co-opt - use in sentences

Object

  • member(s: Where possible the co-opted member(s ) of the NEC shall be either a full or associate member(s ) of PROUD.
  • member: Ford Parish Council consists of seven elected or co-opted members who all reside within the Parish.
  • governor: Community governors - these replace the former co-opted governors.
  • trustee: The Nominated Trustees have power to co-opt two further trustees each of whom serve for five years.
  • councilor: The Parish Council will co-opt Councilors at their next Parish Meeting.
  • representative: The co-opted representatives shall have no voting rights on the JPC.

Subject

  • committee: He got co-opted by the food committee to liven up our appetites.

Preposition: as

  • member: John Ware and Leonard Marsland Gander were co-opted as members in 1965 and one year later John was elected Chairman of Council!

Preposition: onto

  • committee: You should be prepared to be co-opted onto the committee at an early date.
  • board: He has also been co-opted onto the board of his local credit union.
  • council: The organizer of the winter meeting will be co-opted onto council.

Modifying Another Word

  • formally: They will be formally co-opted at the next meeting on 3 rd April.
  • recently: Chris Furness Introducing your new parish councilors: My name is Brian Hardy recently co-opted on to the Parish Council.
  • so: Any member so co-opted shall not acquire the right to vote at Committee meetings.
  • back: Mr D Ensor agreed to be co-opted back on to the Parish Council at the May meeting.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: They have the power to co-opt up to four further trustees who have full voting rights at board meetings.

Infinitive complement

  • fill: In addition two new members of the Board have been co-opted to fill vacancies.
  • serve: Each individual advisor will be co-opted to serve for a term not exceeding three years.
  • represent: This is due to the fact that R. Cantle has been co-opted to represent the climbers.

Preposition: by

  • committee: He got co-opted by the food committee to liven up our appetites.

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