Example sentences of "[adv] [be] met [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I established our environmental objectives in 1990 , I recognised that we had set ourselves some very demanding targets which could only be met through the continuous commitment and effort of everyone involved . |
| 2 | On the other hand , if an individual or organization already owns a share on which options may be purchased , and a liability is expected to rise within the near future which can only be met by the sale of the shares , the cash flow from that sale may be secured by the purchase of put options . |
| 3 | for Valuables and Portable Possessions , the balance should not be met under the Household |
| 4 | If labour requirements can not be met through the more efficient or intensive use of the existing labour force , a great many employers ( almost half ) use temporary or casual labour including former registered dockers made redundant under the Dock Labour Compensation Scheme . |
| 5 | I think there are two points there , firstly I think that the York greenbelt should not be drawn overly tightly , it should allow for some provision for peripheral post two thousand and six , because there will be inevitably demands arising in that period , which can not be met in the new settlement , and I disagree with the County Council on their approach on that matter . |
| 6 | to produce reliable , maintainable software , the performance of which can be evaluated against the Statement of User Requirements , where any of the major text handling requirements of the project can not be met by the use of standard packaged software . |
| 7 | Some kinds of social need may not be met by the state because the groups involved are too small or too unpopular for politicians to be prepared to incur displeasure helping them alcoholics , drug addicts or battered women . |
| 8 | In 1989 Brazil faced a critical shortage of fuel alcohol , used to run more than a quarter of passenger cars , because the rise in demand ( 48 per cent since 1985 ) could not be met by the stagnating production of sugar cane . |
| 9 | In our view the need for adequate management of Campaigns and of Personnel will not be met by the present proposal . |
| 10 | If the true cost of providing a class can not be met by the students , application for a grant may be made to the Local Authority or the Sports Council . |
| 11 | It also recommended that children whose needs could not be met within the resources of the ordinary school should have a record ( which came to be called a ‘ statement ’ ) of their special educational needs drawn up by a multi-professional team . |
| 12 | For example , they have had and still have close links with well-defined groups like schoolchildren whose educational needs in terms of libraries and information can not always be met within the environment of the school . |
| 13 | Barbara Stace ( Mrs Taylor ) does not regard herself as having had a career other than marriage and family life though she admits to having done ‘ some teaching , some voluntary work especially with the local community association , learning a few new skills , keeping up with my old hobbies ’ and she can invariably be met behind the souvenirs stall at Somerville Gaudy . |
| 14 | Where it is suggested to professional advisers , the suggestion will commonly be met with the caution and dubiety they naturally bring to a proposal lying outside their experience or practice . |
| 15 | The first element of need is erm the various estimates of commitments of potential land , erm and the argument is , erm , that the additional requirement can actually be met within the inner area , now we covered that at some length this morning , and refer to what we 've had said on that in a bit , I do n't propose to repeat it . |
| 16 | The nuclear establishment 's response to Mr Lawson 's invitation to prepare a new R&D programme for fast reactors ( New Scientist , 2 December , p 547 ) will almost certainly be met with the suggestion that without another large reactor there can be no R&D programme . |