noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a board meeting
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An emergency board meeting will have to be held.
a cabinet meeting
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A cabinet meeting will consider the government's environmental policies.
a committee meeting
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There's a committee meeting once a month.
a council meeting
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She had to attend a council meeting.
a meeting place
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The club was a meeting place for musicians.
a prayer meeting (= meeting at which people pray together )
a round of talks/negotiations/meetings
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A second round of talks got under way this week.
a staff meeting
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On Wednesdays there’s our weekly staff meeting.
a team meeting
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Hold team meetings to discuss problems.
address a meeting/conference etc
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He addressed an audience of 10,000 supporters.
an emergency meeting (= a meeting that is arranged quickly to discuss a very serious situation )
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The cabinet held an emergency meeting earlier today.
an urgent meeting
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Health chiefs have called an urgent meeting to discuss the problem.
annual report/meeting/conference
bathroom/dining room/meeting room etc
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the doctor’s waiting room
chance meeting/encounter/event etc
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A chance meeting with a journalist changed everything.
closed meeting
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a closed meeting
high-level meetings/talks/negotiations etc
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a high-level conference on arms control
impromptu speech/party/meeting etc
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The band gave an impromptu concert.
meeting place
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The pub is a popular meeting place for local teenagers.
meeting...repayments? (= paying )
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Do you worry about meeting your loan repayments?
race meeting
revival meeting
round-table discussion/meeting/talks
summit meeting
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a five-nation summit meeting
town meeting
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
annual
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If not re-appointed at such annual general meeting he shall vacate office at the conclusion thereof.
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The move is being discussed at today's annual meeting .
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The chant is certain to be sustained until the International Board announce their decision at their annual meeting in Auckland next April.
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Newcastle held their annual general meeting last night behind closed doors.
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Mr Nitch-Smith sat on the stage during Lonrho's annual general meeting in March.
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Everyone agrees that something will have to be seen to be done before the next annual general meeting in February.
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At their annual meeting in Swinbrook owners agreed that most Pugs belong to extroverts.
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Concern over the finances of the festival was voiced by treasurer of the Dolmetsch Foundation at the annual general meeting on Saturday.
extraordinary
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Signatures have been collected on a petition to call an extraordinary general meeting following Forest's struggling start to the season.
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The extraordinary general meeting which was due to take place on 10 October has been rescheduled to 17 October.
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Already he has called an extraordinary meeting of directors and supporters to discuss his radical new proposals.
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And the Press Council called senior editors to the first extraordinary meeting convened in its twenty-seven-year history to discuss the matter.
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He was threatening them with an extraordinary general meeting of the club.
further
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We only broke for the night on the promise of a further meeting next day together with social security officials.
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During the late afternoon I received another call summoning a further Cabinet meeting at 7.30 p.m.
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A further meeting was arranged to consider the training needs of potential leaders.
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In the absence of conclusive consensus, it was agreed to hold a further meeting in Madrid in April 1991.
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The court then has wide powers to revoke or suspend the approval, or give directions as to further meetings .
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A further meeting is to take place with Ulster Bank Management.
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In addition to my duties in the House, I shall be having further meetings later today.
general
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Signatures have been collected on a petition to call an extraordinary general meeting following Forest's struggling start to the season.
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The extraordinary general meeting which was due to take place on 10 October has been rescheduled to 17 October.
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If not re-appointed at such annual general meeting he shall vacate office at the conclusion thereof.
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These rights may be waived by the shareholders at a general meeting so that the new capital may be raised by means of a placing.
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Included in the programme will be the half-yearly general meeting of the association.
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Members of the arbitration court organized for the stock exchange are appointed by the general meeting for a fixed term.
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A Class 4 transaction will normally require the prior consent of the company in a general meeting .
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The general meeting of the shareholders of the target company may be called to decide upon defence measures.
public
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Nevertheless 50 percent had held public meetings , and one-third surveyed residents.
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Spokesman Frank Losco said the board held several public workshops and meetings regarding new diversions from the river.
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He will also tell the island's planning committee that it should go forward to public consultation and a public meeting .
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They started with a public meeting in St Peter's Fields - in Manchester, you know.
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After addressing a public meeting in support of extending the franchise to agricultural workers he had caught a severe cold.
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We've implored at public meetings all along that nobody takes the law into their own hands.
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Charged approximately 7.50 per hour for the public meeting , and a lesser amount for the exhibition space.
recent
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Some shareholders are unhappy with the running of the club and are concerned with the way the recent annual meeting was conducted.
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Duquette finally completed a deal that was originally suggested by the Philadelphia Phillies during the recent winter meetings .
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The investigation was requested after criticisms of the chairman's statement and the accounts by a shareholder at a recent company meeting .
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Agreement on the actions needed is beginning to emerge from these recent meetings of politicians, administrators and scientists.
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Nether Wyresdale Parish Council discussed the above application at their recent meeting .
regular
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Other initiatives include regular meetings between customers and management and more frequent and focused sales and technical visits to customers.
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We have a regular management committee meeting every second Monday.
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Schubert ran the regular team meetings , usually once a week.
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Gunnarson expressed confidence in the financial controls the city has in place, including regular meetings with center staff.
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Although the main problems have now been overcome, regular meetings continue to be held between site officials and neighbours.
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It publishes helpful leaflets and has local branches all over the country which have regular meetings and fund-raising events.
special
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Gwynedd County Council will consider the situation at a special meeting later this week.
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There will be a special meeting during the programme for those delegates who are Birmingham alumni.
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All that was needed was a fifty-signature petition, a special general meeting and a simple majority in favour of the proposition.
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This morning a special meeting was held to look to the future.
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These proposals have been approved by special general meetings of both institutes, and now only await Privy Council approval.
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Staff were called to a special meeting last night to be told of the proposed changes.
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But yesterday, the Daily Post brought a smile back to her face by arranging a special meeting with Mrs Jones.
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We arranged a special meeting between them in Chester and now they have become friends.
■ NOUN
board
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An emergency board meeting is called for November 28.
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He took hard knocks at two board meetings in June and August, and carried the discouraging words home to his father.
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What would be the point of my disagreeing with my husband at a board meeting ?
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The idea first came up in Thoroughbred Owners of California board meetings in June.
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It was to have been discussed at the next Shanks &038; McEwan board meeting in early October.
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I only know him from board meetings .
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Gray and his assistant Tony McAndrew were dismissed after an 8am board meeting yesterday.
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The Hartlepool Mail told of one emergency board meeting hastily convened on a Skipton pavement.
business
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Please send in your suggestions quickly for a venue and ideas on the form the programme could take following the business meeting .
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Software to support business meetings even without a special aide present is gradually entering the marketplace.
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Open classes and a Ploughman's lunch will be followed by the business meeting .
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At Statham Lodge, we specialise in arranging the perfect business meeting or conference.
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Clearly he saw nothing odd about business meetings in the small hours.
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The afternoon will be devoted to the business meeting which is always very interesting.
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Force her to attend business meetings at your house!
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Was the excuse of a business meeting at Casa Sciorto merely his way of making sure she came to his party?
emergency
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Mr Jakes will face his toughest test yet when he confronts an emergency meeting of the central committee this week.
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Ministry of Agriculture officials held an emergency meeting in London to decide how to control the outbreak.
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The Fatah leadership was reported to be having an emergency meeting in Tunis as a result of the reports.
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His decision to stay at home for emergency meetings sent shock waves through the money markets and shares plunged.
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More than 50 business men and women showed their incredible resolve when they turned up for an emergency meeting in Craigavon yesterday.
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The Council has called an emergency meeting to decide what action to take.
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The killing caused a storm of protest and an emergency meeting was held to demand it be made safe.
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An emergency meeting of the Third Division's four-man board decided the club will continue to play at least into the New Year.
place
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Today the pubs are the haunt and meeting place of another type of dealer.
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As it happened I was the first to reach the meeting place , and soon, four others turned up.
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Reputed meeting place of Gunpowder Plot conspirators.
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This picture was sent abroad to markets and meeting places .
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Voice over It's a recruiting ground for the younger generation and a meeting place for old friends like Billy Connolly.
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The smart cocktail bar is an ideal meeting place with a pleasant atmosphere and the restaurant serves a good selection of food.
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Her husband Ian says traditional pubs - without loud music - are still an attraction and meeting place for locals.
race
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Now, there were two days on which the only race meeting were in the north.
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One could imagine her at a shires garden party or a race meeting .
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The first detailed record of a race meeting dates from 1709 when the course was levelled and improved.
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Exhibitions, cup finals, race meetings , and great royal occasions drew the excursionists to their local station.
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The school grounds had been used as a car park during yesterday's race meeting .
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The blue suit that no longer went to the Curragh race meetings or the Dublin Horse Show, was his evening wear.
summit
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The visit cleared the way for a summit meeting between the Communist Party leaders of the two countries.
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Romer, a patient practitioner of the consensus-building school of government, held a series of summit meetings .
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Two more summit meetings were planned before the end of the year.
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January 1990 summit meeting p. 37202.
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Mikhail Gorbachev achieved the same goal during the 1985 Geneva Summit meeting with Reagan.
town
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He flew right to the Lord Mayor and demanded a town meeting .
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A.. Theoretically, caucuses are more like town meetings and are less subject to advertising and other tactics of modern politics.
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The foundation organized thousands of town meetings around the country to pulse people on public policy issues and possible solutions.
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But the vast majority of voters involved in these town meetings did not hold dear the traditionally conservative definition.
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He addressed the issues they were concerned with in a series of well-publicized town meetings on radio and television.
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At least one House Republican freshman maintains a hoary political tradition by staging town meetings with his constituents.
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Gingrich was more combative than apologetic during appearances at three town meetings in his suburban Atlanta district.
■ VERB
address
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He was given an ancient, unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings .
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He also addressed innumerable public meetings and spent two memorable week ends at Oxford.
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Missionaries were brought in to address the meeting on the advantages of a mission education.
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He was thus involved in extensive travelling throughout the District, addressing meetings of branches, trade unions and co-operative societies.
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My noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State addressed a meeting of farmers in my constituency.
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There was then a deep distrust throughout the party. as Law discovered in 1920: Bonar addressed a mass meeting .
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After addressing a public meeting in support of extending the franchise to agricultural workers he had caught a severe cold.
agree
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Nevertheless, everyone agreed that the meetings were productive; at least, that was the word they used.
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Unable to pay, he was being harrassed by them, but had agreed to a meeting near Crowthorne.
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I was surprised by how quickly he agreed to the meeting , as though he had some sort of obligation towards me.
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By mid-February all factions had apparently agreed to a Jakarta meeting , but no date had been set.
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Instead, at Orléans in November, a truce was agreed until another meeting at Attigny the following May.
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Either: As agreed at our initial meeting , we would need to inform your auditors of this appointment.
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Now she didn't regret agreeing to a meeting .
arrange
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Paul, I will write to you when I may and somehow we will arrange a meeting .
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While a patient in a mental hospital, he arranges surreal meetings where he whips her verbally and psychologically.
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The police suggested he arrange a meeting .
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Mrs Rowling hoped to arrange the meetings on behalf of church groups in the town.
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We will arrange and chair meetings between potential purchasers and the directors as appropriate.
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They then arranged the next meeting for a week later, Thursday, 21st May, 1857, and adjourned.
attend
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Since 1997, participating countries have been attending annual meetings to decide on the rules for implementing Kyoto.
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The 20 pupils attending the meetings are ages 5-12.
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Fellowships will not be awarded to attend scientific meetings .
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I read reports about this case, attended meetings where the evidence was discussed.
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Gedge largely preferred late night debates to attending stolid committee meetings in upstairs pub rooms or pushing by-election leaflets through doors.
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If you are looking for new sites and new friends please come down and attend one of our meetings .
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Participation would involve attending a meeting once a month and reflecting the views and experiences of their community to the group.
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Some 213 members attended the ballot meeting .
call
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He called the meeting to discuss an expedition at silver level.
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It has always been my intention to call a public meeting for all interested parties once we have something definite to report.
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Roberts called a meeting of the Town Council and he and Cross asked the police to start an investigation.
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As chairman you are responsible for calling the meeting , holding it together, and devising an effective way of working.
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The local Nalgo branch has called a general meeting for tomorrow when members will be balloted on whether to withdraw their labour.
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Staff were called to a special meeting last night to be told of the proposed changes.
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The Council has called an emergency meeting to decide what action to take.
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He called meetings to solicit their views and thus began his own experiments with what was effectively community architecture.
discuss
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Any concerns about the proposals will be discussed at a meeting of the Environmental Health Department next week.
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But health watchdogs and hospital managers may to seek further assurances when contracts are discussed at a meeting next week.
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Solutions will be discussed at the next meeting of the council's environmental protection committee.
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More comments followed the amended drafts which were circulated and discussed at open meetings in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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Three themes were pinpointed and discussed in subsequent meetings .
follow
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Please send in your suggestions quickly for a venue and ideas on the form the programme could take following the business meeting .
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Again, a short lecture on different structural forms was followed by subgroup meetings to propose various alternatives for Mega.
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Open classes and a Ploughman's lunch will be followed by the business meeting .
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The impression you gave that I provided your reporter with new information following the meeting is totally false.
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The unusually strong words follow a meeting of the Joint Liason Group in London late last month.
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No law had been broken until the demonstrators disobeyed the order to disperse, following the meeting in Duke Street.
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A notice will appear following the March committee meeting .
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Ferranti was unchanged at 57.5p following a meeting with institutional shareholders.
hold
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The firm holds all its meetings in the open, allowing anybody to drop in.
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The Permanent Council will explore the possibility of holding informal meetings on the issues mentioned in the two preceding paragraphs.
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Nevertheless 50 percent had held public meetings , and one-third surveyed residents.
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In May 1953 he proposed a meeting of East-West leaders and in 1954 wanted to hold a personal meeting with Malenkov.
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We can't hold meetings or travel freely.
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He held meetings - the first of their kind - with government leaders in each of the four countries.
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We also hold regular meetings of volunteers to discuss issues of concern and encourage one another.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(it's been) nice meeting/talking to you
extraordinary meeting/session etc
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Already he has called an extraordinary meeting of directors and supporters to discuss his radical new proposals.
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And the Press Council called senior editors to the first extraordinary meeting convened in its twenty-seven-year history to discuss the matter.
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The announcement came two hours before an extraordinary meeting of Bryant shareholders that had been expected to approve the merger with Beazer.
make the meeting/the party/Tuesday etc
summon a meeting/conference etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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According to people who attended the meeting , Ms. Robins refused to answer any questions about the deal.
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After a chance meeting at the airport, Annie was reunited with her brother.
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Her affair with Harmon started with a chance meeting followed by a few casual phone calls.
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I'm having a meeting with my client tomorrow to go over the case.
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I was in meetings all morning and didn't get a chance to look at your proposal.
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Our first meeting was in January, and I didn't see Martin again till May or June.
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Peter's in London for a business meeting .
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San Diego won their first meeting this season 21-13.
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Sorry I can't come - I have to go to a meeting .
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The committee will hold another meeting Wednesday to discuss the funding crisis.
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The principal has called a meeting for 4.00.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He therefore received a rather cool reception from Oliver Cromwell and was never once invited to join the army council meetings.
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It was used for meetings and conferences of magicians.
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Myers' staff has also organized more than 1, 000 round-table meetings with women across the country.
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Neighbourhood groups were invited to nominate a representative to attend relevant council meetings.
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One of the issues in his last re- election campaign was that his eyelids frequently drooped during meetings.
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She wondered if she could stage an apparently accidental meeting with Veronica.
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The Buklod Centre was set up to work with these women through educational courses, seminars and meetings.
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They attend meetings for the same reason.