provincial administration

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meaningsofprovincialandadministration

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provincial
adjective
uk
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/us
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/
relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or ...
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administration
noun
uk
/ədˌmɪn.ɪˈstreɪ.ʃən/us
/ədˌmɪn.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/
the arrangements and tasks needed to control the operation of a plan ...
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These were followed by gender equity (18 %), theprovincialadministration, insecurity and corruption (14 % each).
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I should think almost certainly theprovincialadministration.
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He then enlisted it in repression, using the army against labour, declaring martial law and steadily militarisingprovincialadministrationand education.
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He led the creation of a national army, a modern police force and pushed for reform ofprovincialadministration, the church and the financial system (p. 237).
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The real centres of government have been in theprovincialadministration.
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The question of the police runs through the whole of theprovincialadministration.
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This officer has been appointed for the purpose of co-ordinatingprovincialadministration.
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First, to assess provincial performance, we rely upon two indicators: the annual rate of provincial unemployment, weighted for the electoral month, and the fiscal performance of theprovincialadministration.
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Her father was a deputy collector in theprovincialadministration.
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There is a growing opinion throughout the whole of local government that what people wish to see is democratically elected regional orprovincialadministration.
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Is it in order so to describe a member of aprovincialadministrationin a country with which we have friendly relations?
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The project was realized after his death by theprovincialadministration.
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In his time as minister, he completely overhauled theprovincialadministration.
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It had been built by theprovincialadministrationusing convict labour.
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Administrative reforms ofprovincialadministrationquickly led to a higher degree of centralization.
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The rebels who are holding theprovincialadministrationopened fire in response.
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She began her career in theprovincialadministrationof land in 1979 and continued until 2006.
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Provincialadministrationwas abolished at the end of the civil war.
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He was the assistant minister forprovincialadministrationand internal security.
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Other five languages are used byprovincialadministrationand by selected city or municipal administrations.
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I suggest that there is every objection against taking the higher ranks of the judicature and making them federal while maintaining the lower ranks underprovincialadministration.
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Nevertheless, the territorial administrator was expected to inspect his territory and to file detailed annual reports with theprovincialadministration.
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He was to maintain law and order in the province and ensure that theprovincialadministrationworked smoothly.
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Theprovincialadministrationhas been greatly streamlined in 1998, and handed most of its power to the central government.
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In the latter half of the 7th century, the oldprovincialadministrationwas replaced by the thematic system.
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