present occupant

collocation in English

meaningsofpresentandoccupant

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present
adjective
uk
/ˈprez.ənt/us
/ˈprez.ənt/
in a ...
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occupant
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒk.jə.pənt/us
/ˈɑː.kjə.pənt/
a person who lives or works in a room ...
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(Definition ofpresentandoccupantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We do not know what will happen to thepresentoccupantof the office.
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I have heard it said, if there had been, thepresentoccupantwould never have received it.
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It is not possible for us to consider solely thepresentoccupantof the office.
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They bind only thepresentoccupantof the office.
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Does he mean that or does he mean as long as thepresentoccupantremains in the cottage?
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What the fate of thepresentoccupantmay be is still not revealed to us.
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It comes within the direct ambit of thepresentoccupantof that office.
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The 1993 memorandum of understanding says that thepresentoccupantof the post will pay income and capital gains tax voluntarily.
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I do not imagine that thepresentoccupantof the post is any more infallible than his predecessors.
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I do not know whether any similar communication has been made by thepresentoccupantof that most important office.
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He, however, sold his lands and thepresentoccupantis unwilling to part with any portion of them.
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I speak, of course, without any reference to thepresentoccupantof the office.
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I merely quoted it as probably being the view of thepresentoccupantof this installation.
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It may be that it is only the outstanding qualities of thepresentoccupantof the office that have enabled him to survive so long.
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Does this apply to the original lease of the building or the original lease by thepresentoccupantof the building?
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That is not obvious in the case of thepresentoccupant.
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I do not know that thepresentoccupantis much worse than some of his predecessors.
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We think that thepresentoccupantof the office is a very great improvement upon his predecessor.
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That transformation will not be achieved by thepresentoccupantof the office or any of the prime ministerial favourites who are sometimes discussed as possible replacements for him.
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I am quite sure that thepresentoccupantof the position is the last man in the world to urge on his own behalf that his salary should be increased.
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