joint committee

collocation in English

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joint
adjective
uk
/dʒɔɪnt/us
/dʒɔɪnt/
belonging to or shared between two or ...
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committee
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/kəˈmɪt.i/us
/kəˈmɪt̬.i/
a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information ...
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(Definition ofjointandcommitteefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Ajointcommitteewould be composed of ten members from each house that represent the majority position.
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In autumn 1899, thejointcommitteeraised the question of leadership.
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The only treaty-based dialogue consists of a meeting of ajointcommitteeat officials level once a year.
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I hope that thejointcommitteewill meet more regularly so that both parties can monitor the application of the agreement at close hand.
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Ajointcommitteeis to be established to find possible solutions to problems that arise during implementation.
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By ajointcommitteeincluding practitioners from both schools of medicine, conventional and non-conventional.
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The truth is that the system has worked very well in the counties—the system of having magistrates on the standingjointcommittee.
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Four towns have amalgamated in ajointcommittee.
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The standingjointcommitteehave the power, and the county council have to find the money.
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That is why we have made it perfectly clear that the councils will be discharging a number of their functions through thejointcommittee.
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He is already playing a vital role in helping to plan the programme, staffing and resources of thejointcommittee.
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Secondly, the new clause would ensure that thejointcommitteecould commission and organise its own research and employ as many people as it wanted.
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I understand that the west midlandsjointcommitteeis currently preparing a revised plan for its area.
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A local authority for this purpose includes ajointcommitteeso operating, on which a local authority is represented.
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That recommendation was taken forward by a furtherjointcommitteeof the advisory councils.
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The watch committees have this power, but apparently a standingjointcommitteeis put into an inferior position in that matter.
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Excess charges set by individual local authorities will be replaced by standard penalty charges set by ajointcommittee.
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We believe that that should be achieved by appointing ajointcommitteeof the three country agencies under an independent chairman appointed by me.
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Instead, it makes a series of helpful recommendations designed to clarify the relationship between the country agencies and thejointcommittee.
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