Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] met [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In September of 1921 , the International Law Association ( ILA ) , an English based private association met in The Hague , Netherlands and drafted a set of voluntary rules to govern some of the main aspects of ocean carriage liability . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | The National Administrative Council met on the following weekend to discuss the situation which had arisen . |
| 5 | The medical examining committee met at the Crown & Anchor tavern up to 31 July 1809 and thereafter at the Freemasons ' tavern until at least 1821 . |
| 6 | Since 1981 , however , as an authority 's total spending rises above a standard level , set by central government for each individual authority , the proportion of additional expenditure met by the centre drops , thereby placing a heavier burden on local rates and deterring increased expenditure . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Elinor stared bleakly out of the window , beyond the sloping lawn to where the sludge-coloured sea met with the grey sky . |
| 9 | The new body met for the first time , in the building of the suspended National Assembly , on April 25 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The seven-member committee of the Arab League met for the first time in Cairo , also on April 7 . |
| 13 | The second Mongol-British Round Table met in the UK in November 1989 and Uthany Mavlyet , Minister for the Protection of Nature and the Environment , came to the UK on Feb. 17-24 , 1990 , to study methods of protecting the environment . |
| 14 | The extent of the hidden need met by the Act was demonstrated by the fact that 93.6 per cent of pensions granted in 1912–13 were for the full amount of 5s 0d . |
| 15 | The total share of local spending met by the centre was allowed to fall , putting more of the burden on the local ratepayer and giving local councils a financial and political incentive to economise . |