Collocations withcommittee
These are words often used in combination withcommittee.
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action committee
The leadership of different federations within the action committee had decided by consensus to persuade the workers to bring the strike to an end.
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ad hoc committee
The ad hoc committee that investigated the defeat came up with no fewer than 28 reasons, from the banal to the incisive.
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agriculture committee
Perhaps he should reconsider his position and, in that capacity, perhaps reflect more the position of the trade committee than that of the agriculture committee.
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arbitration committee
These measures include creating work conditions that avoid conflicts, rapidly settling disputes between physicians and health institutions, and creating a permanent binding arbitration committee agreeable to both physicians and management.
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audit committee
The key point of the clause is that the directors of a company will be expressly excluded from membership of the special audit committee.
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bioethics committees
The majority of bioethics committees provide limited leadership in the development, review, or evaluation of policies.
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budget committee
That was a legitimate method of speaking in the budget committee in those days.
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campaign committee
The campaign committee has been set the task of devising and implementing initiatives which will quickly and significantly reduce road accident rates.
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central committee
To be sure, physicists, like geneticists, appealed to the central committee to intervene on their behalf.
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committee assignment
Thus, we might hypothesize that as the size of a legislature increases, the value of each committee assignment increases because there are fewer of them per member.
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committee hearing
I was at the rent assessment committee hearing.
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compensation committee
The compensation committee is typically composed of outside directors.
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conference committee
A conference committee of both houses is composed of 20 members, each house electing half of them.
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congressional committee
Opposition members on an investigative congressional committee received death threats and the congressional majority limited any testimony to high-ranking officers.
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consultative committee
It would be better if complaints about buses were handled by the consultative committee.
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coordinating committee
For a long time, there had been no effective link between the interterritorial coordinating committee and the individual territorial branches.
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departmental committee
I assume that this is why he set up a departmental committee to examine the provincial wholesale markets.
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disciplinary committee
Pledge by government to deal with chronic corruption - to that effect, 576 public officials, including several deputy ministers, referred to disciplinary committee on charges of bribery and finance minister resigns.
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drafting committee
The congress as a whole, however, was more radical than the drafting committee.
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editorial committee
With regard to sources, the editorial committee have quite reasonably opted for a best-text approach where relevant.
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emergency committee
That particular emergency committee has very small powers indeed, if any at all.
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ethical committee
Ethical committee approval was obtained from all relevant ethics committees prior to the start of interviewing.
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ethics committee
Of the participating healthcare institutions, 111 reported having an ethics committee.
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finance committee
This was a fact which the municipal council's finance committee had admitted one year earlier.
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interim committee
This organisation, dedicated to class-oriented, non-racial politics, was designed to act as an interim committee until a democratic civic one was established.
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international committee
This advice was not even tendered to me; it was tendered to an international committee.
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investigating committee
Clause 17 requires the disciplinary committee to determine on any case referred to it by the investigating committee.
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investigative committee
In the case of immigrant integration, parliament found it sufficient to establish an ad hoc investigative committee with representatives from political parties, sufficiently broad to support inter-party consensus.
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joint committee
A joint committee would be composed of ten members from each house that represent the majority position.
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judiciary committee
There is no legal right of appeal to the courts there or here or to any judiciary committee of any sort or kind.
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key committee
A member might also be a pivotal vote on a key committee or have enough of an independent following to launch an attack on the leadership.
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legislative committee
Legislative committee that inspects bills for legal problems.
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liaison committee
I understand that the institution has decided to appoint a liaison committee which will be available for consultation if required.
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local committee
Each had its peculiarity reflecting the enthusiasms of the local committee.
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monetary committee
We have been placed in the hands of a monetary committee that is showing every sign of overkill in pursuing its target.
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national committee
A national committee which could be relied on to assess and veto unethical research could be a great benefit.
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negotiating committee
Since the council was merely acting as an advisory body without any formal authority, the union demanded the establishment of a negotiating committee in 1964.
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nominating committee
It is a curious notion that members of the nominating committee should be able to nominate themselves.
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organizing committee
The organizing committee made sure that there was ample time for introductions, comments and discussion.
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parliamentary committee
A parliamentary committee had never before produced an interim report.
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pension committee
In the afternoon he met war pension committee chairmen.
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permanent committee
He advocated a suggestion that has been made before—the setting up of a permanent committee on tax.
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political committee
It was not a party political committee, nor was it a party political report.
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powerful committee
If such central direction had been attempted, most likely it would have been firmly resisted by powerful committee barons.
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preparatory committee
We therefore supported the recommendation of the preparatory committee at its last session that up to nine more weeks were required for further preparatory work.
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relevant committee
The unanimous support that it received in the relevant committee demonstrates the consensus behind the proposal.
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scientific committee
We would also like to mention the high quality of the scientific committee and thank all the members for their participation in our initiative.
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screening committee
This matter was further discussed by the national screening committee, which decided not to recommend screening for rare disorders, mainly due to the lack of direct evidence on effectiveness.
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search committee
Therefore, the work of the search committee can as well be done by the selection committee itself.
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service committee
I regret that information on the number of formal hearings held in service committee investigations could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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special committee
However, their return was to be organised and supervised by a special committee set up for this purpose.
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standing committee
From the outset there had been doubts and resistance in the government as well as in the standing committee on foreign affairs.
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technical committee
The project's technical committee members have coauthored much of the book, with highlighted contributions from experts from around the globe.
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transportation committee
I understand that the council's planning and transportation committee is soon to spend two days studying the sites in question.
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