1.   A joint central committee and joint congresses endeavoured to secure some co-ordination.

2.   For example, we see individual universities establishing their own central committee for overseeing academic standards across all disciplines.

3.   He held the post of special adviser to the Communist party central committee, and appeared at ceremonial occasions.

4.   I take issue with the view that district ethics committees are superfluous once central committees have approved a multicentre project.

5.   Mr Jakes will face his toughest test yet when he confronts an emergency meeting of the central committee this week.