Sentence examples for small invitation from inspiring English sources

It is that once again Jonny Wilkinson will find a path that holds a little promise, a small invitation to reach out again for at least a touch of greatness.

Unlike most of his predecessors, Cuomo has given his inaugural addresses to small, invitation-only audiences.

Originally a small, invitation-only charity benefit, the ball, though still formal and rather expensive, is now open to anyone who wants to buy a ticket.

Ms. Fleming, who earned money during college by singing in jazz clubs, proved particularly suited to this format, where just a small, invitation-only audience could be accommodated.

The Buena Vista Social Club performed on the island twice last year to small invitation-only audiences, group members say, but has never held a concert for the general Cuban public.

Last month, the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was host to a conference about addiction for a small, invitation-only crowd of neuroscientists, clinicians and public policy makers.

Senator Barack Obama is looking to emphasize the contests that follow Pennsylvania, writes Nick Timiraos in The Wall Street Journal: The Democratic presidential hopeful has made just one stop in the Keystone State this month, touring a wind-turbine factory this week and addressing a small, invitation-only crowd.

Artists and nonprofits did not really drive the forum's agenda as much as entrepreneurs and executives who scrambled to get into "governors' groups": small, invitation-only events, led by industry leaders, that offered a mix of market insights and the possibility of a post-Davos business transaction.

The first, in 2003, was a small, invitation-only gathering at the Pope John Paul II Center in Washington, D.C. Up for discussion: the Church's financial woes and, by some accounts, lay participation in the selection of bishops and priests.

A tipster has forwarded us an email, in Russian, inviting a small group of people to an iTunes event in Moscow on the evening of December 4. The email does not give much away, simply noting that team iTunes will be holding a musical evening, and that it's a small, invitation-only affair at one of the city's swanky shopping centers, GUM, located on Moscow's Red Square.

Much like the White House Forum, this was a small, invitation-only event that brought together some of the top clinicians, scientists, and thought leaders on the issue of resistance.