It insisted the organisers of the first Bordeaux-Paris met its own ideals before allowing British riders to take part.

Beyond Recruiting By the end of the 1960's, many colleges and universities began recognizing that they had to seek out minority students if their actions were to meet their ideals.

And many of the children, physically and mentally damaged by rough institutional treatment, do not meet many couples' ideals of an adoptable child.

The selections their editors make are to meet their corporate ideals, not to satisfy me, and I certainly rail against force feeding me the homogenised, and largely dumbed down BBC content.

It was during one of his journeys around Japan that he came across Onta pottery and admired it because it met his aesthetic ideals.

"Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom" ranks states according to how well they meet the Center's ideals of personal and economic freedom.

The new liberal elite decided that maintaining ties with a totalitarian regime did not meet Russia's democratic ideals.

The Chinese writing system most closely met his ideals.

The Bicycle Union - later renamed the National Cyclists Union - had strict views about amateurism and had demanded its French equivalent ensure that all taking part met its own amateur ideals.

Few dared mention that by his own standards, Himmler did not meet his own ideals.