joint staff

collocation in English

meaningsofjointandstaff

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joint
adjective
uk
/dʒɔɪnt/
us
/dʒɔɪnt/
belonging to or shared between two or ...
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staff
noun
uk
/stɑːf/
us
/stæf/
the group of people who work for ...
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(Definition ofjointandstafffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Doesjointstaffinclude the same agent, or is it specified anywhere whatjointstaffmeans?
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Ajointstaffcollege contributes to that.
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We also havejointstafftalks.
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I am sure that this newjointstaffco-ordinating team is highly professional and efficient.
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My second point is about thejointstaffcollege, absorbing the single-service staff colleges, referred to in paragraph 320.
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I have already referred to proposals for a joint headquarters, ajointstaffcollege and a joint helicopter school.
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That is the context in which we have supported, and continue to support, the concept of ajointstaffcollege.
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One formula worthy of consideration is the introduction ofjointstaffworking between borough and county councils and development boards.
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It would seem that, along with thejointstaffcollege that we have been discussing, it would be a sensible arrangement.
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There was in this country ajointstaffcollege, of which great things were expected, but which has never really developed.
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It ought to be the business of ajointstaff, which would lead to speeding up and would also lead to economy in manpower.
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There is uncertainty among the council staff as to how thejointstaffwill operate and when appointments can be made to the new organisation.
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I agree, of course, that steps have to be taken to improvejointstaffplanning and that sort of thing; but there is no difficulty about that.
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The selection of material for recorders for recreational use is a matter for local staff, though in some cases inmates are members ofjointstaff/inmate film committees.
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A three-month period of consultation is the next stage, with comments invited from community health councils, local authorities,jointstaffconsultative committees and other local interests.
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Thejointstaffproduces world-class research and collaborates with several universities in the continent and abroad.
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He commanded a weather squadron and computer systems group besides serving in many weather andjointstaffofficer assignments.
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Thatjointstaffwould be fed from lower down by subordinate specialist branches (land, sea and air) which might possibly in the course of evolution merge themselves into joint branches.
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We must pay very great attention to staff co-ordination and, as a sub-section of that,jointstafftraining—not quite the same as the other, but very much akin to it.
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