senior assistant

collocation in English

meaningsofseniorandassistant

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senior
adjective
uk
/ˈsiː.ni.ər/us
/ˈsiː.njɚ/
high or higher ...
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assistant
noun[C]
uk
/əˈsɪs.tənt/us
/əˈsɪs.tənt/
someone who helps someone else to do ...
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(Definition ofseniorandassistantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theseniorassistantis compressing the uterus as the suture is fed through the posterior wall into the cavity.
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Theseniorassistanttakes over in performing compression and maintains it with two hands during the placement of the suture by the principle surgeon.
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Officials of the rank ofseniorassistantsecretary are to be renamed under-secretaries.
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The formerseniorassistantof the former school is at present in charge of the new school.
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In fact, a man assistant can rise to £660 a year, and aseniorassistantto £905 a year, if he possesses the requisite qualifications.
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A new name has been given toseniorassistantsecretaries, and that is the title of under-secretary.
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Hisseniorassistantmaster caned every child in the class for failure to complete a mathematical programme.
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Aseniorassistantbegins at £700 and rises to £800, plus additions similar to those applicable in the case of assistants.
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Secondly, the director will need to appoint either a second deputy orseniorassistantdirector who will be the general manager responsible for community care.
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Theseniorassistanthad left the counter temporarily in charge of the junior assistant just before the robbery and returned in time to give the alarm.
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In 1992, she was elevated toseniorassistantdistrict attorney.
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Six months later he became a junior assistant and two months after that, aseniorassistant.
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He remained aseniorassistantfor the rest of his three-year civil service career.
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He would later work in the institution as theseniorassistantin conducting between 1991 and 2002 and a lecturer in orchestral conducting since 2002.
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He was employed as aseniorassistantengineer, and his salary reflected his obvious ability and experience.
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He was appointed there as theseniorassistantin zoology and comparative anatomy.
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Throughout his coaching career, he has been involved in developmental,seniorassistant, and reserves gameday coaching roles.
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Rushent progressed toseniorassistantengineer, staff engineer, and eventually head engineer.
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Every spending committee had either the treasurer or one of his senior assistants to keep it within bounds.
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Senior assistants were the "primicerius sacri cubiculi" and the "comes sacrae vestis".
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