chairperson - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • tribunal: She sits as a recorder and she is also a part-time chairperson of employment tribunals.
  • committee: Does the chairperson of the committee wish to speak?
  • meeting: It could be stated that the chairperson of the meeting would not have a casting vote.
  • board: This document was required to be signed by both the principal and the chairperson of the board of trustees.
  • council: They usually acted as facilitator, and often as secretary or chairperson of the council.

Converse of object

  • elect: Newly elected chairperson, Marian, says, " I'm really looking forward to being chair to the Tenants ' Panel.
  • appoint: Appoint a chairperson who can: Create a good team.
  • become: She has gone on to become the chairperson of the Botany Department at her university in Kenya.
  • include: We hope that further developments will include a committee chairperson rotating among the 9 hospitals.
  • have: In fact, so many questions were asked that each presentation would have run over time had not the chairperson intervened.
  • qualify: The decision is arrived at by the legally qualified chairperson and experienced lay members of the tribunal panel hearing your case.

Adjective modifier

  • deputy: He is also deputy chairperson of the South African Institute of International Affairs, an independent think tank.
  • part-time: She sits as a recorder and she is also a part-time chairperson of employment tribunals.
  • former: Yesterday, HP's chief executive, Mark Hurd, and former chairperson Patricia Dunn appeared before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.
  • independent: They will consider your request, along with an independent chairperson.
  • current: Committee members are voted in and the current chairperson is Simon Brown.
  • first: I'm proud to say I was its first chairperson.

Noun used with modifier

  • vise: At the committee meeting held after the AGM Aileen Watson was elected as our vise chairperson.
  • committee: We hope that further developments will include a committee chairperson rotating among the 9 hospitals.
  • deputy: The first deputy chairperson is chosen by the majority Frelimo Party, and the second by the opposition Renamo- Electoral Union coalition.

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