Example sentences of "be greeted with some [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The order , announced in the House of Commons by the junior defence minister , Mr Michael Neubert , will be greeted with some relief in the Navy .
2 The results were greeted with some scepticism by Donnie Munro , lead singer of the rock group Runrig , rector of Edinburgh University and regarded by many young Scots as a spokesman .
3 The project was greeted with some antagonism among his Virgin colleagues .
4 Clinton , meanwhile , was regarded as pro-Israeli and his victory was greeted with some alarm by the Arab countries , which feared a return to a policy of unconditional US support for Israel .
5 It was greeted with some fury : ‘ It 's the beginning of a war , ’ said Fernand Daoust of the Quebec Federation of Labour .
6 The announcement was greeted with some scepticism by environmental groups , with Greenpeace describing it as " purely and simply a public relations exercise " .
7 Nor is it surprising that a discussion paper that extolled counselling while assuming its efficacy was greeted with some hostility .
  Next page