Sentence examples for preparatory gathering from inspiring English sources

The US had tried to put the focus of the London meeting, a preparatory gathering for the leaders' summit, on its proposal for a new international accord to increase banks' capital reserves.

"Clearly we are in the middle of a situation that is quite dark," she said in an interview during the brief gap between preparatory gatherings in Brazil and Mexico earlier this week and her departure for Washington on Friday.

As soon as Bolton got to New York, he blew up the preparatory negotiations for a gathering of heads of state, insisting that the other 190 members of the world body immediately agree to hundreds of changes in the summit document.

The bulk of the original artworks were sold at auction in 1975; the Towner exhibition, with its preparatory drawings and original paintings, is the largest gathering of Lyons material since this dispersal.

Before the last Synod (a world gathering of bishops), Pope Francis personally attended all the preparatory meetings in premises near Vatican City.

Organized by Alexander S. C. Rower, the artist's grandson and director of the Calder Foundation, and David R. Collens, director of Storm King, it's the largest gathering of the artist's outdoor work so far, supplemented by two dozen maquettes, or preparatory models, and a wealth of archival photographs.

See also preparatory school.

______ Overcrowded gathering.

Headteacher, Ursuline Preparatory school, Essex.

There were no preparatory drawings.

Some preparatory work has been done.