chief architect

collocation in English

meaningsofchiefandarchitect

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chief
adjective[before noun]
uk
/tʃiːf/us
/tʃiːf/
most important ...
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architect
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɑː.kɪ.tekt/us
/ˈɑːr.kə.tekt/
a person whose job is to design new buildings and make certain that they are ...
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(Definition ofchiefandarchitectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Among others, thechiefarchitectat the time must accept some responsibility for this.
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The scheme is being designed under the direction of mychiefarchitect.
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The corporation also tells me that thechiefarchitectresigned so that he can re-enter private practice.
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When it comes to an architect, it is unimaginable that achiefarchitectcould be a fit person unless he was a qualified professional architect.
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There is no provision for a chief planning officer; there is no provision for achiefarchitect.
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We have set the direction, by building on principles that claim a direct lineage from the originalchiefarchitectof the welfare state.
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But what is to be said for naming a "director of traffic" without making any provisions for a chief planning officer or achiefarchitect?
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I do so because he must be regarded as thechiefarchitectof the type of legislation which translated the operation of nationalisation into law.
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It is true that he was thechiefarchitectof a terrible peace, but nevertheless he left us free and undefeated.
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I turn now to thechiefarchitect.
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The development corporations normally set up their ownchiefarchitect-planners to advise them and to undertake many of their development schemes, and they have large offices.
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The office of surveyor was taken out of the statutory list in another place because some people wanted to put in "chiefarchitect"—and "chief planner" has also been mentioned.
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In some cases the director of social services, the housing manager and thechiefarchitectwork well together and are keen to build adequately for the disabled.
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He was thechiefarchitectof the party in mid-1990s and was responsible for the social engineering trigger.
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He was soon assigned as thechiefarchitectof the microprocessor project that produced the 6800.
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The prime minister is considered thechiefarchitectof privatisation and is widely respected among foreign investors.
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A singlechiefarchitect(or a small number of architects), acting on the user's behalf, decides what goes in the system and what stays out.
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He was eventually appointedchiefarchitectin the city, as well as bookkeeper.
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He was also thechiefarchitectof the people of the netherworld.
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He waschiefarchitectfor biblios.net, the company's free cataloging service and the world's largest database of openly licensed library records.
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