central committee

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central
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.trəl/us
/ˈsen.trəl/
in, at, from, or near the centre or most important part ...
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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 ofcentralandcommitteefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To be sure, physicists, like geneticists, appealed to thecentralcommitteeto intervene on their behalf.
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Thecentralcommitteewished to offer them conditional support.
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Thecentralcommitteewas in charge of such key matters as sanitation and schools.
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Thecentralcommitteeusually accepts ideas coming from a few top political leaders as absolute and unquestionable.
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An electedcentralcommitteeand three elected ward committees ran the colony.
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Members of the ruling party'scentralcommitteeregularly facilitate patron- client relations between federal and regional institutions.
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Although the use of acentralcommitteeto oversee scientific misconduct is one model for the oversight of scientific misconduct, other more decentralized models may also be an option.
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Thecentralcommitteewill be responsible for the administration of the fund.
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There will be acentralcommitteeand local committees of builders and operatives assisting and advising local authorities.
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It seems to me that thecentralcommitteewill, to a large extent, depend upon the judgment and report of the local committee.
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Furthermore, thiscentralcommitteewould not be a committee of superior status to the local committee.
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The travelling and subsistence expenses of jointcentralcommitteemembers attending certain meetings are also reimbursed by the same means.
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I did, publicly, and may have incurred the wrath of thecentralcommitteeby doing so.
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It is also the case that some—but only some; not all—of these local advisory committees will have membership of thecentralcommittee.
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Thecentralcommitteeincludes two representatives of the co-operative movement and representatives of the public from the side of those who require credit facilities.
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I did not suggest anything about acentralcommittee.
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The whole point is that thecentralcommitteeis there to guide the local committees.
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They have not been chosen by anycentralcommitteebut by our members voting freely.
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They can render service also on thecentralcommittee.
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Therefore, it is thecentralcommitteewhich will make the policy decisions.
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