Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] to meet the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has no specific plans to meet the ambassador , but both he and I have met him recently . |
| 2 | The availability of grants from public funds to meet the expense of the accommodation will be significant . |
| 3 | I am describing only the current reality : the state of the art of software engineering — the art of programming the raw hardware of our increasingly cheap and reliable computers to meet the needs and aspirations of their users . |
| 4 | Later , the Presidential Council ( which was politically ineffective ) was replaced by a Security Council ( responsible for internal law and order and external security ) , while the Federation Council was given enhanced powers to meet the demands of the republics . |
| 5 | In addition , if the offeror fails to redeem preference shares on the due date there is no right to damages and an action for specific performance will only be available if it can be established that the offeror has sufficient distributable profits to meet the cost of the redemption ( CA 1985 , s178 ) . |
| 6 | The grounds total about 55 acres with gardens , pasture and woodland rolling down the steep slopes to meet the waters of the River Fowey and Woodgate Pill . |
| 7 | Shore significantly developed a style of playing by which the trumpet escaped from the restrictions of a purely military style and took its place in England as an orchestral instrument , so giving valuable stimulus to Henry Purcell [ q.v. ] and making it possible for English trumpeters to meet the requirements of the music of G. F. Handel [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | The introduction of a job-sharing scheme can be useful in two differing circumstances : first , where there are insufficient full-time posts to meet the number of applicants and , second , when the posts can not be filled due to insufficient numbers . |
| 9 | injunctions of general application have many of the characteristics of quasi-criminal offences tailor-made by individual judges to meet the facts of a particular case . |
| 10 | We followed up the representations that were made by the hon. Lady and by others on that point , and the regional offices of the Department of Employment have been in negotiation with TECs to try to establish the extent to which they need additional resources to meet the YT guarantee . |
| 11 | Cosla complained it had no extra resources to meet the requirement , and suggested the registers would be unworkable , raising complicated questions of liability if land was found to be contaminated . |
| 12 | The use of simple terms to meet the purpose of a dictionary as a work of reference for the general public can , however , conflict with semantic precision . |
| 13 | While attention has been paid to the modification of adjudicative procedures to meet the requirements of a particular area , there has been little thought directed to the broader question of whether adjudication is the correct decision-making process on which to be fashioning procedures . |
| 14 | Full-time students who pass only 3 to 9 modules in their first year have , by right , the option to return for a second year in Stage I to take additional modules to meet the requirements . |
| 15 | People came out of the Underground and , leaning at odd angles to meet the wind , hurried home from work by the inner streets . |
| 16 | Furthermore , building enough to replace sufficient coal-fired stations to meet the draft EC Directive meant an impossible construction programme . |
| 17 | It has certainly reminded us that the decade is likely to be characterised by low growth and tight competition , and that retailers need to be positioned with a low cost base , flexible work-force and strong retail formats to meet the challenges of the next few years . |
| 18 | But he continued to be interested in the principles behind tribal art rather than in the aesthetic appeal of individual objects ; and these principles could be embodied even in the contemporary ‘ forgeries ’ which quickly began to be produced in quite large numbers to meet the demand for ‘ primitive ’ art . |
| 19 | To encourage surviving relatives to meet the fees of parson and sexton , as well as the minimal costs of the undertaker , open discrimination against paupers was practised . |
| 20 | According to Haynes , the problem establishing any branding effort — and one that POSC has encountered — is the reluctance of vendors to re-engineer existing products to meet the requirements of one section of the user community . |
| 21 | Mr Heywood has invited representatives from major companies to meet the council to discuss the scheme . |
| 22 | Shafts are being manufactured to closer tolerances than ever before and are being produced in ever widening ranges to meet the differences among players . |
| 23 | However , the government emphasises that a clean environment can not be had on the cheap , and electricity and water consumers are being prepared for increased charges to meet the costs . |
| 24 | In a constantly changing economic environment we are able to draw on the strengths of our parent companies — The Royal Bank of Scotland and Scottish Equitable — and create effective and flexible ways to meet the needs of people like you . |
| 25 | There was at the time of reorganization a considerable expansion of advisory services to meet the desire for increased curriculum coherence and the staff appointed were to take on much of the short course organization and guidance to schools for school focused INSET . |
| 26 | Advance payment bonds : Many export contracts contain provisions for advance payments to meet the exporter 's costs . |
| 27 | The accused drew by cheque card on a bank balance which had insufficient funds to meet the sum . |
| 28 | In summer 1991 the Government invited SCOTVEC to develop general SVQs to meet the need for broadly-based qualifications which are relevant to employment in a range of related occupations , and also for entry to higher education and further training . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , however , there are not enough homoeopathic doctors to meet the demand for this form of treatment and many areas of the country do not have a homoeopathic practitioner . |
| 30 | To quote the dictionary again , the word ‘ adventure ’ contains in it an element of the unexpected , of chance and Fate , which means that the protagonist must be able to call on more than normal attributes to meet the challenge set for him . |