectives and once a year to establish a budget .
7 At 8 o'clock on Friday , June 15th , over 30 teenagers met in the church Family Centre for a strange ritual known only to a few as MIDNIGHTICESKATING .
8 Their eyes met for the space of a long heartbeat , and despite the clean white bandage round the man 's forehead and the strip of plaster on one bruised cheek , Grant felt a surge of rage at the thought that he was face to face with the brutal oriental who had hurt Pam .
9 As our eyes met in the glass , I realized that she was not admiring the flaking stone blocks opposite but using the window as a mirror .
10 Our eyes met in the mirror .
11 Their eyes met in the mirror above the washstand ; Ruth shook her head .
12 Their eyes met in the glass .
13 West European nations met in the US to haggle over a new joint programme of research at the LOFT ( loss of fluid-test ) reactor in Idaho .
14 Four northern European pro-whaling nations meeting in the Faroe Islands have , as expected , set up a new organization , flying in the face of majority opinion on the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) .
15 Following the elections the main pro-military parties met with the leading members of the junta to attempt to form a workable coalition .
16 Members of local branches meet in the evenings to discuss social and business matters .
17 Speedway fans meet at the Oxford Stadium tonight , to set up a Cheetahs lifeline .
18 The group winners meet in the final on May 26 .
19 Walkers meet at the Old Quay pub car park at 7pm .
20 The increased use of lower courts met with the general approval of officials .
21 The major part of the time would be spent in at least two and no more than four groups meeting around the building .
22 A month later , on January 11th , 1907 , the Bondholders met as the Committee , and the first official Minute was made .
23 In 1980 , a group of young musicians met in the University for the first rehearsal of what has since become one of the country 's leading brass ensembles .
24 As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes .
25 More than 170 delegates representing almost all opposition groups met under the auspices of the Iraqi National Congress ( INC ) in Salahuddin , northern Iraq , on Oct. 27-31 to adopt a strategy aimed at overthrowing the Saddam Hussein regime .
26 The five CODESA working groups met for the first time on Jan. 20 in Johannesburg .
27 No less than three UIA work groups met in the UK last year — the Public Health group met in London at the time of the International Hospital Federation conference ; the Region 1 Habitat group met in Birmingham ; and the Architecture in Primary Schools group 2 as associated with the successful BET event in Cambridge .
28 All was in vain ; the poor law functions of the Boards of Guardians were transferred to the County Council , and on March 29th 1930 the Board of Guardians met for the last time .
29 His creditors met on the 28th and they read a letter from their debtor telling them the law was an enemy he could not conquer .
30 She winced as long black claws met in the flesh above her elbow .
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