Example sentences of "which was met [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no point in having a law forbidding such wars which outlaw such events as the recent Tanzanian intervention in Uganda , an event which was met by a stunning silence from the international community insofar as the evident illegality of the operation was concerned . |
| 2 | He had certainly been paid one by Grunte over and above his salary , which was met by the local Tory Association . |
| 3 | Grunte then asked them whether they had heard the one about the Norwegian woman who had bought her son three shoes , having been told he had grown a foot ; a sally which was met by universal groans . |
| 4 | West Indian plantations also provided a growing demand for fish , grain and timber which was met by North America . |
| 5 | From the low admission rate , the nine hundred thousand in our revenue budget which was shown this year as savings , seven hundred thousand of which was met by fudging community care money in June is now short by three hundred thousand so at the end of this year there will be an overspend or rather a loss of income of three hundred thousand which will show up as a deficit on social services budget for this year . |
| 6 | In 1988–90 the annual accounts showed a deficit of £4 million which was met from reserves . |