"met sooner" is a valid and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to express regret for missing an earlier opportunity, or even to express a wish for an earlier meeting. For example: "I wish we had met sooner, so we could have shared more stories."
Sometimes I feel cheated by time: if only we'd met sooner, if only he were younger.
"We're both very driven individuals, and if we had met sooner, our careers would have made it more difficult".
In that realm, puritanical shows of disdain for other men and women's weakness are guaranteed to be met, sooner or later, by the exposure of our own.
But the rapid takeoff of Android sales since Rubin made his presentation, when there were just 20m Android handsets in operation – compared to more than 100m now – suggests that those targets may have been met sooner than was forecast.
With less than two years to go, that goal could also be met sooner than expected.
This leads to property 4. Property 4: In the case of unilateral saturation of the lot i (case 1), the saturation wave will be met sooner by users in class B – they will switch earlier to the unsaturated lot j which is closer to their entry point.
They will surely meet sooner than they had expected -- and not in a bar, either.
This time, at least, the sides are open to meeting sooner, and talks remain "extremely cordial," in Hunter's words.
Shirley is sorry that they didn't meet sooner, and she remains baffled about her brother's decision.
The archdiocese has proposed a meeting on Sept. 20, but Mr. Kielkucki said the union wanted to meet sooner and wanted salaries to be the main focus.
Early indications are there is a good chance their fighters will meet sooner rather than later for one or more of Fury's belts – he has held versions under the jurisdiction of the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO since beating Klitschko in November – which are likely to be vacated, and Joshua's IBF title.
