Example sentences of "to meet [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overcome with emotion , he led her out to meet some of the other prisoners in Algox' gilded cage : first , he mistily introduced her to a tall , thin nervy man with black brows knitted in a permanent frown . |
| 2 | They fell into step , heading for the pub where they 'd arranged to meet some of the other girls prior to going on to the dance . |
| 3 | The Queen , wearing a purple coat and hat , went on to meet some of the heroic bomb disposal experts who belong to the Corps . |
| 4 | This is extremely unrealistic — it is more likely that firms will be able to meet some of the increased demand by working existing machines harder and using whatever excess capacity does exist . |
| 5 | I very much appreciated the opportunity to meet some of the hon. Gentleman 's constituents in a delegation . |
| 6 | He started off by taking Jack Hylton — an old friend of mine and a leading member of the board of TWW — to meet some of the independent television proprietors , and at that stage he suggested to Hylton that he might use me as an intermediary . |
| 7 | After their tour , Anderson and the camp commandant arranged for the white officials to meet some of the hard-core men . |
| 8 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
| 9 | The strike ended on May 16 , when the government agreed to meet many of the key demands . |
| 10 | after fighting one another for months in the House of Commons , were ready to meet together under the roof of the Sovereign and sink their own differences for a common good and arrange as they had done this morning for a National Government to meet one of the gravest crises that the British Empire had yet been asked to face . |
| 11 | However , if we do fail to meet any of the above standards , providing your accounts is in good standard , you may make a claim by writing to : |
| 12 | Gaps in understanding of the disease and its treatment and the unsuitable characteristics of available diagnostic tools mean that prostatic cancer fails to meet most of the standard epidemiological criteria required for a successful screening programme . |