Example sentences of "meet the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Er , we met the other day . |
| 32 | Now it may well be that er that may well be the the position in the south west in in respect of of of that particular criteria , but we would need to see , er how a location in that area , met the other eleven criteria . |
| 33 | My father met the poor creature , who fled at his approach . |
| 34 | His first destination was the headquarters of the ANC in Lusaka ( Zambia ) , where he met the exiled ANC executive committee , and other leaders of the Frontline states and Commonwealth representatives , and was greeted with the ceremony normally reserved for heads of state . |
| 35 | In Barcelona to attend the closing ceremony of the 1992 Olympic Games [ see p. 39073 ] , Prime Minister Filip Dimitrov met the exiled former King of Bulgaria , Simeon II , for a " relaxed private conversation " on Aug. 10 . |
| 36 | The can chair was then put in and where the dark plants in the garden met the paler grass . |
| 37 | The most awkward joints were where the glazing bars met the curved members , any-way , after cutting about fifty joints in all , rebates for glass , slots for fielded panels , mouldings on corners and moulded glazing fillets the time had come for a complete dry assembly of the members . |
| 38 | He met the new left , was sometimes intrigued by it , but it was a different , and largely incomprehensible , world . |
| 39 | When the Minister met the nine regional chairmen last week they regarded his statement that he sought to achieve no more funding for sport in this country — Wales received 8.5 per cent. , Scotland 15 per cent . |
| 40 | There would surely have been a strong argument for it to take its gauge from the parent line and worry about the break of gauge later , when it met the Cambrian — which of course would probably not have happened . |
| 41 | During his visit to Spain on Feb. 5-6 , Nastase met the Spanish Prime Minister , Felipe González Márquez , and signed agreements on bilateral co-operation in various fields with Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Fernández Ordóñez . |
| 42 | She flushed as she met the quizzical expression in Helen 's eyes . |
| 43 | Franz-Joseph met the Imperial couple , accompanied by his wife the Empress Elizabeth , and there followed the usual round of banquets , receptions and country excursions . |
| 44 | The country 's six largest construction companies , which together spend between $14 million and $16 million a year on earthquake research , met the extra costs of including base isolation in the structures . |
| 45 | Coming back from the pillar box at the end of Charteris Road , Nurse Rose met the Private Wing sister . |
| 46 | I met the then Chairman of the AAA , Bill Ferguson , who asked me what the problem was all about . |
| 47 | But the actual impetus to ‘ act ’ only came when I met the right people in the right context … that is , Gerry and Amitha and the rest of the Working Party . |
| 48 | As Daphne said this there flashed into Cecilia 's mind that conversation with Tina , that terrible thing Tina had said , and another thought , one that seemed to swim up out of the deep waters of her unconscious , the idea that she , Cecilia Darne , yes , she , had once long ago met the right girl , and here was that right girl talking to her now of something , oh , so akin to what Tina meant … |
| 49 | I never met the right woman . |
| 50 | " I know you 're a faggot and everything but I 'll tell you what the problem is : you just never met the right guy . |
| 51 | She met the burning passion of his eyes , and time ceased . |
| 52 | All the snotty spotty little nerds who support them , who would go weak at the knees and soil themselves if they ever ever went to see MUFC and met the abovementioned evil evil types . |
| 53 | Leonora gripped a rail with white-knuckled hands when the boat bucked as it met the wilder waters of the sound . |
| 54 | Theda 's eyes met the scorching flame in his as she rose shakily to her feet to face him . |
| 55 | Then Benedict raised his head from where it rested in the wild disorder of her flaming hair , and his gaze met the misty love in the deep grey of her eyes . |
| 56 | Yeltsin met the prospective Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton on June 18 . |
| 57 | On death row in San Quentin , California , Maureen Timmins for the first time met the convicted murderer she 's convinced is innocent . |
| 58 | Drawn to socialism by her sister , Eva , she met the Irish labour leaders , James Connolly and James Larkin [ qq.v. ] , and helped the 1913 lockout strike of Dublin workers by running a soup kitchen in Liberty Hall . |
| 59 | Peter Brooke , the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , met the Irish Foreign Minister , Gerard Collins , on Oct. 25 , in pursuit of Brooke 's stalled initiative aimed at reviving talks on the political future of Northern Ireland . |
| 60 | As with most research projects covering unfamiliar ground , it was not clear at the time how this would help the subsequent investigation , but it met the immediate need to record the results in a concise and tidy manner . |