Sentence examples for for state occasions from inspiring English sources

There is no established (official) religion, but Anglican cathedrals are generally used for state occasions.

Nehru lent him a wardrobe suitable for state occasions, and since then the two men have been warm friends.

Maliki does not live in Saddam's Presidential Palace — that's set aside for state occasions — but in a villa that was once one of his guesthouses.

For state occasions, the 19th-century Napoleonic court imitated the parures of the ancien régime, with the addition of a jeweled coronet of classic form.

President Tito began employing the band for state occasions: in 1960 Redžepova sang at a Belgrade gathering for the leaders of Non-Aligned nations.

It will be the first Bentley owned by the Royal Family, which since the 1950's has relied on a series of Rolls-Royce Phantoms for state occasions.

The house long synonymous with prints colorfully psychedelic enough to treat cluster headaches is now dabbling in Morticia Addams silhouettes for dignified state occasions?

Though the palace is the venue for glittering state occasions, royal officials have long complained of the crumbling building and the need for it to be updated.

Lesser suggests that in his grand public music, Shostakovich kept pretty close to the party line, creating, perhaps, a kind of musical Socialist Realism, cheering and mourning for appropriate state occasions.

The incumbent is expected to write works for royal and state occasions.

It is now clear that this may well be a blueprint for all future state occasions and festivities in this age of terrorism.