proper oversight

collocation in English

meaningsofproperandoversight

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proper
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒp.ər/us
/ˈprɑː.pɚ/
real, satisfactory, suitable, ...
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oversight
noun
uk
/ˈəʊ.və.saɪt/us
/ˈoʊ.vɚ.saɪt/
a mistake made because of a failure to ...
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(Definition ofproperandoversightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Properoversightappeared to be assured by the demand that the serum's production be supervised by a trained pharmacist.
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The work of those bodies is not subject to review and has for too long been excluded fromproperoversight.
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It is also possible, withproperoversight, to delegate responsibility to a point.
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It demonstrates the benefit of a statutory requirement for audit and forproperoversightof how the regulator reacts to what the auditor may say.
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However, we have strategic interests in all this, and we must haveproperoversightat what is happening.
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We have also instituted for the first timeproperoversightand redress arrangements for the accessing of communications data.
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So it may be, but so also is itsproperoversight.
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Those may be necessary or, at least, supportable, but it makes it even more important to maintainproperoversightover their operation.
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The point is that if it is to haveproperoversightof the work of these services, it would surely be helpful if it could have some information.
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I am glad that there was no suggestion that the statutory accountability of any agency is inadequate, or thatproperoversightand internal management are not taking place.
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Thirdly, recipient governments have now been givenproperoversightof the programme management unit system, which is educating them in setting up their own systems for the future.
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The committee attempted to determine the causes of the experiments and reasons that theproperoversightdid not exist.
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The bulk of the work is believed to have been performed by staffers withoutproperoversight.
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They portrayed the agency as out-of-control and lackingproperoversight, and especially decried the agency's hiring of lobbyists to advocate on the agency's behalf.
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