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Each member of the World Board sits on a committee (or group).

He was also chosen to sit on a committee that investigated organized crime.

In 1244 he sat on a committee which was empanelled to consider a demand for a subsidy.

It is a method of sitting on a committee, not a class of membership (466-67).

"What d'you want to sit on a committee for?"

Last spring, I sat on a committee of parents from the local elementary school who wanted to improve the quality of food in the cafeteria.

Townshend sat on a committee which oversaw the operation and finances of the centre.

The representatives sit on a committee that is reviewing a draft of the law written by the Oil Ministry.

"I don't think that Charles ever had to sit on a committee or report to a task force," said Dar.

"Mahathir sits on a committee for key projects.

Nevill is mentioned sitting on a committee considering penal laws on 2 November.

In 1835, Clifford was elected to the Massachusetts legislature, where he sat on a committee that revised the state's statutes.

He was chosen to sit on a committee that would draft Kentucky's response to the Nullification Crisis.

Wentworth sat on a committee of partners that oversaw the settlement of the community, which the investors named Wolfeboro.

He was asked to address a rare university-wide gathering and he was asked to sit on a committee to search for a new president.

It came to him when he was walking along the street, it came to him when he found himself sitting on a committee.

In 1998, Tweddell was appointed as a director of the National Australia Bank, where he sat on a committee assessing business risk.

Susan Turner-Lowe, the Academy's press officer, said a demand for political balance "would be like asking a creationist to sit on a committee about evolution."

In 1908 he was appointed by the Home Secretary to sit on a committee to investigate the operation of the law in relation to inebriates (drunkenness).

The Rev. A. Evanson sat on a committee in Bantry in 1824 to petition against the withdrawal of the linen bounty.

In 1785 he was chosen by the legislature to sit on a committee which revised the laws of the state, to modernize them and remove references to British authority.

Now, Mr. Dahlan will sit on a committee with security appointees of Mr. Arafat, Palestinian officials said.

He also sat on a committee on Commercial and Industrial Policy, chaired by Lord Balfour of Burleigh.

He chaired the National Film Finance Corporation from 1969 to 1976 and sat on a committee to represent Rolls-Royce's creditors during the nationalisation process.

He was an inactive member though he sat on a committee to bring in a bill for the abolition of Court of Wards, through which his family had suffered.

I'm on a committee where we try to head these things off.

I never thought a husband of mine would be on a committee.

"What sort of social statement did that make, being on a committee?"

Sometimes it's a matter of luck and who is on a committee.

Some of us would prefer never to be on a committee ever again, and certainly not in retirement.

I'm on a committee that is examining the role of Navy special forces.

I can be on a committee, but not chair it."

I was on a committee concerned with Government contracts.

In 1780 was on a committee constituted by the Legislature to run a line for the boundary of a religious society.

It seems that everyone is on a committee, ad hoc or otherwise.

In December 1774, he was on a committee appointed by the assembly to revise the militia laws.

Lecesne was on a committee to improve the rights of free men of colour.

"I was on a committee once that dealt with Electron Pump matters.

'Is it important to be on a committee?'

From 1915 to 1942 he was on a committee to judge school contests in mathematics, collecting problems for these contests, and organizing them.

In Rochester, Bush became a schoolmaster and was on a committee that nominated candidates for justice of the peace.

Ms. Royer, a former Halston model, is on a committee assembling the show.

I was so proud that he was on a committee, only to find out it was all a lie.'

Individual Member requests, with additional consideration given to requests from Members who are on a committee of jurisdiction.

In May 1638 Coggeshall was on a committee to lay out land there, and was granted six acres at the same time.

In December 1775 Hopkins was on a committee to report a plan for furnishing the colonies with naval armament.

In 1640 Harris was on a committee with three others to consider the differences between the disputing parties, and come up with an amicable solution.

Mr. Stobbe is on a committee investigating the South African submarine deal.

She has been on a committee that has reviewed the Centers for Disease Control education programs for three years.