Example sentences of "able to meet the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plenty of small operators remain to be gobbled up by big ones able to meet the capital and research costs now required . |
| 2 | VAT required from everyone who buys anything , which is paid to local government taxpayers , is entirely for the benefit of those who are most wealthy and best able to meet the bills ? |
| 3 | The Chairman , the Managing Director , Finance and Administration and the external auditors also attend the meetings of the Audit Committee ; the external auditors are also able to meet the Audit Committee privately . |
| 4 | ‘ It is the latest technology and there is no way that their new workers will be able to meet the customers ’ targets . ’ |
| 5 | Does he accept that , as the TEC chairmen advised him , if that money is not replaced , some TECs will not be able to meet the guarantee of a youth training place in some places in Greater Manchester in Lancashire ? |
| 6 | Countries with big debts — like Italy and Belgium — will not be able to meet the Maastricht criteria unless their economies start growing like Topsy . |
| 7 | It sounded risky but it might help take his mind off not being able to meet the Bookman . |
| 8 | It referred to the possibility of " membership of the organization for countries which fully share OECD values and characteristics and are willing and able to meet the obligations of membership " ( and specifically noted the interest of South Korea and Mexico in OECD membership ) . |
| 9 | We may worry a little about how much it will cost , but we know that , by and large , we shall be able to meet the bill . |
| 10 | Even though it hopes a third of this will be raised through sponsorship , the school is aware that some parents will still not be able to meet the cost . |
| 11 | Organizations that have horizontal and adaptive structures are able to meet the changes in market need more readily than those with cumbersome hierarchical structures , and create multifunctional development groups to plan new product developments . |
| 12 | Not only did her question underline how far communication had broken down between us but also how little either of us was able to meet the other 's needs . |
| 13 | I actually felt when we walked out on that stage that we might be able to meet the challenge . |
| 14 | In this way , the organisation does its best to ensure that the employee is likely to be able to meet the requirements expected of him in the job abroad . |
| 15 | The biggest worry on Wall Street , where priorities tend to be narrowly focused , is over the dividend : if the company has to take another $1,000m to $2,000m of charges this quarter to cover further closures , it is unlikely to be able to meet the dividend out of cash flow . |
| 16 | In this way they will be able to meet the needs of individual pupils in a more effective manner . |
| 17 | ‘ As open systems can not fulfill most of these roles at the moment , many [ mid-range ] users will see open systems as a niche strategy , until 1995 , when the technology will change to such a degree that open systems will be able to meet the needs of the most demanding commercial applications . ’ |
| 18 | The main objective of these new degrees was to produce graduates who would be better able to meet the needs of manufacturing industry than graduates from conventional engineering courses . |
| 19 | Children with special needs have long been welcomed into playgroups or mother and toddler groups but members have tended to worry on two counts — first , that only a minority of families with children with special needs were finding their way to playgroup , and second that the playgroup was not fully able to meet the children 's needs . |
| 20 | While the scheme makes some provision for grants , most of the payments are in the form of loans to those deemed eligible and able to meet the repayments . |
| 21 | The Federal Environmental Office and the car manufacturer Daimler-Benz have warned separately that the car industry may not be able to meet the target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by a quarter by 2005 . |
| 22 | For example , the retention of selective schools characterised by traditional pedagogy and an elitist view of the curriculum means that some schools are less likely than others to be able to meet the expectations of a project founded on essentially comprehensive principles . |
| 23 | The White House spokesman , Mr Marlin Fitzwater , said yesterday that the troops would stay for ‘ as long as it takes , ’ while a subdued Defence Secretary , Mr Dick Cheney , added : ‘ Within the next few weeks we 'll be able to meet the objectives . ’ |
| 24 | He added that the Institute would be monitoring the situation to ensure that , when the UK economy starts to grow again , it would be able to meet the need for accountants . |
| 25 | The European Association for the Conservation of Energy says member states will not now be able to meet the targets set at the UNCED Rio summit [ see ED 59/60 ] . |
| 26 | The extent to which the child has been encouraged to be physically independent , to develop spatial awareness , a sense of direction and response to sound and tactile cues and to use any vision he possesses positively will have a considerable influence on the extent to which he is able to meet the demands of his school environment . |
| 27 | In France and England it was the breakdown of the historic feudal order , no longer able to meet the demands of changing times , and its gradual replacement by an order of nations increasingly aware of their growing national characteristics , which was the fundamental cause of the long conflict which forms the subject of this book . |
| 28 | Those students were well able to meet the demands that these external requirements necessarily and properly imposed . |
| 29 | Fortunately , telecommunication technology is developing almost as fast as silicon chip technology and is expected to be able to meet the demands that will be made on it by computers and microelectronics over the next few years . |
| 30 | The biggest problem is that when the clean coal technology plants are available , judging by present progress , the British coal industry will be run down to such an extent that it will not be able to meet the demand from the plants . |