Converse of object

• present: In 1989, the Wiener Secession presented a retrospective of his works on paper.

• include: She has exhibited at numerous places including a retrospective of her photography at the North East's prestigious Zone Gallery.

• hold: The Barbican, London will be holding the first retrospective of her work in September 2005.

Adjective modifier

• major: In 1985, the National Portrait Gallery staged a major retrospective.

• comprehensive: This exhibition is the first comprehensive retrospective of Stuart's work.

• first: The Barbican, London will be holding the first retrospective of her work in September 2005.

• complete: The festival will also show a complete retrospective of fashion photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber's work.

• large: In 1886 a large retrospective of his work was held at the Grosvenor Gallery.

Modifies a noun

• conversion: Some retrospective conversion of data generated on the older version of the database may also have occurred.

• exhibition: A retrospective exhibition of his work was held in 1981 at the Malone Gallery in Belfast.

• approval: Retrospective approval was granted for the advertisement at a reduced cost of £ 250.

• analysis: A portion of each monthly sample is stored frozen, should retrospective analysis be required.

• rebate: The Council will receive a retrospective rebate of 5 % payable on the expenditure made with effect from 1 January, 2006.

• review: The process of retrospective review has produced positive results.

Modifying Another Word

• fully: No records are too old to be affected it is fully retrospective.

• only: These warnings received minimal, and in some cases only retrospective, coverage from the media.

Noun used with modifier

• museum: It is this intention that links their works across the decades and which in turn transforms this exhibition into a museum quality retrospective.

• CD: In spring, a CD retrospective of his music, Six Of Hearts, was released.

Preposition: of

• artist: After more than a decade I encountered the work again, in a retrospective of the late artist 's work.

• work: A retrospective of works by Leonard McComb RA runs from 27th September to 20th October.