Sentence examples for regular gatherings of from inspiring English sources
Historically, the English may be credited with the evolution of Parliament, which, in its medieval form, was related to the Anglo-Saxon practice of regular gatherings of notables.
Tradition ascribes the Kumbh Mela's origin to the 8th-century philosopher Shankara, who instituted regular gatherings of learned ascetics for discussion and debate.
Soon he was writing regularly for some of the most interesting journals in Paris, the majority of which held regular gatherings of contributors.
When he held forth at the regular gatherings of central bank chiefs in Basel, the distinguished figures at the table, titans in their own fields, took notes with the eagerness of undergraduates.
In an interview published this week by Der Spiegel, the German magazine, Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg, who oversees regular gatherings of euro zone finance and economic ministers, said that a so-called soft restructuring might be considered, but only after Greece had completed a tough overhaul.
Circa 1908, the Bogdan-Pitești villa on Bucharest's Știrbey-Vodă Street (near the Cișmigiu Gardens) began hosting regular gatherings of intellectuals.
Robert Brozon had just missed his friends, a regular gathering of social workers.
But two years of video surveillance by Sicilian law enforcement agencies shows how the sons of jailed Cosa Nostra leaders are trying to reform "la Cupola" – the regular gathering of Mafia families from across Sicily to discuss business plans.
A few helpful new groups were created, such as the Financial Stability Forum, a regular gathering of financial regulators from rich and emerging economies that is now taking the lead in distilling lessons from the subprime mess.
Finkel's book includes an account of a meeting of the Suicide Senior Review Group, a regular gathering of top US army officers to examine the previous month's shattering litany of soldiers' self-shootings, hangings, overdoses and plunges from bridges.
His good personal relations with John Paul II saw him appointed in 1983 as secretary to the synod of bishops, the regular gathering of the world's Catholic prelates in Rome.
