Example sentences of "[noun pl] met [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They changed to a strategy-management mode in which each of the business heads met with the entire executive board once a year to define strategic objectives and once a year to establish a budget .
2 Following the elections the main pro-military parties met with the leading members of the junta to attempt to form a workable coalition .
3 The increased use of lower courts met with the general approval of officials .
4 As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes .
5 The five CODESA working groups met for the first time on Jan. 20 in Johannesburg .
6 All was in vain ; the poor law functions of the Boards of Guardians were transferred to the County Council , and on March 29th 1930 the Board of Guardians met for the last time .
7 His creditors met on the 28th and they read a letter from their debtor telling them the law was an enemy he could not conquer .
8 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 .
9 It is important to note here that although an analysis of individual texts follows , the point of this approach is to provide an overall picture of a pupil 's literary diet across a range of texts met in the lower years of the secondary school .
10 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 .
11 It was a raw morning in late November when a small group of members met at the Free Trade Hall for a rehearsal of the Halle Orchestra .
12 Regional CPD convenors met at the third CPD Forum in Windsor in October , which was this year sponsored by the Architects ' Journal .
13 The loom shed was , by now , used by a firm of silk throwsters , their comparatively modest power requirements met by the remaining water wheel .
14 The conduct of the elections met with the overall satisfaction of the Organization of American States ( OAS ) , which had sent a mission at Fujimori 's invitation to observe the poll [ see p. 38908 ; 39804 ] .
15 Recognising an emergency , the four British public collections strongest in Old Master drawings met at the British Museum ; these were the National Galleries of Scotland , the Ashmolean and Fitzwilliam Museums and the British Museum itself .
16 The two women met at the International Women 's Day March , after a break in their friendship of twenty years .
17 On Feb. 14 , however , Nichol met representatives of the Association of Chief Ambulance Officers , and on Feb. 20 management and unions met for the first time since October in a session with the Advisory , Conciliation and Arbitration Service ( ACAS ) .
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