Example sentences of "[noun pl] met [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angela Cooper , prosecuting , said high spirits turned to aggression when the two sets of fans met on the train journey home . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Our eyes met in the mirror . |
| 7 | Their eyes met in the mirror above the washstand ; Ruth shook her head . |
| 8 | Their eyes met in the glass . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Following the elections the main pro-military parties met with the leading members of the junta to attempt to form a workable coalition . |
| 11 | The increased use of lower courts met with the general approval of officials . |
| 12 | A month later , on January 11th , 1907 , the Bondholders met as the Committee , and the first official Minute was made . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The five CODESA working groups met for the first time on Jan. 20 in Johannesburg . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She winced as long black claws met in the flesh above her elbow . |
| 21 | The outstanding feature of the UK economy in the 1970s and 1980s was the extraordinary setbacks met by the manufacturing sector . |
| 22 | In the I 9605 , the curriculum development tide carried all before it ; programmed learners and audio-visual enthusiasts met in the general activity of rethinking methods and redesigning curricula . |
| 23 | In 1891 , a group of fern enthusiasts met in the Lake District at the height of the ‘ fern craze ’ . |
| 24 | It is important to note here that although an analysis of individual texts follows , the point of this approach is to provide an overall picture of a pupil 's literary diet across a range of texts met in the lower years of the secondary school . |
| 25 | It was founded by Stan Barnet and Sid Dicker and in the early days met behind the grandstand on match days . |
| 26 | ON Sunday , February 23rd , 1992 , a group of young , single Catholics met at the RE Centre in Headingley , Leeds to form the 18–30 group of the Association of Single Catholics . |
| 27 | UEFA 's executive committee members gathered at a hotel near Zurich airport today shortly after FIFA officials met with the president of the French Football Federation ( FFF ) , Jean Fournet-Fayard , who is also a member of UEFA 's executive . |
| 28 | High-cost patients would have their higher costs met by the district — patients who cost more than 5,000 a year would have the extra met by the district initially . |
| 29 | Under the present system NHS patients have 25pc of their costs met by the Government . |
| 30 | Under the present system NHS patients have 25pc of their costs met by the Government . |