government auditor

collocation in English

meaningsofgovernmentandauditor

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government
noun
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/
us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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auditor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɔː.dɪt.ər/
us
/ˈɑː.də.t̬ɚ/
someone whose job is to carry out an official examination of the accounts of a business and to produce ...
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(Definition ofgovernmentandauditorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgovernment auditor

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It will fall to the localgovernmentauditorto decide whether he agrees.
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It is right that the arrangements for ensuring that effective use are reviewed by the localgovernmentauditor.
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Individual councils must satisfy the localgovernmentauditorthat payments made to councillors are in accordance with those regulations.
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I object strongly to the proposal in article 38, which gives the localgovernmentauditorpower to interfere in the day-to-day running of councils.
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The law demands that these are matters for the localgovernmentauditor, in his quite independent capacity, to consider.
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The report says that the localgovernmentauditorwas informed about the need for a more realistic stock valuation system.
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Reference was made to the localgovernmentauditorand how much money can be spent.
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It will be for the localgovernmentauditorin each of the district council areas in question to consider what action, if any, should be taken.
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Finally, the localgovernmentauditoris given extra powers to prevent district councils from incurring unlawful expenditure and allows them to stop councils spending money on political publicity.
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Accordingly, the localgovernmentauditorwill tend to make a report rather more frequently than his private sector counterpart qualifies his opinion on a company's accounts.
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He spent fifteen years working as agovernmentauditor.
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The government auditors' reports show that there have been substantial losses of revenue through non-payment for national health services.
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A local government auditor's task is to consider whether items of account are lawful, and whether the accounts are properly prepared.
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The independence of local government auditors is long established.
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But in those proceedings no legal point was taken against the narrow view, nor did local government auditors question the practice.
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Nor did local government auditors question the practice.
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The 1973 code of practice for local government auditors sets out all the objectives that such auditors must keep in mind.
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Other bodies already exist throughout the country that are empowered by various pieces of legislation to send in local government auditors to examine the books.
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Government auditors know that only too well.
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By replacing several taxes with one flat tax rate, it will also be easier for government auditors to spot embezzlement.
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