Example sentences of "[is] met [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French messenger Mountjoy , bringing an insult from the Dauphin , is met with a fierce defiance that leaves him , in this version , visibly shocked . |
| 2 | She has lately developed a tiresome habit of becoming a mere compendium of Paxford 's views ; every conceivable topic is met with a reply beginning ‘ Paxford says ’ . |
| 3 | The ( very ) old ‘ American bands get treated like gods in the UK while homegrown talent is treated like a joke ’ argument is met with a smile and a calm , ‘ Yeah , but we get the advantage when we go to America , ’ from Hugo . |
| 4 | If the deviant reneges again in the punishment phase , this is met with a reimposition of the punishment phase from its beginning , thus postponing the date of reversion to the more profitable collusive phase . |
| 5 | This excuse is met by a low moan crawling through the carriages . |
| 6 | The demand of an ever more literate population for books , pamphlets and magazines on parenthood is met by a stream of material which surpasses itself each year , not only in volume , but in the seductive , indeed sumptuous , way in which it is produced . |
| 7 | Suppose a landlord claims against an assignee for rent and is met by a counterclaim for damages for breach of the landlord 's covenants : suppose , further , that the claim and counterclaim are compromised on the footing that neither party pays the other anything . |
| 8 | The train makes frequent stops at points of interest along the route and at each stop the train is met by a local , English-speaking guide and comfortable car or limousine . |
| 9 | Hay is the most obvious taste association , striking you first on the bouquet , where it mingles with the scent of crumbled biscuits , and when it comes to flavour , it is met by a faint dusting of icing sugar . |
| 10 | The rest is met by a cover-charge of £2.50 an issue to around 40,000 subscribers worldwide . |
| 11 | The girl sister Chiang arrives at the wharf at Chungking on her way to rejoin the rebels in the N. of the province , and is met by a communist agent who is rather foppish in his behaviour , and later turns out to be , not surprisingly , a renegade . |
| 12 | If he 's met with an accident , the moors are far too vast for the two of us to cover much of an area before dark . ’ |