Example sentences of "met with the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conduct of the elections met with the overall satisfaction of the Organization of American States ( OAS ) , which had sent a mission at Fujimori 's invitation to observe the poll [ see p. 38908 ; 39804 ] . |
| 2 | The increased use of lower courts met with the general approval of officials . |
| 3 | They changed to a strategy-management mode in which each of the business heads met with the entire executive board once a year to define strategic objectives and once a year to establish a budget . |
| 4 | all the consultation that also talks about in this paper is met with the two centres , the management committee of Highfields youth and commune centre and also the users of the Moat Centre and I think in light of everything that 's gone on I think it 's substantially a success to stand here and say that we have at least achieved some result and I I formally would welcome the Libs supporting this this afternoon and I 'm grateful for the turn that the Libs have made and in light of er what er Mr the involvement Mr has put in . |
| 5 | French Prime Minister Michel Rocard conceded that the initiative had " not met with the least response from the Iraqi side " . |
| 6 | Aware that his intended , ‘ I , sir ? ’ would have met with the invariable bark , ‘ Yes , you , sir , ’ Thiercelin contented himself with looking staggered , which he was . |
| 7 | Following the elections the main pro-military parties met with the leading members of the junta to attempt to form a workable coalition . |
| 8 | On Aug. 11 President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt had met with the Libyan leadership . |
| 9 | Elinor stared bleakly out of the window , beyond the sloping lawn to where the sludge-coloured sea met with the grey sky . |
| 10 | During his visit Xu met with the nominal leader of the Khmers Rouges , Khieu Samphan , but apparently failed in his attempt to persuade the Chinese-backed faction to rejoin the peace process . |
| 11 | Nivelle 's campaign in Champagne opened on 19 April and met with the same fate as most earlier attacks : some 120,000 Frenchmen fell before the German machine-guns and by the day 's end an advance of only 550m/600yds had been made , in tragic contrast to Nivelle 's expected g.6km/6mls . |
| 12 | She halfexpected to find Griselda 's body , guessing that it might have met with the same fate as Melusina . |
| 13 | If this was the case , then there must be enough grounds for proper charges , said Mr Bruce , but every enquiry he made , to police , social work , or the Children 's Panel Reporter , Gordon Sloan , was met with the same answer : ‘ Investigations are continuing . ’ |
| 14 | When the results became known the party leader , Konstantinos Mitsotakis , met with the single member of a small centre-right party , Democratic Renewal ( Komma Dimokratikis Ananeosis — DIANA ) , who agreed to give external support to an ND government to break the deadlock and avoid a fourth general election . |