governing board

collocation in English

meaningsofgoverningandboard

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governing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚ.nɪŋ/
having the power to govern a country or ...
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board
noun
uk
/bɔːd/us
/bɔːrd/
a thin, flat piece of cut wood or other hard material, often used for a ...
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(Definition ofgoverningandboardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Evidence suggests that thisgoverningboardregularly exercises effective oversight of the president's activities.
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First, eight indicators were identified relating to the head of the agency and thegoverningboard.
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Similarly, minutes of thegoverningboard, medical audit, and evaluation and medical staff meeting should be open.
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Thegoverningboard, where questions of general and technical laboratory policy were discussed, consisted of division leaders (about eight of them).
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This was more akin to selecting the head andgoverningboardof an international organization than to choosing a 'prime minister'.
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Thegoverningboardalso appointed the director, the chief executive officer of the joint undertaking.
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Our main aim is to clarify the role of thegoverningboard.
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For example, why not form a singlegoverningboardfor these four agencies?
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Not only that, no one shall take instructions from outside thegoverningboardof the bank.
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I believe that there should be governors on the maingoverningboard.
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There are no shareholders to call the members of thegoverningboardto book.
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It is also delegated to a sub-committee of the maingoverningboard.
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To all intents and purposes there is, therefore, no effective regimegoverningboardand lodging payments.
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Thegoverningboardagreed that its implementation would be "rigorously monitored".
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The arrangements thereafter will need to be decided by thegoverningboardof the bank.
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Local membership would give the opportunity to elect people to thegoverningboard, which would effectively represent their interests.
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In general, agencies are overseen by agoverningboardwhose membership may vary according to the nature of the agency.
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We will then try to set up a group of 18 persons to start as thegoverningboard.
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Grouping can lead to a higher quality on thegoverningboardthan if one did not allow it.
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The institute is governed by a provisionalgoverningboard.
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The corporation is headed by a five-membergoverningboard.
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The association has agoverningboardof seven members.
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Statues were accepted, and agoverningboardelected to office.
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In 2001, he became chairman of thegoverningboard.
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He became vice-chairman of thegoverningboardin 1996.
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