Watchdog
watchdog (noun) - an organisation that oversees and makes sure that everyone plays by the rules
a watchdog organisation
a watchdog commission
a member of a watchdog commission
an industry watchdog
a watchdog authority
an election watchdog
a regulatory watchdog
a consumer watchdogs
a corporate watchdog
a regulatory watchdog
a watchdog on conservation
a watchdog on pharmaceuticals
a watchdog over
a watchdog over legislation
a local watchdog
a financial watchdog
a safety watchdog
life insurance watchdog
investigation by a watchdog
proposals by a watchdog
the reputation of a watchdog
undermine the reputation of a watchdog
a watchdog TV programme
the media's role as watchdog
government's watchdog on
a watchdog agency
an independent watchdog
acts as a watchdog
acts as a watchdog in the market
watchdogs to protect the interests of
a benevolent old watchdog
establish a watchdog body
play a watchdog role
will function as a watchdog over
Example sentences:
* He accused the Government of ignoring the watchdog's warnings.
* Storm over watchdog's report (newspaper headline)
* The new national organisation will function as a watchdog over legislation and supply information to ministers and public written in a very prudent and discreet style.
* The chairwoman of the watchdog body said that it was crucial consumers interests were not overlooked.
* "The real grist of watchdog's story is not that all fishtanks are dangerous but that there are tanks on the market made from glass that is far too thin."
* "The iron rules were the most unpopular political decision since the EC fought with the country's only independent election watchdog, pushing the highly experienced People's Network P-Net aside like a mangy cur."
* "Labour urges consumer watchdog for rail users" (newspaper headline)
* The press acquired an educational role and the role of watchdog.
* "The record industry watchdog body, the BPI, has compiled a report on the matter but has been accused of whitewash by its own members, the record companies!"
* New York FDA consumer affairs commissioner, Mark Green, commented that the agency had metamorphosed from a lap dog into a watchdog.
* When Mr Major gave an unhappy press conference late on the Sunday night, his permanent secretary, Sir Patrick Wright, and other FO officials sat at the back of the room, suggesting either moral reinforcement or a watchdog role.
* "Almost immediately the plan to carve up the boardroom of Bell Resources ran into trouble with Australia's corporate watchdog, the National Companies and Securities Commission (NCSC)."
* There was the tower of the church, like a benevolent old watchdog, keeping an eye on things, protective, changeless.
* Several watchdog bodies were established to protect the interests of health service consumers.
* "Figures by the water industry watchdog OFWAT show disconnections in the region have fallen by 50 per cent."
* Universities and museums abroad should each publicly adopt a slice of Italy's artistic patrimony and become its watchdog and lobby-force.
* "The water watchdog, Office of Water Services (OFWAT), has predicted big increases in water bills."
* "A two-year investigation by the regulatory watchdog has resulted in the highest total fine and costs imposed on a member company."
* "A nuclear electricity utility faces a $75 million loss after the nuclear safety watchdog rejected a plan to restart an aged nuclear reactor."
* "The chief scientist of the Nature Conservancy Council, the Government's watchdog on conservation, produced a definitive report on the destruction of habitat in Great Britain since 1949."
* This means that Britain's watchdog on pharmaceuticals --; the Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) --; needs to be somewhat more alert and responsive to the hazards than appears to have been the case.
* This latest ruling is bound to undermine further the shaky reputation of the CSM as a public watchdog.
* "All items approved (and the Government usually gets its way on everything) must eventually find their way into an Appropriation Act, by which Parliament authorises expenditure and which its watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General, uses as his guide in determining whether or not a particular item of expenditure is warranted."
* "Peter Preston, editor of The Guardian newspaper and a member of the watchdog Press Complaints Commission, said he believed The Sun had not broken the speech embargo but had simply published a story ahead of time."
* It acts as a watchdog in the market and observes and collects information on trading practices.
* Rembrandt pastels are certified by the Art and crafts Materials Institute, which is the main watchdog for safety in the arts in the US.
* Underlining their watchdog role, the council announced the suspension the new measures it was taking.
* "In May 1988, the government responded to these complaints (prodded no doubt by criticism from the IMF as the debtors' watchdog) with a series of new decrees, labelled the New Industrial policy."
* "And can we entirely rule out topless laws , or the topless watchdog committee (with the function of monitoring the behavioural effects of toplessness)?"
* For twelve years she was a member of the consumer watchdog for transport in London.
* "Although the local health watchdog, the community health council is welcoming a reduction in bureaucracy, it does have it's reservations about merging the health authorities."
