Example sentences of "[noun] [be] met [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The capital expenditure and running costs of controlled schools are met by the Education and Library Boards from funds provided by the DENI .
2 Dorli and Lieserl Oppenheimer were met by the Lerskys , friends of their parents , a Palestinian photographer and his wife who appreciated the traumas the children were suffering .
3 Further Sikh demands were met at the end of December when the Lok Sabha approved the repeal of a constitutional amendment adopted by the previous Lok Sabha in March 1988 [ see p. 36692 ] allowing the declaration of a state of emergency in Punjab .
4 The Pharaoh is met by the lissom naked figure of Nut who takes his wrist gently and leads him forward to his tomb .
5 A month later my parents were met on the open plain outside Addis Ababa by Lord Herbert Hervey and a deputation of Abyssinian notables who escorted them to the Legation , at some distance to the east of the town , in an extensive compound at the foot of the Entoto hills .
6 Surplus junior posts were to be converted to consultant posts , with additional service work being met by the new staff grade and a small increase in the number of senior house officers .
7 The public consultation exercise that was part of that erm Greater York study , and quite clearly the Greater York study was not a statutory plan , it was an informal plan , but it was the only way really that progress could be made in the absence erm of adopted local plans in Greater York , it was essential that that document was pursued to give a framework for the preparation of district local plans er and the greenbelt local plan , and the resolution that followed the consultation and the long body of work , and I 'll read it out , was that the development strategy for Greater York from ninety six to two thousand and six should be based on agreed sites within and on the periphery of the built up area , and that the residual requirement be met for the development of a new settlement or settlements located beyond the outer boundary erm of the greenbelt , a quite clearly there 's a major policy implication there that a new settlement was not acceptable within the greenbelt but would have to be er outside the outer boundary of the greenbelt , and the public consultation on that er study er attracted widespread support for a new settlement strategy in Greater York , all six authorities agreed that that was the direction er that had to be taken , it also had another benefit in that it enabled work on the York greenbelt local plan erm to proceed and that has now been taken forward to the stage where the enquiry terminated in May , it 's a joint enquiry in the greenbelt local plan enquiry , with a Southern Ryedale local plan enquiry in April ninety three , and we would hope that the inspectors report on that six month enquiry , when he considered all the objections to the er greenbelt proposals of the County Council , largely supported by the er District Council will be available er in the near future .
8 The first plane load of Desert Rats was met by the Brigade 's Commanding Officer , Brigadier Patrick Cordingly .
9 Every attempt by the absolute monarchy to raise the taxational quotas was met by the claim that the quota was a contract alterable only by both consenting parties .
10 Stepping from the middle car , Sir Edward Heath was met by the Regional Council 's convenor , Eric Milligan .
11 Although all the UK 's gas needs are met from the North Sea , since 1977 an increasing proportion has been supplied from the Norwegian , rather than the UK , sector .
12 Likewise , ‘ employment ’ in the sense of earning money may have little relevance in a peasant society where people 's needs are met by the labour of their own hands .
13 About a third of these costs are met by the Church Commissioners , who generated investment income of £140.8 million in 1989 .
14 The individual officer is rarely held personally liable for his or her actions : damages are paid by the city , while legal costs are met by the union .
15 Capital expenditure on these schools is partly met ( up to 85% ) by the DENI ; running costs are met by the Education and Library Boards .
16 It is often argued that the costs of regulation are front-end loaded , with the majority of costs being met with the startup of the SROs , subsequent running costs being minimal compared with the turnover of most financial institutions .
17 NRM staff were in attendance on all steaming days , with operating costs being met by the WSR .
18 After further discussion , a similar exercise was carried out based on the RI category , with the results also indicating that most internal information storage and transfer needs were met within the EPH in an effective manner .
19 Peter Donaldson of Red Lion Books , Colchester , Essex , said : ‘ We hardly used publishers ’ hotlines ; our basic needs were met by the brilliant service provided by wholesalers .
20 She and her husband were met at the station by a small open carriage which took them to the palace .
21 All the costs were met by the coal companies , who then paid royalties to the landowners on the tonnage produced .
22 In 1984 a number of key targets were met in the computer industry .
23 A considerable part of the total range of need is met through the basic social services of income maintenance , health , housing and personal social services .
24 Now it seems to me with erm with great respect from the view of the taxing officer , that er it 's quite clear that er both parties were holding han were holding their hands in relation to a question of taxation because negotiations were going on between the parties and indeed the defendants were being requested er not to proceed with taxation but to see if they could obtain an overall assessment and the point was met to the defendants barrister , telling quite frankly there would n't be much advantage in the defendants pushing on with erm taxation because they 'd only , they would have to look to his interest in the property to get payment , it seems to me in those circumstances that it can not be said that erm the plaintiffs were in any way acting improperly and not seeking to have the costs taxed during the period while the negotiations were being carried on er because effectively and
25 All the costs of organisation are met from the entry fee of £5 per team , so all the money raised goes to charity .
26 The CAAA provided for the removal of sanctions without a further congressional vote once five conditions were met by the South African government .
27 On 21 February 1987 , the Colemans were met off the plane at Larnaca airport by Special Agent Dany Habib , Hurley 's number two at DEA Nicosia .
28 The need , by speech therapists , psychologists and researchers , for an empirically based scale of language development was met by the production by D J Satterly of the pilot version of the Bristol Scale of Language Development ( BLADES ) based on Dr Gordon Wells ' Bristol Language Project .
29 Liabilities must in the first instance be met from the partnership property .
30 And I think that the alternative of the new settlement is by far the best solution , provided it is mixed with some peripheral development , one ca n't go into a position where there is all peripheral development or all new settlement , it has to be in perfect balance , because some needs can not of course be met by the new settlement .
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