Example sentences of "meeting [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although their sentiments sound very pious as they earnestly cry , ‘ Lord , send revival ’ , what they are in fact engaged in is not so much a prayer meeting as a spiritual buck-passing session . |
| 2 | President Ibrahim Babangida was forced to return early from the Commonwealth heads of government meeting as a result of the crisis . |
| 3 | By the time the three colleges were meeting as a prospective polytechnic , from May 1969 , it was clear that CNAA courses could not begin until 1971 at the earliest . |
| 4 | The social worker decided that the only way forward was a family meeting as the sons individually could not tell their mother the situation . |
| 5 | Corgi 's answer to All the Sweet Promises , a long , absorbing , atmospheric Second World War tale of four different girls meeting as the first of the WAAFS and contributing courageously to the fight . |
| 6 | Energy Ministers from 21 countries , meeting as the governing board of the International Energy Agency , agreed on May 30 , 1989 , on a range of policies aimed at curbing the greenhouse effect . |
| 7 | Meeting as the San José VI Group [ see p. 35892 ] Foreign Ministers of the five Central American countries as at Montelimar , with the addition of Panama and with Foreign Ministers from Colombia , Mexico and Venezuela in attendance , met with their counterparts from the 12 European Community ( EC ) member countries in the Irish capital , Dublin , on April 9-10 . |
| 8 | Morocco 's Western government creditors , meeting as the Paris Club , agreed on Sept. 11 to extend repayment terms on an estimated US$11,000 million of debt , including some $1,200 million which would be rescheduled over 15-20 years . |
| 9 | On Nov. 21 , the Parliament , meeting as the Constituent Assembly , endorsed a new constitution guaranteeing pluralism , human rights , and a free market . |
| 10 | This was reflected in the decision of HarperCollins , Hodder , Penguin , Pan Macmillan and Random House to rejoin the fair after staying away last year , and the fact that GALC , the umbrella organisation of the European booksellers ' associations , held its annual spring meeting during the event . |
| 11 | Billy 's too old to need meeting off the bus nowadays . |
| 12 | It involves a midnight visit to a sleepy Welsh village , a chance meeting between a young backbencher and a famous wordsmith and , most telling of all , a steaming cup of tea . |
| 13 | Reports of a crisis meeting between the Queen and legal experts were mistaken , a spokesman said . |
| 14 | Although neither party knew it , the Cherbourg visit was to be the last state meeting between the sovereigns . |
| 15 | Since the age of seventeen , Margaret had regarded her body as a tradeable commodity ; she saw a fortnightly meeting between the sheets with an elderly bookmaker as an investment , a means to an end . |
| 16 | This superbly staged meeting between the two heads of state did little to further the peace process in the Middle East . |
| 17 | During the course of the visit the group had several sessions of talks with seven senior South Koreans including Kang Young Hoon , the South Korean Prime Minister — the first ever meeting between the Prime Ministers of the two states . |
| 18 | Conflict was averted by an emergency meeting between the Collective State Presidency and the Croatian leadership on Jan. 25 . |
| 19 | The origin of the present-day adult deaf organisational network was sowed one Sunday evening in 1822 in St. Andrew 's Square , Glasgow where John Anderson , former Headmaster of the Glasgow Institution for the deaf who was now teaching privately from his house in St. Andrew 's Square , held a prayer meeting for a number of pupils and adults . |
| 20 | There had been talk of meeting for a drink in the evening , but the talk had taken place at five in the morning as Kelly was hurriedly slipping into her clothes and now Nick seemed to have forgotten . |
| 21 | PETER 'S FRIENDS : Self-indulgent drama with Kenneth Branagh and chums as Oxbridge graduates meeting for a crisis-ridden Yuletide reunion . |
| 22 | It was settled that Branson would give her the signed contract at the Roof Gardens , where all the directors of Virgin were meeting for a Christmas dinner . |
| 23 | Not entirely sober one evening in 1832 , Turner entered a Preston temperance meeting for a joke but came out converted . |
| 24 | ‘ How about meeting for a meal this evening ? ’ |
| 25 | Tracey suggested meeting for a drink when he finished work on Saturday evening . |
| 26 | Dinner guest : Tuesday night saw the annual dinner of the area British Legion Club with members meeting for a meal at the Stanwick Arms . |
| 27 | What about meeting for a drink ? ’ |
| 28 | They claim to see each other less than couples who go out to work , meeting for the occasional cup of coffee in the kitchen . |
| 29 | It is pleasant to think of the two new Cuddesdon students , pushing their bicycles up the hill together from Wheatley station that July day of 1927 , and so meeting for the first time . |
| 30 | The 1,000-strong Congress , which was meeting for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union , is the only body in the country that can change the constitution and other basic laws . |