noun
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a session of parliament (= when its members are working )
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The Queen opened a new session of Parliament last week.
a training session
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Make sure you attend the computer training sessions.
an emergency session (= a political meeting that is arranged quickly to discuss a very serious situation )
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an emergency session of the UN Security Council
brainstorming session
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a brainstorming session to come up with slogans for new products
bull session
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an all-night bull session
coaching session
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a coaching session with one of England’s leading boxers
jam session
quarter sessions
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■ ADJECTIVE
final
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In this final session Margaret was encouraged to explore possible ways of coping at times of further crises.
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The third and final session was blessed with warm and sunny weather so we all got tired because of the heat!
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Eight wickets were lost during the final session for just 60 runs.
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The final session on the afternoon of 28 November will be open to the public.
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At the final session the whole group met together to pray and reflect on the week.
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Tonight they have their final training session as usual, no doubt perfecting the set-pieces from which many of their goals stem.
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This was gathered together in the final session .
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The final sessions of the talks were attended by a United States delegation.
joint
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Accordingly, parliament at a joint session suspended King Baudouin on April 4, and itself signed the abortion bill into law.
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Bush singled out the issue Tuesday night in his address before a joint session of Congress.
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The normally routine joint session cere mony is scheduled for January 5.
legislative
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The sponsors of the bill made clear their intention to press for a vote on it within the current legislative session .
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That bill didn't become law, but Martin already has a new one prepared for the upcoming legislative session .
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After all, the candidate who wins the June 1 runoff may never serve during a legislative session .
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Wilson will try again this legislative session , Spidell said.
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The effort to regulate HMOs hit a snag in the recent legislative session , when Gov.
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In Britain, the opposition party is guaranteed control of a specified amount of time during legislative sessions .
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The Bisbee Democrat introduced a bill this legislative session that would have repealed that law, but it never got a hearing.
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One of the ongoing partisan battles over spending led to a typical case of gridlock as the legislative session ended last month.
long
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But after one particularly long session of playing on it he began to feel strange.
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Also, it allows you to shift your posture easily, which is important during long work sessions .
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A horse that is fit for hunting may be unable to cope with a long schooling session .
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Friesen said Wednesday after a long treatment session with trainers and before a 5-2 loss to the Penguins.
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People who aren't staying at the centre can book for half a day or day long activity sessions too.
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There were no long individual sessions .
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If Ron announced a long or tough session I simply would not do it.
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What followed were long brainstorming sessions that finally yielded the Foxfire magazine in its original form as a school literary magazine.
open
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This is always an enjoyable afternoon comprising open movement sessions , followed by regional displays.
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His pronouncements came during an open council session called to make the final vote for the new manager.
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Only its formal subdivisions are known, despite the fact that the press was admitted to its open sessions .
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The meetings ran for seventeen days, and thousands of enthusiastic guests lined up every evening to attend the open sessions .
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The theatre bar will be open throughout the sessions .
opening
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Give them that outline, the feeling of involvement and purpose, at the opening session .
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After the opening session we have a series of workshops.
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The opening session of seven frames came to an end with Hendry 4-3 ahead.
parliamentary
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It will bring forward legislation in the coming parliamentary session to introduce student loans, partially replacing grants, from autumn 1990.
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Barring unexpected defections from the coalition, Mr Hashimoto should be confirmed in a special parliamentary session on Thursday.
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My father has a flat, which he uses during the parliamentary session .
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He added that if swift action was taken, new legislation could be in place by the end of the parliamentary session .
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He was discovered and bitterly attacked by his former friends in the next parliamentary session .
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Mr Rais conceded that there was no constitutional basis on which to hasten the special parliamentary impeachment session .
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This dispute has been settled too late for the bill to be included in the parliamentary session that starts in November.
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The coming parliamentary session will provide a momentous opportunity for public debate on a matter of deep moral significance.
plenary
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Parties' positions are usually determined beforehand within their working groups or in plenary sessions .
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Now, in an adjoining room, the staff members who would be present at the plenary session had assembled.
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In considering whether candidate items were essential, each subgroup used a modified Delphi technique25 that was replicated in the plenary sessions .
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The plenary sessions on Friday and Saturday were less well received.
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All are located in close proximity to one another, providing scope for multiple syndicate as well as plenary sessions .
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But it gave an added attraction to the plenary session anyway.
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What follows is a summary of the key themes which emerged from the plenary session .
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The Chair of the plenary session , Inez McCormack opened the afternoon session by relaying some messages to the conference.
previous
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Volume was 411. 6 million shares, compared with 418. 8 million shares in the previous session .
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Many of the initial questions were of exactly the type the previous week's session had been intended to prevent.
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Q6, the F tells the modem to restore its factory settings in case a previous session has modified them.
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The goals of the previous session had been achieved.
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Tokyo stocks fell Monday as investors caught their breath following a strong advance over the two previous sessions .
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Figure 1 shows the output of certificates between July and October in comparison to the previous session .
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Volume was 507. 8 million shares, compared with 637 million shares in the previous session .
regular
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Training regular training sessions and monitoring of all teaching and support staff.
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Lindell said that if he is elected in November, he would introduce the proposed amendment during the 1997 regular session .
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Students are encouraged to take an active part and regular sessions are held in which they can criticize their teachers.
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In regular session crude oil closed at $ 19. 95, a 31-cent decline from Friday.
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They are introduced to the day centre and attend regular training sessions organised by the project and other outside agencies.
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The special session will run concurrently with the regular legislative session beginning today.
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The tours are self-guided and regular training sessions are held at Bovingdon Hall to familiarise teachers with the trails and farming practices.
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She had regular treatment sessions for the next two years, and was still making progress.
special
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Some clinics have special youth advisory sessions .
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For more than a year, Chula Vista emergency officials had been planning special flood training sessions .
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A special environmental session of the Knesset and a meeting of local authority leaders are planned.
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Barring unexpected defections from the coalition, Mr Hashimoto should be confirmed in a special parliamentary session on Thursday.
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The government is said to have met in special session and put his eldest son, Major-General Joseph Kabila, in charge.
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In addition, there are 50 would-be members who come along on Thursday evenings for a special reduced-rate session .
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Our special offer session will cost £45.
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The boycott was sufficient to force both to testify before a special session of the lower house budget committee on Feb. 25.
weekly
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The issue was the subject of heated debate in a weekly morning caucus session .
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The main aim is touring with Sundar tours, adventure canoeing, hostelling and camping holidays plus weekly pool sessions for beginners.
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Each term students take two courses, each course being taught in a weekly two-and-a-half-hour session .
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Trialling has been done through weekly after-school sessions , through whole staff conferences in school and weekend courses.
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Each group met six times for five consecutive weekly sessions and then again two weeks later.
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afternoon
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Funded by the school, seven Friday afternoon sessions are held during the term preceding the child's start date.
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It would be an afternoon session , about two hours.
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The workers merely wish to clear a backlog of clients before the afternoon session begins.
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But she was feverish so Kathy and Jean-Luc returned to Baltimore, and Kathy missed the afternoon session .
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It was almost time for the afternoon session at the Riverside.
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The juror returned for the afternoon session .
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It was a pleasure to have Miss Kay Evans with us for part of the afternoon session .
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The two-hour afternoon session was the second of the day.
assembly
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The new constitution was approved at the close of a National Assembly session which had opened on March 23.
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The plenum preceded the opening of a 60-day National Assembly session on March 20.
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The Assembly session ended on May 29 without adopting the Presidency's plan.
emergency
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The Presidency reconvened in emergency session on May 8-9 at the request of the army.
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In this worsening climate of inter-republican invective, the collective State Presidency met in emergency session on Oct. 2.
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The government met in emergency session on May 22 and agreed to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the assassination.
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He was preparing a detailed set of reference papers for the emergency session of the Academy.
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Immediately afterwards the Moldavian Supreme Soviet went into emergency session .
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Ivashko adjourned the meeting, and the politburo went into emergency session , emerging to announce its unanimous backing for Gorbachev.
jam
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Then on Sunday night all styles will merge in a monumental jam session .
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The action continues through Sunday with nightly jam sessions , raffles, and a Grande Finale Concert.
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Baker was first heard no record in a public jam session of 1941 and quickly established an unbeatable reputation in London clubs.
morning
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She could not face a repetition of the morning session .
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In Tokyo Wednesday, the Nikkei index fell 70. 86 points to close the morning session at 20581. 22.
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They all looked clean, so that meant they were coming in for a morning session before they went on two to ten.
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However, the court had finished its morning session .
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On Monday, the Nikkei index fell 60. 40 points to close the morning session at 20608. 63.
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The ball their bowlers used in the morning session was sensationally taken from them at lunch by match referee Deryck Murray.
photo
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The car was driven straight from a studio photo session to the world's fastest track.
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If you do a photo session and you look ridiculous, it's just one day, you move on.
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He had not enjoyed that photo session either, but he disliked this even more.
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Their main studio and office is located at and they will be offering on-the-spot make-overs and photo sessions .
practice
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The following day's practice session began no better.
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During practice sessions on relaxation techniques, Patricia recognized that when she had an anxious thought, her muscles tensed.
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I approached the set with Farhan as if it was nothing more than a practice session .
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Before each of the Tuesday and Friday night performances, there are two practice sessions .
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Two or three practice sessions will soon evolve your main theme.
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During a visit to Moscow, she joined the Bolshoi Ballet for a practice session .
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They began training for the finals in January involving twice-weekly practice sessions in the Barlaston canteen after work.
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His shots made the same pleasing sounds they did when we had our first practice session together.
strategy
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Hardly a week passes without his popping up in Washington for some top Republican strategy session on budget-balancing.
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Lamar Alexander, who spent Monday hunkered down in strategy sessions at his Nashville headquarters.
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It calls the new meeting an intense strategy session showcasing real-life business solutions achieved with client-server computing.
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Republican conference meetings, the closed-doors strategy sessions , have often resembled revival meetings, said Rep.
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The aim of the strategy session was to develop a nontraditional campaign without the use of expensive television ads.
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While most of our meetings were open to the public, some strategy sessions were invitation-only.
therapy
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Weeping in therapy sessions , say some, can be used as a defence against having to talk about the pain.
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He made up his mind to participate in the group therapy sessions he had been sitting through mutely.
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He and other psychoanalysts have relied on dreams recollected during therapy sessions , or those they could recall themselves.
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A mutual therapy session for emotionally dislocated correspondents.
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He may not have lost his ability to balance, or he may have relearned it through his therapy sessions .
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They meet in a daily group therapy session , and very quickly become lovers.
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In addition, she stopped acting out, both at home and at school, and the therapy sessions became more productive.
training
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Updated refresher training sessions were held for plant operators and new reporting procedures brought in to cover routine monitoring.
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Parked next to it at a recent training session was Doddie Weir's C reg Cavalier.
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They are trained on short training sessions run by the individual companies.
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After training sessions , keep any literature or handouts together with the forms so that you build up your own references to guide you.
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For example they may be asked to prepare a training session on how to deal with difficult clients or one on housing benefits.
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Campese lost his footing and fell heavily during yesterday's training session at Swansea University.
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Breathing exercises should be performed at the end of each training session .
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I think he goes training because he knows the police can never find an Athletico training session .
■ VERB
attend
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They are introduced to the day centre and attend regular training sessions organised by the project and other outside agencies.
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It was nevertheless suspended for three years, the brothers forced to attend sensitivity-training sessions .
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Who will provide the cover for house officers attending their education sessions ?
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The meetings ran for seventeen days, and thousands of enthusiastic guests lined up every evening to attend the open sessions .
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Mobutu did not keep a promise to attend the session .
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Managers and supervisors applauded the new approach and eagerly attended the financial training sessions .
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The new student will be expected to train daily at his home and attend a club training session at least twice a week.
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In two years, 35 students have attended at least one session .
close
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In Tokyo Wednesday, the Nikkei index fell 70. 86 points to close the morning session at 20581. 22.
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President Herrera spoke to Congress on December 31, 1849, at its closing session .
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Then they are supposed to return to closed session to deliberate over punishment.
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On Monday, the Nikkei index fell 60. 40 points to close the morning session at 20608. 63.
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The mayor has called a special closed City Council session for tomorrow to discuss his replacement.
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The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed the session 201.88 points down, or 1.51 percent, at 12,681.66.
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After the hearings, the full committee is supposed to deliberate in closed session on what punishment to recommend to the House.
follow
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This was invariably followed by a session of late-night jazz at Ali's Alley downtown in Greenwich Village.
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Penelope had refused to follow her to the sessions that to her were nothing but women trying to act as lay psychologists.
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This was followed by a poster session .
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What followed were long brainstorming sessions that finally yielded the Foxfire magazine in its original form as a school literary magazine.
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In the week following this session Rosemary Frost successfully used the same in Class, amidst many giggles from her students.
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We all had to stand up in turn in front of the class and give a short talk, followed by a question-and-answer session .
hold
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As the working party suggested, a section of the Council meeting dealing with private Institute business was held in closed session .
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We held one more such session with the president in California.
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Read in studio Britain's best weightlifters have held a unique training session ... behind bars.
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On Monday, the governors were to hold a working session with Bush.
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Next year's conference will be in Birmingham, with plans under way to hold the 1995 sessions in the V&A;
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The committee held a 14-hour session Wednesday to discuss a timetable of the case.
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Nevertheless, the two sides agreed to hold a further session of talks in Seoul on Dec. 11-14.
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The governors were holding a working session with Bush on Monday.
meet
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The government is said to have met in special session and put his eldest son, Major-General Joseph Kabila, in charge.
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The School Board next week is expected to meet in executive session and determine how much it can afford to offer.
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Current plans are to meet in closed session Monday and Tuesday.
record
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It covers legal and taxation notes for musicians, as well as advice on recording contracts and other session engagements.
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The recording sessions fell into two parts.
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Wouldn't it be easier to record these sessions ?
train
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They are trained on short training sessions run by the individual companies.
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One solution is for Dorman Oil to summarize key points in employee training sessions that incorporate multimedia and other technologies.
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We gathered 20 such women for the first training session .
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Working together, the union, consultant, and management representatives proposed a series of Saturday training sessions on problem solving.
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Well, for most of the first half, they were as lacklustre as if this was a Thursday morning training session .
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Charles Ruff, a Ciba-Geigy salesman based in Charlotte, regularly runs lunch-hour training sessions for veterinarians.
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The following morning was to be my last training session with the biggest football club in the world.
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It was just the kind of situation Turner hoped to encounter during the training session .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a practice session
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He wrote the new song during a recording session .
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This course will only be offered during the fall session .
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We have 5 hours of English a week, including one session in the language laboratory.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Appendix 2 contains a full list of care centres for each petty sessions area.
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Do you ever cover more than one previous life in a single session ?
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It was nevertheless suspended for three years, the brothers forced to attend sensitivity-training sessions.
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Johns decided to record Satriani live in the studio over the course of 12 days with a handpicked crew of session players.
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On Monday, the governors were to hold a working session with Bush.
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Penelope had refused to follow her to the sessions that to her were nothing but women trying to act as lay psychologists.
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She had regular treatment sessions for the next two years, and was still making progress.
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Weeping in therapy sessions, say some, can be used as a defence against having to talk about the pain.