Example sentences of "set [adv prt] a [adj] committee [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their development has been entrusted to the Countryside Commission , which has been given a grant of £600,000 to set up a co-ordinating committee for each forest . |
| 2 | At a conference of Salvadorean women 's organizations , it was agreed to set up a Constitutive Committee with a view to creating a Federation of Salvadorean Women . |
| 3 | The Minister 's response was to set up a coordinating committee of the nationalised fuel industry chairmen . |
| 4 | It is lamentable that the Government have not set up a Select Committee on Scottish Affairs , which could help us to deal with Scottish matters . |
| 5 | Sanctioned by staff , a group meeting was held at which Billy suggested setting up a new committee to ‘ get a few things sorted out ’ . |
| 6 | This includes setting up a select committee to which ministers and civil servants could be summoned for questioning , and phasing out the present system by which legislation on Ulster is passed by unamendable Orders of Council . |
| 7 | In the Habsburg territories in central Europe , which because of their exposed geographical position and limited economic strength greatly needed an effective and well-controlled foreign policy , the Emperor Joseph I in 1709 set up a new committee of nine officials for this purpose . |
| 8 | He set up a select committee with the job of trying to devise a political settlement to the problem of Tamil separatism ; but it got nowhere . |