Sentence examples for shape of committees from inspiring English sources

A first sign of the Republicans' mood will come on Tuesday, the last day they control the Senate, when negotiations begin over the size and shape of committees in the Democratic-run Senate.

A1 Ground Rules for New Senate Negotiations begin today, the last day Republicans control the Senate, over the size and shape of committees in a newly Democratic-run Senate.

Alternatively the House of Commons – probably in the shape of the standards committee – could decide an MP should face a recall petition for misconduct.

The churning was apparent; at the end of 2003, Senate Democrats were in the worst financial shape of any major party committee.

The shake-up in the Senate also means more Democratic influence in the all-important conference committees, where the shape of legislation is finally hammered out.

Slouching along the Potomac towards the Pentagon is another rough beast, in the shape of a bipartisan deficit reduction "super-committee" tasked with finding another $1.5tn in deficit reductions by November.

Second, an early concern of committees is inter-committee communication.

Senator Dan Coats, an Indiana Republican, left an afternoon intelligence committee meeting saying the shape of a reauthorization was under "ongoing discussion".

In the absence of such data, expert committees had to rely on information about the shape of risk curves for complications such as retinopathy.

The proposals, the redesign committee said, would not alter the size and shape of the coins, just their images.

Add, too, the idea of a committee of "wise men" to discuss the future shape of Europe (a proposal which may, just may, suggest a softening in the Sarkozy opposition to Turkey's EU candidature).