Example sentences of "[not/n't] meet with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | However , as has been reported in International Crossroads , they have been awarded the 1993 World Cup Sevens , a decision which did not meet with general approval , and as there is a rebuilding programme at Murrayfield only 38,000 fans will be able to watch the tournament on each day . |
2 | The most rigorous efforts to spread the work evenly throughout the day will not meet with total success for there will always be some predictable peaks and troughs of activity . |
3 | These stocks were attractive to banks and discount houses but did not meet with strong demand elsewhere and no more were issued subsequently . |
4 | The partial compensation found in the fertility of the black and brown immigrants of the Commonwealth countries who had sent over 3 million people into Britain since 1962 did not meet with universal enthusiasm , as the evidence from the Race Relations Board frequently suggested . |
5 | In addition , one could argue ( though this might not meet with unanimous agreement within the experimental community ) that repeated experiments with the same subjects indicate that conformity with SEU behaviour increases with repetition . |
6 | And when these did n't meet with immediate success , yet more surveys were done and more programmes developed — until , ultimately , it was decided that , if parents could not be trusted to do the right thing , the decision had to be taken out of their hands . |