Preposition: on

• constitution: We also of course support a referendum on the European constitution.

• euro: There are thus two major risks for the Labor government in contemplating a referendum on the euro.

• devolution: It featured a tailor-made fifth pledge to Welsh and Scottish voters, offering them a referendum on devolution.

• independence: The SNP in government will hold a referendum on Independence during the Parliament's first four year term.

• currency: The Prime Minister continues to drop hints about a referendum on the single currency next year.

Modifies a noun

• campaign: My family doesn't referendum campaign to budget schedule.

Adjective modifier

• constitutional: When will the Bill on the European constitutional referendum be published?

• Danish: Nor is the ' one-size-fits-all ' approach popular with the people of Europe, as the Danish euro referendum showed.

• promised: Also coming up is a promised referendum on the European constitution.

• forthcoming: The key theme of the meeting was the growing divide over our position on the forthcoming euro referendum.

Converse of object

• hold: Take for example the peace referendum held on March 20.

• postpone: The decision to postpone the referendum on the euro will also mean that the Convention gets an absolutely clear run in the next year.

• boycott: The Catholic bishops had urged voters to boycott the referendum, which needed a 50 % turnout to be valid.

Noun used with modifier

• devolution: At the time of the devolution referendum the CBI Scotland polled the 1200 Scottish company directors.

• euro: How people vote in a euro referendum is not an issue for CA.

• recall: Electoral Battle Units formed to defend Chávez in the recall referendum of August 2004 have morphed into Endogenous Battle Units.

• constitution: Tony Blair wants to fight and win the EU constitution referendum, leaving on a high.