formal conference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformalandconference
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formal
adjective
uk/ˈfɔː.məl/us/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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conference
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.fər.əns/us/ˈkɑːn.fɚ.əns/
an event, sometimes lasting a few days, at which there is a group of talks on a particular subject, or a meeting in which especially business matters are ...
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(Definition offormalandconferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It does not have to be aformalconferencein the first place.
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There is to be aformalconferenceat some time later in the month.
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In no sense whatsoever was there anything in the nature of aformalconferenceor negotiation.
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It turned out to be a diplomatic festival as well as aformalconference.
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It may have to take the form of aformalconference.
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Discussions never stop, but occasionally the debate is focused in aformalconference.
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The proposals were not discussed in any of theformalconferencesessions.
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One member attended twelve times, two members eight times, and on no single occasion of aformalconferencewere all the members present.
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Certainly, if there were a conference, there would need to be intensive consultation prior to the opening of anyformalconference.
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I realise that there need not be an agenda, but this is aformalconferenceand at formal conferences there usually are agendas.
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I cannot, however, accept the idea that aformalconferenceshould now be convened to reconsider the fundamentals of the present constitution.
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I think it wise to say that a specificformalconferenceis not the only way of solving this problem: it may be that there are other possi-bilities.
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