>>There's often mention of US "Oversight Committees"
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>>I assume these are in order to oversee a process to ensure it's done properly (I've never heard the expression applied in British politics).
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>>But it sounds to me like a committee of forgetful old fuddy-duddies:
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>>"Oh forgive me for not having done such-and-such; it was an oversight on my part" :-)
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>>One for your English section, Dragan.
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>Added to the list - will be posted when I return home and merge the data.
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>BTW, one of my favo(u)rites is "I shoot her, I miss her". Is she alive after this sentence?

O'wise one. Please explain "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth".