noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gala concert (= performed to celebrate a special occasion )
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a 75th anniversary gala concert
a gala evening (= a special entertainment show )
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The gala evening featured a performance by the Kirov Ballet.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
dinner
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A gala dinner is held fortnightly and lunch is alfresco.
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A weekly gala dinner is held with folk music, and a piano bar provides music three times a week.
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Once a week there is a Tyrolean gala dinner . 50 bedrooms: no singles available.
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Once a week a gala dinner is held.
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Two dining rooms; buffet style breakfast; weekly gala dinner .
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From May to September there is a weekly gala dinner .
night
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Misery Oldham were not mere spectators to this East Anglian gala night .
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But the piecederesistance will be the gala night at the King's Hall.
performance
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Disney should recoup some of that on worldwide sales of television rights to the gala performance .
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It was a gala performance of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme in the presence of the king.
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They have given each guest a limited-edition Disney sweatshirt and insisted that they wear it to gain entry to the gala performance .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A weekly gala dinner is held with folk music, and a piano bar provides music three times a week.
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Gardai investigating the crash took statements from some of the dozens of spectators at yesterday's gala .
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Manchester City had just won the League Cup and this was the night of their gala celebrations.
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That evening, over dinner, the spirits of the gala evening returned.
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The bodies are disinterred, and a colourful gala is held.
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The format was changed slightly, to make it more of a gala day.