Example sentences of "met [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Finance and Economy Ministers of Bolivia , Brazil , Colombia , Chile , Ecuador , Mexico , Peru and Uruguay had met together in the Chilean capital , Santiago , on Dec. 1-2 , to discuss a joint strategy ahead of the Bush visit . |
| 2 | The two of them had often met socially in the old days , with their respective partners , at evenings in the Green Dragon , the local pub in the village of Welton , ten miles from Hull , where Horsley lived in a magnificent stone house which , he always stressed , did not have a drive . |
| 3 | However , we suggested that this point can be met substantially by the traditional argument about economic policy making , that it is best to assign separate instruments to different targets . |
| 4 | B and L said that the sums the receivers properly ought to pay themselves could be met out of the liquid assets in the receivers ' hands . |
| 5 | The Social Security Act 1986 , radically changed the law by requiring special or emergency needs , which had previously been dealt with at the discretion of local officers , to be met out of the Social Fund under directions and guidance from the Minister who allocated funds to local offices . |
| 6 | Booth 's cross was met strongly by the Finnish internationalist and his header from close range relieved any pre-match tension Aberdeen might have felt . |
| 7 | I hurried back to the house to be met immediately by the first footman saying : ‘ We 've been looking all over for you , sir . |
| 8 | Now speaking to you , as chairman of the G M B parliamentary group I can tell you that we have met twice over the last few weeks on this issue of modernization and we are agreed on the need to avoid a damaging public row from which everybody yes including the unions , will lose . |