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• plaque: She also unveiled a plaque to mark the occasion.
• statue: Queen Victoria visited Wolverhampton on November 30th 1866 to unveil the statue to Prince Albert.
• memorial: The Astronomer Royal, Sir Frank Dyson, unveiled the memorial, slightly later than planned, in February 1927.
• yesterday: Mr Prescott had also briefed him on the Track Recovery Plan which had been unveiled yesterday.
• plan: He was visiting Iraq to unveil the plan, the paper said.
• mystery: But I unveiled the mystery by promising one sequin to a peasant woman if she could find out who had sawn the plank.

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• ceremony: The bronze statue, by Scottish sculptor William Macmillan, RA, was unveiled at a ceremony on 20th December 2001.
• conference: Parkinson is unveiled at a press conference at 2pm tomorrow at the KC Stadium.
• exhibition: Other key pieces from The End will also be unveiled at the exhibition, with limited edition memorabilia given to those present.
• event: A portrait of Heriot-Watt University's Principal, Professor John Archer, was unveiled at a special event on Friday 12 May.

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• officially: The car was officially unveiled by Guy Smith, winner of the 2003 Le Mans 24 hour race.
• proudly: In the interests of cross county support, we proudly unveil the new Manchester United kit!
• formally: Ironically, it's meant to be formally unveiled tomorrow.
• recently: Oil giant BP has recently unveiled record first-half profits at the same time.
• finally: So Nintendo have finally unveiled the real name of their new console.
• shortly: Further changes to the tour will be unveiled shortly.

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what: The purpose of these seminars is precisely to unveil what is hidden or obscure in the way we apprehend the art world.

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commemorate: In June 1999 a Memorial Stone was unveiled to commemorate mining in the area.

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• minister: Proposals to crack down on smoking among teenagers were unveiled by public health minister Caroline Flint today.
• government: Proposals to build new airport runways have been unveiled by the government.