Example sentences of "have met with " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Poland , the Decalogue has met with impressive results . |
| 2 | The jockeying for position has begun and the Civic Forum 's statement that it intends to contest those elections has met with opposition from within its ranks . |
| 3 | Their subsequent career has met with approval from punters and critics , yet there 's that lingering feeling that they 're just chips off the Master 's block . |
| 4 | Though his work has met with some scepticism in the medical community , Medenica is respected in South Carolina . |
| 5 | I am afraid it has met with a cool response from our colleagues , and in view of this , I am sorry to say that we will not be taking up your offer to publish . |
| 6 | As Demetrius said , ‘ There is no man unhappy as one who has met with no adversity . ’ |
| 7 | This is the first time that she has met with something . |
| 8 | A similar dual focus rests uneasily in higher education libraries and invariably has met with failure . |
| 9 | A proposal to allow professors to retire on full pension at 63 instead of 65 has met with little support from state finance ministers because of its cost , and also because it would set an expensive precedent for all other civil servants . |
| 10 | He has met with precisely as much , and as little , success as any of his celebrated fellow-magicians . |
| 11 | Eric Zeisl ( 1905–59 ) was yet another of the stream of Austrian composers who fled before the jaws of Hitler 's army , though his music has met with less acclaim than that of many of his fellow refugees . |
| 12 | In many cases where a request has been made , it has met with a flat refusal . |
| 13 | ‘ One of the workers has met with an accident , ’ was all she said . |
| 14 | Recently , some Zambian churches have combined to produce the weekly Zambia Mirror , which has met with a degree of success . |
| 15 | Our range of reverse osmosis units has met with considerable interest and just proves that it is no good trying to adapt unsuitable systems to the fishkeeper — they need and deserve purpose-built items . |
| 16 | If you roll a double on the 2D6 roll then the Fanatic has met with an accident , wrapping the chain around his neck , or perhaps his heart just gives out and he collapses to the ground . |
| 17 | The introduction of the cascade model , in which the member of staff reports back to colleagues , has been introduced to alleviate this reaction , but this too has met with three fairly substantial problems : first , the idea of cascading presumes that the teachers will return from the course keen and willing to share their experience ; second , that the teachers will have the expertise to allow them to cascade the experience effectively ; and third , that group dynamics between course members in which security , confidence and understanding can develop from the shared experience is frequently dissipated when the groups disperse . |
| 18 | One such approach in particular , the case discussion model ( cf Daines 1981 , Hanko 1985/7 ) , has met with considerable interest , and continues to be found helpful by primary and secondary teachers of all lengths of career experience as they work with their consultant supporters in clearly defined ways . |
| 19 | Fiji 's government is in the process of defining those standards , and a recent call from the Attorney-General for better guidelines from the country 's Film Control Board has met with widespread support from all sectors of the population . |
| 20 | Fiji 's government is in the process of defining those standards , and a recent call from the Attorney-General for better guidelines from the country 's Film Control Board has met with widespread support from all sectors of the population . |
| 21 | Kaplan 's 1988 recording with the London Symphony Orchestra for Pickwick IMP Classics ( 1/89 ) has met with considerable critical and popular acclaim , sales now having exceeded 125,000 copies . |
| 22 | Describing it variously as a lark and a spree , The Times was satisfied that although ‘ genteel ruffianism has met with a very decisive rebuff ’ , the Cremorne affair was nothing more than something done ‘ on the impulse of the moment , and out of pure love of mischief ’ . |
| 23 | Generally speaking , however , family planning has met with a hostile reception . |
| 24 | This notion , that gender inequality is thus almost irrelevant for mainstream sociological theorizing , has met with an onslaught of criticism by writers who have argued that it is inappropriate to take the family as the unit of analysis in such a way . |
| 25 | — he has met with misfortune . |
| 26 | Another possible route to home ownership for local authority tenants has met with less success . |
| 27 | The government has met with less success than it had anticipated in its policy of compelling local authorities to put services out to competitive tender . |
| 28 | Although this strategy has met with limited success in terms of reducing the overall level ( Dunleavy , 1990 ) , it has had severe implications for the management of public sector organisations . |
| 29 | The first essential for a disciple is that he ( or she ) has met with the Lord and has chosen to follow Him . |
| 30 | Although the statistical theory of Gibbs and de Marzio has had some success for polystyrene in predicting the variation of T2 with molecular weight , the variation of specific heat with temperature , it has met with criticism . |