Sentence examples for screening committees from inspiring English sources

In mid-October screening committees of 150 volunteers from the music business started sifting the nearly 15,000 entries to make sure all material was eligible and entered in the right category.

There is no limit to the number of years a candidate can be considered for induction by the various screening committees unless he does not receive a vote for three straight years.

In addition, the team includes several members of provincial screening committees that provide advice regarding newborn screening policy.

The suspension was ordered by the agents screening committee, a spokeswoman for the organization said.

A screening committee of 15 White House and Justice Department officials is headed by the White House counsel, Alberto R. Gonzales.

Last week, it released the names of 27 candidates whom a party screening committee had deemed qualified for a State Supreme Court nomination.

Late last year, a screening committee of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which awards the Grammys, drafted its preliminary list of nominees for Best Rap Album.

But the academy screening committee did not share that enthusiasm, said Jean Rouverol Butler, an actress and screenwriter, now 83, who was a member for more than 15 years.

Michael Barker, co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, which with Miramax, has dominated the distribution of foreign Oscar nominees in recent years, argues that nomination by screening committee is fair.

Published late last week, the list, whittled down from 124 entrants by the Academy's documentary branch screening committee, gives the go ahead to 15 titles.

A government screening committee chose the recipients; several former and current bureaucrats and industry officials say its decisions were highly subjective, often favoring applicants with close ties to state and national political bosses.