It has an independent investigative department to assist it (the National Audit Office) and has been hugely effective in scrutinising overspends on a variety of government projects. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Imison writes that "the overview and scrutiny committee scrutinising the proposals for Chase Farm included councillors who were elected on a 'save Chase Farm' platform and could therefore not be expected to provide impartial scrutiny of proposals". ❋ Unknown (2011)
Balen examined hundreds of hours of broadcast material, television and radio, and analysed the content in minute detail, often scrutinising journalists 'individual phrases and choice of words. ❋ Not A Sheep (2009)
But it's enough to make me wonder if, while we're earnestly scrutinising the work of avant-garde artists and the like, in the hope of finding the new hybrid forms that will shape 21st-century minds, we might be better off tuning in to kids' TV. ❋ Unknown (2011)
‘Copy’ is jargon for ‘text’ – copy editing is the intense scrutinising of the written story. ❋ Unknown (2010)
At the heart of the problem, appears to be a tendency to reward well deserving colleagues and acquaintances - and, in the case of NewsCorp, family members - with a seat at the board without scrutinising whether they are the right people for the job. ❋ Andrew Wigley (2011)
The wandering eye commences an investigative game of Where's Wally, scrutinising every inch of the work for fragmented remains of the original newspaper. ❋ Unknown (2011)
We slowly move around the hollow, scrutinising the ground. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The bigger problem on the horizon is the next full meeting of the Metropolitan police authority, the body responsible for scrutinising the work of Scotland Yard, on 28 July. ❋ Unknown (2011)
I respect this courageous little woman who remains in a foreign, unfriendly, scrutinising court because she passionately loves her husband. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)
But Mohamadieh says her members will be carefully scrutinising the conditions attached to the package when it is finalised in the coming weeks. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The public accounts committee is also scrutinising the carrier programme and will be taking evidence from MoD officials next Monday. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Proposals we shared with Fifa in our briefings include a robust process of scrutinising and reporting on executive committee members' personal interests and actions, and transparency of the vote. ❋ Unknown (2011)
I think too much of political journalism is thoughtlessly scrutinising. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Raddled and old, a self-possessed, semi-naked fool in ridiculous shoes, Lucian Freud painted himself old and mad, looming in that awful room in west London where he spent day after day, decade after decade, scrutinising the horrible walls, the thin light as it fell on his subjects, those piles of soiled rags that he used to wipe off his canvases and clean his brushes. ❋ Unknown (2011)
"He reminds scholars of two essential tasks: scrutinising the marvels of the Word of God so as to present them in a manner attractive to the faithful, and explaining dogmatic truths while avoiding heretical complications and keeping to 'Catholic simplicity', with the attitude of the meek and humble to whom it pleases God to reveal the mysteries of the Kingdom". ❋ Unknown (2009)
He was the sort of person who had a twinkle in his eye but he would also look at you in a daunting and scrutinising way. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board will now start scrutinising takeovers by foreign players in the pharmaceutical sector – for the next six months. ❋ DEALS INDIA STAFF (2011)
The proactive team has been assigned to scrutinising every undetected crime in the last financial year for ANY no crime possibility. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)
