1.   A local group has formed to oppose the mining and has held its first public meeting.

2.   A public meeting was held to discuss the proposal to build a new school.

3.   A second public meeting was called.

4.   After addressing a public meeting in support of extending the franchise to agricultural workers he had caught a severe cold.

5.   At a public meeting yesterday, environmentalists were finally permitted to have their say about the future of the ancient forest.

6.   Conrad Burns by throwing a five-gallon bucket of bison entrails on them during a public meeting.

7.   Depressingly, the Labour party managed to run an entire campaign without exposing its candidate to genuine scrutiny at public meetings.

8.   He also addressed innumerable public meetings and spent two memorable week ends at Oxford.

9.   Hundreds of residents had a public meeting in the village hall to hear Ken Hind explain about the bypass.