"meet the problem" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are referring to facing or dealing with a problem. For example: "We decided the best way to meet the problem was to brainstorm solutions together."
The church in writer's area did not meet the problem directly.
July 4 passed without greetings from Russia, and we didn't have to meet the problem.
4th passed without greetings from Russia, and we didnt have to meet the problem.
They also fail to meet the problem because they are so numerous and are necessarily competitive.
The office was evolving to meet the problem of maintaining judicial independence in a democracy dominated by party politics.
Hospitals in cities from Sacramento to Minneapolis to Boston are starting their own efforts to meet the problem, with the national rate of emergency room visits soaring.
Subsequent rulers, however, were unable to meet the problems caused by increased population pressure and concentration of land ownership.
The Mayor said the building ban would have a devastating effect on the city's plan to meet the problems of housing, urban renewal and school con struction.
That is considerable, but so long as renewables are understood only as a pastime for the rich, they will be wholly insufficient to meet the problems before us.
Whether allowance of damages for negligent death is the best way to meet the problems incident to transportation dangers is beside the point.
The key is that Osborne is not merely offering pain, but a different economic vision — different from Labour and different from the Thatcherism that was designed to meet the problems of the 1980s.
