noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
annual
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In 1912 the Guild annual congress passed a resolution that divorce should be available after two years' separation.
extraordinary
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The split was formally approved at an extraordinary congress in Prague on Feb. 23.
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One year later it renounced its armed struggle and claim to a separate state at an extraordinary general congress .
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A new central committee would be chosen at an extraordinary congress , fixed for April 10.
founding
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This second founding congress , however, was marred by an immediate schism.
special
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The recommendations were expected to be ratified by a special general congress of the party on Feb. 18.
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The new officers were to be elected at a special congress in December.
■ NOUN
constituent
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Plans for a constituent congress were in progress.
■ VERB
attend
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Deng did not attend the congress , nor did his arch-conservative rival Chen Yun.
elect
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The new officers were to be elected at a special congress in December.
hold
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Later this year the party will hold a congress , only the fourth Mr Castro has convened in three decades.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Jiang won a place on several committees at the Communist Party's August 1973 congress .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Al-Fatah's fifth congress opens in Tunis.
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Although it meant postponing the ninth party congress by a few weeks, a last-minute compromise was found.
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And for some there were conferences and congresses in glamorous places, the glittering prizes satirically displayed in Lodge's Small World.
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Firstly, in 1986 there was a reform of Federal Insurance tax; congress dropped tax credit for individual contributions.
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He promised to demystify the all-powerful presidency and make it more accountable to congress and the voter.
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Individualism among today's members of congress has also been heightened by electoral considerations.
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Political power could create the institutional framework necessary for free criticism, including things like laboratories, periodicals and congresses.
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The congress called on the government to reopen schools and Niamey University, closed following rioting on Feb. 27.