Example sentences of "[v-ing] to meet [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system is already helping to meet the other tow goals ; it is balancing the response rate with the risk in order to predict profitability . |
| 2 | They reason that they might as well make the same effort journeying to meet the other people in person . |
| 3 | At the present time teachers may be working with limited resources whilst seeking to meet the varying demands of children with special educational needs . |
| 4 | In other denominations , as well as seeking to meet the social needs of those who are disadvantaged , there have been experiments with weekly joint services with the Asian community . |
| 5 | And tonight he was going to meet a magnificent girl called Jane Ashton who worked in the Y.M.C.A. canteen in the village of Chavigny . |
| 6 | Pike , Quigley and Mum used to wait behind the hedge , rattling tambourines and waving placards saying ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO MEET THE LIVING GOD ? as the congregation filed out and chatted to the vicar about the problems of British Rail . |
| 7 | Since both of us were going to meet the same plane , one of us was definitely going the wrong way . |
| 8 | Of course last year that did n't happen and last year hidden away in the first part of the er the budget papers was this cut in the amount of money going to each pupil erm in education in secondary school , so this year we are not doing that we 're going to meet the full cost of so in that sense the formula will be unchanged , and of course there 's growth er later in the budget and both primary and secondary schools in terms delegated budgets . |
| 9 | Owen and Adam came running to meet the little priest as soon as he rode through the gate and paced wearily into the stable-yard . |
| 10 | The 94,000 houses identified as failing to meet the nine-point BTS criteria compares with a higher estimate from the National Audit Office and an estimate of 101,557 by the Scottish Office . |
| 11 | Because yo di I said I had to send that agreement because you 're failing to meet the standard agreement , you 're not paying within the twenty eight days or the thirty days ! |
| 12 | More complex still is emotional power , for example , the kind of interaction which we describe as ‘ emotional blackmail ’ , in which one party is made to feel guilty at failing to meet the perceived needs of the elderly person . |
| 13 | It criticised the OECD countries for failing to meet the United Nations ' foreign aid target of 0.7 per cent of their GNPs . |
| 14 | In recent years , more and more science museums have been trying to meet the dual challenge of increasing their popularity and enhancing their educational provision . |
| 15 | Emphasis is laid on trying to meet the special needs of pupils on an individual basis , rather than choosing educational placements with regard to a category . |
| 16 | ‘ I roam the streets , searching , hoping to meet an old comrade from the past . |
| 17 | This section explores how mothers resist the impact of poverty on the health of their children , their partners and themselves while , at the same time , working to meet the financial commitments of the household . |
| 18 | It could only be about eight o'clock — her old-fashioned watch , unwound this morning , had stopped — but she felt as if she had been up all night , working to meet an insane deadline . |