Example sentences of "committee [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The terms of reference of this committee referred to the need for local government to ‘ continue to attract and retain people … of the calibre necessary to ensure its maximum effectiveness ’ ( Maud 1967 , Vol. l:iii ) . |
| 2 | Crosland was replaced as Environment Secretary by Peter Shore , a much less exuberant and extrovert character , but a solid , steady man whom I had known over the years and had first met when he was the Secretary of an ad hoc committee formed by the Labour Party — with a few outside ‘ experts ’ such as Dennis Lloyd and myself — to produce a rental policy . |
| 3 | It was agreed that this matter should be dealt with by the new committee formed after the A.G.M. |
| 4 | What the James Committee placed on the agenda of public discussion — even though its own recommendations were in general not widely popular among teacher educators — was the reshaping of the education of teachers . |
| 5 | The party was looking at full employment and a committee reported on the question in January 1944 . |
| 6 | In 1971 the Bolton Committee reported on the financing of small companies in the UK and concluded that an ‘ equity gap ’ existed in terms of difficulty of raising funds up to £250 000 . |
| 7 | On 10 March 1880 the committee reported to the congregation . |
| 8 | The Minister was empowered to direct a committee to investigate the operation of a milk marketing scheme ; if the committee reported to the Minister that the scheme was having an effect contrary to the interest of consumers and was not in the public interest , the Minister could , if he thought fit , amend the scheme . |
| 9 | The three sets which have not been to the Joint Committee come under the negative procedure and are consequential upon the main affirmative orders . |
| 10 | A minority of the committee voted against the decision on the grounds that there was no definite scientific evidence that such animals experience suffering . |
| 11 | The public assistance officer , Mr. W. G. Daniels , reported that the displaced casuals had been accommodated in lodging houses in Bedford ; these were inadequate and in October 1940 , the committee applied to the Ministry of Health for release of the casual wards for their ‘ proper purpose ’ . |
| 12 | As a result , the Committee met on the 3rd tee in December and finally decided to raise it a foot all over and to put up a viewing platform on the right hand side . |
| 13 | The medical examining committee met at the Crown & Anchor tavern up to 31 July 1809 and thereafter at the Freemasons ' tavern until at least 1821 . |
| 14 | The committee met at the Swan Inn on March 11th 1803 and recommended the appointments of : |
| 15 | The executive of the 1922 Committee met at the home of its chairman , Edward du Cann , on October 14 , and decided to press for a leadership election . |
| 16 | Early in 1914 , the Board felt it advisable to appoint a House Committee to deal with the day-to-day affairs of the Institution , and the committee met for the first time on 28th April with Mr. W. T. Lansberry in the chair . |
| 17 | The Committee met for the first time in Edinburgh in October 1979 . |
| 18 | The committee met for the first time on August 12 , to define its aims and draw up a policy programme for the future . |
| 19 | The Cabinet 's Social Security Committee met in the Downing Street Cabinet room for the first time on Wednesday 6 February 1985 . |
| 20 | That same evening , but after Simon Cormack had fallen asleep and Sam Somerville lay in Quinn 's arms while the tape-recorder breathed into the wall socket , five time-zones further west the White House committee met in the late evening . |
| 21 | The only difficulties reported by the Committee related to the charging arrangements for coverage of committees . |
| 22 | We believe that the basic responsibility for science should remain with the DES , but that the implementation and monitoring of this programme must be in the hands of a cabinet committee chaired by the prime minister . |
| 23 | Democratic committee assignments would now be in the hands of an executive committee of the caucus , a re-styled Steering and Policy Committee chaired by the Speaker . |
| 24 | A committee chaired by the Archbishop of York studied the effects of long-term unemployment in six towns : Deptford , Leicester , Rhondda , Crook , Liverpool and Blackburn . |
| 25 | The formation of an opposition Alliance for Democracy ( Aford ) , headed by a 13-member interim committee chaired by the prominent trade unionist Chakufwa Chihana , was announced on Sept. 21 . |
| 26 | Locally action was taken by health workers , with the support of a committee drawn from the whole range of public service workers . |
| 27 | The Institute is directed by Advisory Committee drawn from the judiciary , the legal profession , commerce and industry under the Chairmanship of Sir Julian Bullard , Pro-Chancellor of the University and former British Ambassador to West Germany . |
| 28 | Mr Scowcroft was , until his appointment , the co-chairman of a committee drawn from the defence elites of both parties , which in February found a form of words that satisfied its wide range of members and came down gently in favour of Midgetman first and rail-MX only later . |
| 29 | The TSUG is run by a management committee drawn from the membership and , since its inception , has concentrated its efforts in three main areas : |
| 30 | This committee acted as the co-ordinator for the activities of many other organizations , including the Spanish Medical Aid Committee , the Spain Foodship Youth Committee , the League of Nations Committee , the Peace Pledge Union , and various local councils of action and ad hoc bodies . |