Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] met [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The increased use of lower courts met with the general approval of officials . |
| 2 | The five CODESA working groups met for the first time on Jan. 20 in Johannesburg . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | On July 9 the leaders of Djibouti , Ethiopia , Kenya , Sudan and Uganda and a representative of the Somali government met in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa , in the context of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development ( IGADD ) . |
| 6 | In the I 9605 , the curriculum development tide carried all before it ; programmed learners and audio-visual enthusiasts met in the general activity of rethinking methods and redesigning curricula . |
| 7 | The National Administrative Council met on the following weekend to discuss the situation which had arisen . |
| 8 | When these principles are implemented , the amount of total demand met on the vertical part of short-run marginal cost curves will depend on the level of total capacity . |
| 9 | Elinor stared bleakly out of the window , beyond the sloping lawn to where the sludge-coloured sea met with the grey sky . |
| 10 | As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes . |
| 11 | The new body met for the first time , in the building of the suspended National Assembly , on April 25 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The seven-member committee of the Arab League met for the first time in Cairo , also on April 7 . |
| 15 | The two women met at the International Women 's Day March , after a break in their friendship of twenty years . |
| 16 | Following the elections the main pro-military parties met with the leading members of the junta to attempt to form a workable coalition . |
| 17 | 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 . |