Example sentences of "meet [prep] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | On 3 September they met for dinner at the Day 's Inn on Jeff Davis Highway in Crystal City , Virginia . |
2 | These are likely to meet with opposition on the grounds of spoiling favourite views . |
3 | Unfortunately , this would be certain to meet with opposition from the landlord . |
4 | All that remains now is for the draw , which will be made in the Rome Sports Palace late this afternoon , to avoid such minor irritations as Holland joining England in Sardinia , thereby doubling the security problem ; Scotland renewing hostilities with Uruguay , whom they have refused to meet in friendlies since the 1986 World Cup ; and Austria playing West Germany , which would revive memories of the cynical conspiracy in 1982 which froze Algeria out of the second phase . |
5 | This was a need that Pat Bateson , Gabriel Horn and I had hammered out in many long discussions about our imprinting experiments , and which we had tried to meet in practice in the design of the controls we had used in the early 1970s . |
6 | Oh yes , we used to meet at top of the yard . |
7 | One of her few friends in the movement , whom she used to meet at Lockharts in the Strand for a poached egg once a week , had come down from a mill town in Lancashire in 1916 with nothing but two brown paper parcels . |
8 | Objections were also raised ( as in 1314 ) to being called to meet in Westminster , the usual venue of parliament , instead of at St Paul 's , the normal place for gatherings of the southern clergy ; in 1322 the southern clergy objected to a summons to meet at York in the northern province ; in May 1314 and April 1316 objections were raised to the presence of lay councillors of the king . |
9 | Mahmoud had a case that morning in the Mixed Tribunals and Owen wanted to send a letter to England so they agreed to meet at noon at the Post Office . |
10 | Adam and Rufus had met as members of the same squash club . |
11 | The £11,000 cost will be met through £4,000 from the parish council , grants and fundraising by the project committee . |
12 | The story starts one cold night in January when I was asked to attend a staff meeting for members of the Chelmsford Local Duke of Edinburgh award leadership team . |
13 | In another significant gesture , Nguyen Van Linh , the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam , met for talks with the Chinese ambassador to Vietnam , Zhang Dewei , on June 5 . |
14 | April 25 Baker meets with Bessmertnykh in the Soviet town of Kislovodsk ; Bessmertnykh announces that the Soviet Union is willing to act as a co-sponsor with the US for a peace conference . |
15 | Six years later the traveller and writer Eric Newby had a chance meeting with Thesiger in the Hindu Kush . |
16 | Meeting with members of the Pentland Medical Practice . |
17 | Meeting with members of the Pentland Medical Practice . |
18 | A woman in the Northeast involved in a campaign to improve colliery houses arrived at a lodge meeting with material on the houses for the members . |
19 | Arrange a briefing meeting with representatives of the magazine and the sponsor , the author and the photographer to make sure that everyone knows exactly what is required . |
20 | In a move meeting with approval from the financial markets Pierre Bérégovoy retained responsibility for the economy , finance and budget ; reflecting Cresson 's commitment to industrial regeneration , his responsibilities were expanded [ see attachments of Ministers-Delegate ] . |
21 | As we wandered about , we were treated with the kind of curiosity I imagine one reserves for a chance meeting with people from the planet Zarg . |
22 | The Maltese parliamentary secretary for the environment , Dr Stanley Zammit , has met with members of the country 's shooters ' and trappers ' association to discuss transferring government-owned woodland to association members . |
23 | Some members of the Roman aristocracy became exceedingly Hellenised , but particular aspects of Greek culture met with resistance from the more conservative elements of Roman society . |
24 | Despite that , the Dairy Crest sell-off is just about the only part of the MMB proposals to have been met with enthusiasm by the rest of the industry . |
25 | The fact that the Minister started his speech by talking about an annus mirabilis will have been met with incredulity outside the House . |
26 | The Wokingham Blacks grew in number and audacity , local sheriffs were met with silence from the locals , many of whom were related to the gang , while others were fed and clothed by them . |
27 | Lao and Chinese officials met with officials from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) in Yunnan province in early July . |
28 | A delegation of lawyers from the British Romanian Law Association has just returned from a successful trip to Romania , having given seminars in two Romanian cities and met with representatives of the Romanian Bar Association . |
29 | Jay Garner , head of the coalition forces , met with representatives of the ( Turkish ) Kurdistan Workers ' Party ( PKK ) . |
30 | The mission 's leader , Augusto Ramírez Ocampo , met with representatives of the parliament , the army and human rights groups as well as foreign ambassadors . |