Example sentences of "[adv] meet [art] " in BNC.

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1 Snell has been criticized for causing a decline in handwriting by promoting his dull copperplate style , but his practice and teaching of a simpler and standardized mode of handwriting most effectively met the needs of clerks in the growing number of commercial houses .
2 The government 's plans effectively met the demands of the African National Congress ( ANC ) and other opposition groups for a transitional constitution to be devised by a constituent assembly chosen on a representative basis .
3 ‘ Direct mail ’ ( often known as ‘ junk mail ’ ) , on the other hand , even though it came through the letter-box dressed up as a personal letter and not as a newspaper , arguably met the mass medium definition of reaching large numbers of people quickly and simultaneously .
4 After following Wilton Lane to the north for around ¾ mile the route goes right to Dunsdale Farm and on to meet the B1269 .
5 Local groups complain that the guidelines are bring drawn up expressly to meet the requirements of the port — the first of its type in Britain — and the Dash 7 aircraft that will fly to it From Britain 's regional airports and , later , abroad .
6 Then they together met the American Ambassador .
7 As such , a student may take one or two modules only or a whole set of modules specifically grouped together to meet the needs of a particular industry or employer .
8 There is more need than ever for employers and colleges to work together to meet the needs of providing sufficient well qualified operatives , supervisors and managers for the industry .
9 Let us work together to meet the challenge .
10 The colleges will be able to produce their own units perhaps to meet a specific local need .
11 Growth follows the direction of the arrow — perhaps to meet the other half-span if this were truly a bridge .
12 The stars will be coming out during the day to celebrate Sainsbury 's Fundays — this is your chance not only to meet a celebrity , but to get their autograph and even a photograph !
13 It was not only to meet the argument of demographic decline if the trade stopped but to avoid the embarrassingly radical charge that they wanted rapid emancipation that antislavery reformers argued the consequence of abolition would be virtually automatic improvement in the conditions of slaves .
14 The demand for electricity was thus being artificially boosted : the price was known to be sufficient only to meet the historic average costs of supply , not the costs which in future would have to be paid if the demand were met .
15 MID WALES : New sources of sand , gravel and crushed rock will be needed to not only to meet the demand in Mid Wales , but adjoining areas of England as well .
16 At the time of that announcement , the Secretary of State also made clear his support for a King 's Cross terminal , which he described as ’ essential not only to meet the need of the travellers within London , but also crucial to serve the requirements of those who live elsewhere in Britain ’ .
17 It must never be lost sight of that the objective of an R&D project is not only to meet the target performance specification but , equally importantly , to produce and prove a design that can be manufactured efficiently and exploited profitably .
18 Drop into Albert Eickhof 's truly international designer fashion store , if you dare pass through the video-framed doorway , only to meet the intimidating glare of Europe 's most menacing sales staff .
19 Indeed , on the occasion one is fortunate enough to meet a great butler , far from experiencing any sceptical urge to demand a ‘ test ’ , one is at a loss to imagine any situation which could ever dislodge a professionalism borne with such authority .
20 This project almost died at that point , as I should not imagine that my skills were good enough to meet the precision requirements and the time factor seemed unacceptable .
21 The reason for this shift , according to Marglin , was not the higher efficiency of factory production compared to home-working under the putting-out system , but because the merchants could not force the home-workers to work hard enough to meet the increased demand for cotton .
22 Another , quite separate , reason why the idea of watertight categories of psychosis has never seemed very plausible to psychologists stems from the difficulty of defining the outer boundaries of insanity and the existence of so-called ‘ borderline ’ disorders that carry the overall flavour of schizophrenia or manic-depression , but which are not severe enough to meet the diagnostic criteria for either .
23 It is to be hoped that data-base technology can be developed quickly enough to meet the imminent requirements for data management in very large hyper-bases .
24 But there still were n't enough to meet the enormous demand .
25 The Wall Street Journal figures current management is n't strong enough to meet the mounting crisis but does n't know yet whether Akers is loosing the support of his board .
26 They had realised , as William Pitt had done , that minimum wage legislation , even if it were based on a family with three children , was not enough to meet the need of all families .
27 Raising the pensionable age , however , was not enough to meet the Treasury 's requirements .
28 This recognition of the " blurred roles " of teachers and librarians , and of the importance of providing opportunities for those who wish to gain an understanding of and professional accreditation in both professions , has long been the case at school level in the USA , where school librarians are generally required to have a proportion of undergraduate and graduate credits in both disciplines ( the regulations vary from state to state ) , and the education system has long been flexible enough to meet the need without the provision of special courses ( though this has its disadvantage in that some students may therefore miss the opportunity to make direct cross-disciplinary comparisons under academic supervision ) .
29 The most difficult part of the journey had been the hitch-hike from Udine to Treviso , but at Treviso he had been lucky enough to meet the local head of the Allied Military Government , who occupied another luxurious villa .
30 Was there enough to meet the cheque ? "
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