Example sentences of "[noun] met for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Among the throngs of passing students I was thinking fondly of Jordi when someone who was obviously an American passed by , and our eyes met for a split second .
2 Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up .
3 As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes .
4 The five CODESA working groups met for the first time on Jan. 20 in Johannesburg .
5 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 .
6 Early in 1914 , the Board felt it advisable to appoint a House Committee to deal with the day-to-day affairs of the Institution , and the committee met for the first time on 28th April with Mr. W. T. Lansberry in the chair .
7 The Committee met for the first time in Edinburgh in October 1979 .
8 The committee met for the first time on August 12 , to define its aims and draw up a policy programme for the future .
9 The Group met for the first time in March 1974 with several proposals already before it .
10 This body met for the first time in May 1989 and elected from its members the bicameral 542-member Supreme Soviet — the working constitutional body responsible for all legislative and administrative matters — consisting of the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities .
11 The new body met for the first time , in the building of the suspended National Assembly , on April 25 .
12 Over 1,400 delegates met for the governing Nepali Congress Party 's first national convention for 32 years on Feb. 13-15 , at Jhapa , 400 km east of Kathmandu , the capital .
13 When the new Assembly met for the first time on Sept. 24 , seven opposition members refused to take their seats , claiming that the election had been rigged .
14 The High Authority met for the first time in the autumn of 1952 , and immediately set about trying to turn the principles of the Treaty of Paris into practical results .
15 The new Cabinet met for the first time on June 12 and Shamir attempted to head off Arab-led calls for a special UN Security Council team to visit the West Bank and Gaza [ see p. 37443 ] by proposing that a UN envoy , Jean-Claude Aimé , should visit the area in their place .
16 The European Council of heads of state and government met for a special summit in Rome on Oct. 27-28 .
17 On the twenty fourth July nineteen ninety one the new resources and policy grant sub-committee met for the first time and considered a number of applications including one from your organisation .
18 On 8 May this year the Committee debating the Bill met for the 53rd and final day under the chairmanship — on that occasion — of my hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) .
19 The seven-member committee of the Arab League met for the first time in Cairo , also on April 7 .
20 On Feb. 14 , however , Nichol met representatives of the Association of Chief Ambulance Officers , and on Feb. 20 management and unions met for the first time since October in a session with the Advisory , Conciliation and Arbitration Service ( ACAS ) .
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