Example sentences of "[adv] met the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have all met the school secretary or a main scale teacher with a strong personality who exerts more influence on staff attitudes than senior post holders . |
| 2 | We have all met the person who expresses himself or herself indirectly — ‘ Well , of course I would , but it 's George — you know how it is … |
| 3 | ‘ I 've only met the princess once , ’ she said . |
| 4 | We 've only met the once . ’ |
| 5 | This was a problem that merited expert advice , and , although she 'd only met the personnel director once before , she 'd liked him . |
| 6 | It must never be lost sight of that the objective of an R&D project is not only met the target performance specification but , equally importantly , to produce and prove a design that can be manufactured efficiently and exploited profitably . |
| 7 | These have for long met the needs of groups of people ( from the otherwise homeless poor family to the grant aided student ) for whom neither the public authorities nor the private market has been able to make adequate provision … |
| 8 | His successor displayed no great competence for the job even though he had been a member of the House for twenty-four years and had successfully met the demands of peer review to achieve major leadership posts in the legislature . |
| 9 | Fresh dolphin meat , however , has not met the same opposition , because it has been marketed under the name of chancho marino , or ‘ sea pig ’ . |
| 10 | It was felt that this unit had not met the expectations of the department heads , and some improvements were necessary , without a clear definition of where these might be achieved . |
| 11 | ‘ He had not met the King then . |
| 12 | I have not met the one in possession of my estate , and maybe never will , but I like to think of him as a kindly , white-haired old gentleman with a twinkle in his eye and a bag of humbugs for passing children , a man who has seen the troubles of the world but who remains untainted . |
| 13 | ‘ I had just not met the right woman before I met you that night . |
| 14 | It is not surprising that this controversial Directive has not met the 1993 deadline , which the UK , centre of the European art market , says will drive the trade to the US , Switzerland or elsewhere . |
| 15 | I do not know the facts and the background and have not met the people at other firms , but I am impressed by the quality of the management and the attitude of the employees at Strathtay . |
| 16 | The er you 'll be interested I think , those of you who 've not met the er independent taxation changes that have come about , there 's a great booklet a great series of books on er independent taxation about people who are considering working for themselves there 's some booklets . |
| 17 | Nor would he ever have remembered it , had he not met the man again , a long way from Lindos . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've not met the Dersinghams , ’ she said , to give him time . |
| 19 | If she had not met the man at that particular moment , she would not have gone out to the highway and she would not have met Flynn . |
| 20 | Despite strong support from the Government benches for Mr Lamont 's proposals , Mr Hughes said : ‘ The Chancellor has not met the nation 's needs and he should go without further delay before he does more damage . ’ |
| 21 | The 24-year-old replaces injured skipper Richard Gough in Scotland 's World Cup test against the lira-laden Italians at Ibrox Park tonight convinced that he has already met the equal of their talented attackers . |
| 22 | SOLUTION We have already met the equation for the reaction : The equation shows that one mole of lead(II) iodide can be produced from one mole of lead(II) nitrate . |
| 23 | The group has already met the Republic 's Taoiseach , Albert Reynolds , and Ulster Secretary of State Sir Patrick Mayhew , and today it completes its three-day visit with talks in west Belfast with Sinn Fein . |
| 24 | Subject to that obligation , the LTE was under a duty to exercise and perform its functions , in accordance with principles laid down or approved by the GLC , in such manner as , and with due regard to efficiency , economy and safety of operation , to provide or secure the provision of such public passenger transport services as best met the needs for the time being of Greater London ( section 5 ) . |
| 25 | — Clearly the words ‘ Now I am seeing this as apex ’ can not so far mean anything to a learner who has only just met the concepts of apex , base and so on — But I do not mean this as empirical proposition . |
| 26 | None of the pupils had ever met the other three visitors . |
| 27 | Bissett had once met the gaunt technician from A45 who had apparently received through a faulty glove a particle of plutonium the size of a pinhead and whose body had been cremated six months later before there could be an inquest . |
| 28 | The tribal leaders who visited Mr Mandela have also met the top ANC leaders in Zambia . |
| 29 | She had never been to Hereford before , had never even met the people they were going to visit and — being just four years old and as yet unable to read — could never have learnt about the district from a book . |
| 30 | " I 've never even met the fellow ! " |