Sentence examples for greets the idea from inspiring English sources
He greets the idea of a revelation about his stepson with all the false cordiality of an MP who has just been told that the details of his expenses are about to be made public.
Several airline executives have also greeted the idea of a faster plane with enthusiasm.
SEISMOLOGISTS tend to greet the idea that some animals know when an earthquake is coming with a sizeable degree of scepticism.
A number of other Congressmen greeted the idea with enthusiasm in the hope that a means might be found of forestalling the big new naval building program of the United States, as well as a general armaments race.
Long Beach officials once greeted the idea of apartment houses along the boardwalk with consternation because of 1960's-era zoning along the shore, east of Long Beach Road, that allowed tall buildings stacked next to each other with little space between them.
Updated at 12.50pm BST 12.45pm BST Leveson says he asked the question because of the "horror" which some people have greeted the idea of anything beyond press self-regulation.
But some parents have greeted the idea with skepticism, and many education experts say it doubly stigmatizes vulnerable children by combining two practices widely discredited by research: retention and tracking low-achievers.
It is perhaps fitting that New Jerseyans, always leery of New York's oversize shadow, have greeted the idea of a multibillion-dollar freight rail tunnel with a mixture of skepticism and ennui.
Peter Thorne, a spokesman for the city comptroller's office, said that it was "always open to exploring ways to save city taxpayers money," but that it greeted the idea with "a tremendous amount of skepticism" given the administration's track record on CityTime and the 911 system.
Even House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the anti-government crowd's anti-Christ, greeted the idea with "stony silence," according to the Washington Post.
