Sentence examples for met rather than from inspiring English sources

What can be missing is a dialogue that identifies what goal is being met, rather than what medical problem is being treated in isolation.

Investigate whether those standards are being met, rather than relying on regulation alone – as seen in the Bangladesh tragedy where certain obligatory workplace permits were not obtained.

In social situations, prosopagnosics often smiled blandly and behaved as if they had previously encountered everyone they met, rather than risk offending acquaintances.

Speaking from Uganda, Charles Morrison of the City law firm Denton Wilde Sapte argues that these new styles of procurement give poorer African governments, in Uganda, Ghana or Tanzania, the chance to decide for themselves what their needs are and how they should be met, rather than having their donors decide for them.For some overseas governments, PFI may have another, less noble, appeal.

Critics of America's condition insist on the need to return to the morality of yesterday, but it may be better, given its inevitability, to think of moral freedom as a challenge to be met rather than as a condition to be cured.

Labour, the Lib Dems and Greens all think differently, wanting regulation, intervention and the right types of public investment to ensure that the full range of housing demand is met rather than depending on fostering "off-plan" sales to absentee investors and therefore further warping an already chronically unbalanced market.

A country at a crossroads, yes; but a place where people meet, rather than where they part ways or transit".

It is an interesting choice of words, a bit like someone choosing to win big at a high school track meet rather than compete in the Olympics.

The past few Christmases have been a struggle in which I focused on making ends meet rather than splurging on a big feast.

But the committee's chairman, Adrian Bailey, a Labour MP, said there was a risk that "traders could see it as the standard to meet rather than a minimum requirement".

As much as possible, give your full attention to those with whom you're speaking or meeting, rather than allowing your attention to wander to a ringing cellphone or a new text message.