principal office

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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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office
noun
uk
/ˈɒf.ɪs/us
/ˈɑː.fɪs/
a room or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with computers, phones, etc., usually as a part of a business or ...
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(Definition ofprincipalandofficefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They must, therefore, be forwarded to theprincipaloffice.
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Is it satisfactory that the book should be sent to theprincipaloffice?
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The authority must publish the board's report at itsprincipaloffice.
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It is important that even theprincipalofficeof the employers' association should be specified.
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Yes, it can be perfectly proper to place the information in the council'sprincipaloffice.
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Subsection (6) refers in the singular to the authority depositing the list at itsprincipaloffice.
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A further copy of the register for each district is kept at theprincipalofficeof the local authority concerned.
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The authority is then to deposit the copy at itsprincipalofficeand give notice of its availability for public inspection.
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The waste disposal authority must keep a register of licences available for public inspection at itsprincipaloffice, and every authority does so.
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The registers showing the exact location of each site are available for inspection at theprincipalofficeof the appropriate local authority.
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It provides for the way in which a notice shall be sent to a company—at its registered address orprincipaloffice.
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Each council is required by law to have at itsprincipalofficea register containing copies of all current waste disposal licences issued by the council.
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Federal law allows a national bank to import these laws from the state in which itsprincipalofficeis located.
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Applications for employers' licences are made to and determined by the licensing authority of the port concerned; copies are available for inspection at theprincipalofficeof each authority.
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