Example sentences of "meet [noun] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He first met Minton in a top-floor club in Wardour Street and they became firm friends .
2 She worked very hard for good causes and , during the war , in the village and on the buses you often met servicemen in the light blue uniform the wounded wore , who were recuperating at Lartington Hall .
3 Miss F met Courtney at the Royal Free Hospital when she had her baby by caesarean section .
4 Angie Bowie : I actually met David for the first time when he was with feathers at the Roundhouse and I was with the European head of Mercury Records , a gentleman called Lou Reisner .
5 He made his official Palace debut in the FA Cup tie with QPR on 5 January 1946 and was between the posts when Palace met Mansfield for the first post-war League match on 31 August 1946 .
6 ‘ I met Veronica at the Anglo-Catholic church in putney — St Mark 's .
7 Contrary to the norm for a Yorkshire dale , the young men did venture outside to seek their partners and John met Marie at a fair .
8 James Williamson and Partners as the employer was prepared to meet part of the extra travel costs .
9 The only exception was in war periods when it became customary to meet part of the additional spending through borrowing .
10 The ANC indicated that it was prepared to meet Inkatha at a multiparty meeting in the context of the National Peace Accord [ see p. 38422 ] , but expressed unwillingness to hold bilateral talks , arguing that previous meetings had failed to produced effective results [ see pp. 37951-52 ] .
11 I would n't like to meet Caravaggio on a dark night and who can be sure that Darwin 's life-long illness was really the result of Chagas ' disease ?
12 we went to meet mummy at the Jolly Farmers
13 This enables the National Central Control to supplement supplies coming ashore in order to meet demands during the coldest of winter days .
14 Thus the development of the mix to meet conditions at a particular point or period in time is essentially a contingency approach to marketing management .
15 This was the commission 's first visit to meet people at the sharp end of the system .
16 He said : ‘ One of the things most appreciated by those running smaller businesses is the chance to meet people in the same boat and discuss matters of joint interest and concern . ’
17 This enabled the Electricity Boards to meet demand in the late 1950s despite under-forecasting of loads and overrun construction times ( see p. 213 , below ) .
18 He said the products shortages that hurt the company in the first half are virtually behind it now , and Apple will be better able to meet demand in the second half .
19 After I had arranged to meet Jack on the following Wednesday , the Masons left for home , and I had an early dinner with my parents .
20 Bates , who beat Byron Black of Zimbabwe 3–6 6–3 7–5 in his first round match , can find comfort , too , in Wilkinson 's victory because he is due to meet Frana in the first round at Wimbledon .
21 In early January the Prime Minister and the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary ( Douglas Hurd ) had each visited the Gulf and surrounding areas : Major on Jan. 6-9 to meet members of the British armed forces and to hold discussions with the Amir of Kuwait , King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and Mubarak , and Hurd on Jan. 10-14 for talks in Bahrain , Qatar , the United Arab Emirates , Jordan and Turkey .
22 Young people were normally allowed many opportunities to meet members of the opposite sex , and though examples can be quoted of disinheritance because parental wishes had not been met , the prime consideration in choosing a wedding partner was undoubtedly mutual love .
23 The recession has left many folk unable , or hardly able , to meet payments on a first home , let alone a second .
24 This plan is useful only for people whose incomes have risen fast enough to meet payments on the new loan and the debt on their old mortgage .
25 It is a very happy occasion , and an opportunity to meet friends in a familiar location .
26 When a borrower was systematically unable to meet commitments by the required date he became insolvent , the final stage when all his remaining assets were repossessed .
27 The biggest long , Phibro , is said by traders to need cocoa to meet commitments in the physical markets .
28 Even though open systems may be able to meet requirements at a lower cost than perhaps the traditional proprietary systems , if you 've already paid for the traditional proprietary system , clearly there is no saving to be made by throwing it away and replacing it with the equivalent functionality on new technology .
29 The development of income raising schemes and projects will significantly increase the pressure of work on the Finance Section , even when linked directly to the Bank 's own Royline and while it is envisaged that the existing system should be able to meet requirements for the next four or five when replacement will be under consideration , additional staff will probably be required .
30 The development of income raising schemes and projects will significantly increase the pressure of work on the Finance Section , even when linked directly to the Bank 's own Royline and while it is envisaged that the existing system should be able to meet requirements for the next four or five years when replacement will be under consideration , additional staff will probably be required .
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