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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
scrutinise .
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Examples
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The business venture, Tony Blair Associates, has been disclosed by the official watchdog that scrutinises paid employment undertaken by former ministers.
Middle East Peace Envoy, US Congressional Gold Medal of Honour, born again Catholic - are there no limits to this creep's brassneck? Alan Smart 2009
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Dr Butler scrutinises all aspects of our society and examines the political system, the sleaze, the justice system, the draconian powers the police and public officials have been given under the New Labour government, the surveillance and nanny state, public service bureaucracy and spending, the economy and how we need checks and balances to restrain our political leaders and the unelected advisors who actually control our lives.
Coming soon: A chance to win The Rotten State of Britain 2009
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According to a paper being considered by the MPA – which scrutinises the Metropolitan police – at a meeting today, this would save up to £20,000 per appointment thanks to lower salary costs.
Met police recruits may come from volunteer force Mark Tran 2010
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The algorithm scrutinises the experimental data extracted from the motion capture of physical systems, and reproduces the classical laws which explain the data.
Archive 2009-04-01 Gordon McCabe 2009
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The Committee examines the quality and standards of administration within the Civil Service and scrutinises the reports of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
MPs condemn coalition's bonfire of the quangos as botched 2011
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The business venture, Tony Blair Associates, has been disclosed by the official watchdog that scrutinises paid employment undertaken by former ministers.
Archive 2009-02-01 Alan Smart 2009
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The public administration select committee, that scrutinises Whitehall, claims David Cameron's government is "patronage-driven" and is spending public money to buy loyalty.
Coalition is wasting money on pointless ministers, say MPs 2011
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Detectives have searched an office belonging to the organisation that oversees and scrutinises the police in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland police service searches offices of its own watchdog 2010
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By coincidence, all three of this month's novels involve secrets buried in the past, and each, in very different ways, scrutinises the tensions and shifting boundaries between memory and imagination.
Debut fiction: Mr Peanut by Adam Ross; Who Is Mr Satoshi? by Jonathan Lee; Tinkers by Paul Harding 2010
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Osborne subsequently gave the cross-party Treasury select committee (TSC), which scrutinises fiscal and monetary policy, the right to veto OBR appointments to help restore the watchdog's credibility.
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