adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb's inaugural speech (= their first one in an important political job )
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He said all the right things in his inaugural speech.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
address
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She game her first inaugural address at the diocesan meeting held in Chester.
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To be sure, an inaugural address is not the occasion for a president to list the details of his legislative agenda.
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This is the same president who did not raise a single foreign policy issue in his second inaugural address .
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They invited Ramsey to give the inaugural address .
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Clinton repeated his call, made in his first inaugural address in 1993, for political reform.
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The president closed the speech with a return to the racial healing theme of his Jan. 20 inaugural address .
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The elaborate cycle was repeated numerous times as the inaugural address neared.
ball
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The inaugural ball gown was an emphatic announcement that the first lady was going to play the style game her way.
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Some of the girls bought gowns for an inaugural ball .
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National party leaders rewarded him with an invitation to the 1981 inaugural ball .
committee
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John Warner, R-Va., chairman of the inaugural committee .
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As for providing a breakdown on the individual expenses this year, the inaugural committee is keeping its counsel.
event
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Jaruzelski was excluded from all the inaugural events .
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But, she added, the company had undertaken to sponsor only the inaugural event .
lecture
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Shchapov was only one of the newly appointed professors whose inaugural lecture hinted at a political programme.
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Kostomarov expressed an almost identical antipathy to the state in his inaugural lecture of November 1859.
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The basis of their programme is clearly outlined in an inaugural lecture given by G. H. Bantock at Leicester in 1965.
meeting
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About 30 policemen and warders swapped stories during the inaugural meeting about discrimination and brutality in their services.
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An inaugural meeting of the Merseyside Music Industry Association has been set up for tomorrow night.
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I believe I quote from the minutes of our inaugural meeting .
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An inaugural meeting to launch the group was held recently, where it was decided to approach knitters and weavers as well.
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Chairman at the inaugural meeting , he attended Temple every night of the week and attended Nicholson once.
speech
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He gave a six-minute inaugural speech from the South Portico before a tightly packed audience.
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Sure, he delivered a vacuous inaugural speech .
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Great inaugural speeches generally have one memorable sound bite.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Over 500 people attended the inaugural ball.
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Professor Eston gave the inaugural lecture in 1860.
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The inaugural meeting drew a large audience.
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the governor's inaugural speech
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The theater's inaugural season will consist of three plays.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A month of arguing in Florida did no favours to the organisers of the inaugural social whirl.
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Even if he did politely turn down Branson's parting offer of a seat on Virgin's inaugural flight - for obvious reasons.
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The inaugural ball gown was an emphatic announcement that the first lady was going to play the style game her way.
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The basis of their programme is clearly outlined in an inaugural lecture given by G. H. Bantock at Leicester in 1965.
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This Circle is the inaugural production of the Evidence Room's new space, and what a great space it is.