standing committee

collocation in English

meaningsofstandingandcommittee

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standing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈstæn.dɪŋ/us
/ˈstæn.dɪŋ/
permanent, rather than formed or created ...
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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 ofstandingandcommitteefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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From the outset there had been doubts and resistance in the government as well as in thestandingcommitteeon foreign affairs.
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The institution which could manage the process over time was thestandingcommittee.
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Voting in thestandingcommitteeon finance proceeds by eliminating extreme alternatives and leaves a main alternative to the government proposal.
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In addition,standingcommitteesystems existed in both sorts of legislatures and those systems were similarly stable.
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Eachstandingcommitteeexamines the portion of the budget that concerns that committee's jurisdictional counterpart in the executive branch.
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Therefore, we created dummy variables that distinguish the consequences of being a leader in astandingcommitteefrom being a leader in an ad hoc committee.
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It was resolved that astandingcommitteeshould be established to prevent women and girls from migrating from rural areas without the permission of their fathers, husbands or chiefs.
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The tools of distributive legislation - universalism, the omnibus, and logrolling - in the institutional context of thestandingcommittee, offered legislators a way to recognize and accommodate conflicting economic interests.
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This coalition emerged as a separate organization in the form of a 'standingcommittee' of planters and merchants in the closing years of the revolutionary war (1782-83).
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A different political story likely attends the creation of eachstandingcommittee, but the need to create stability around key housekeeping and policy issues is a common theme.
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We also wanted to broaden the membership of the proposedstandingcommitteefor foodstuffs to include experts representing public authorities and consumer groups.
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Will the task force also become astandingcommitteethat can deal with the development, implementation and oversight of a child care strategy?
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This is in addition to our responsibilities as vice-chair of the convention'sstandingcommittee.
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It also establishes astandingcommitteewhich will meet regularly to ensure an appropriate and co-ordinated response to any future failure or collapse.
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Let us have astandingcommitteeof the judiciary to tell us how to deal with such complex issues.
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This is astandingcommitteewith the task of seeking administrative efficiency and economy.
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There is to be a jointstandingcommitteeto co-ordinate the services.
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I thought it better to have thisstandingcommitteerather than the other.
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From the drafting, it seems to me that it will be astandingcommittee.
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The second illustration dealt with thestandingcommitteefor overseas services.
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