provincial assembly

collocation in English

meaningsofprovincialandassembly

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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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assembly
noun
uk
/əˈsem.bli/us
/əˈsem.bli/
a group of people, especially one that meets regularly for a particular purpose, such as government, or, more generally, the process of coming together, or the state of ...
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(Definition ofprovincialandassemblyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprovincial assembly

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He had dispatched some of his papers to theprovincialassembly, which found them satisfactory.
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He was the only one of the party's candidates to win a seat in the twenty-memberprovincialassembly.
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They further establishedprovincialassembly, and gave them power to deal with agriculture.
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We are aprovincialassembly, and we will not have it.
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He was elected to theprovincialassemblyin 1774.
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He was named speaker for theprovincialassemblyin 1966.
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In 1871, he was elected to theprovincialassembly.
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Theprovincialassemblyelections had been conducted early in 1946.
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He won aprovincialassemblyseat in 1985 and 1990.
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He served as finance critic in theprovincialassembly.
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He also wonprovincialassemblyseat which he relinquished.
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In 1787, he was a commissioner to theprovincialassembly.
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He was defeated when he ran for reelection to theprovincialassemblyin 1986.
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He was first elected to theprovincialassemblyin an 1927 by-election.
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He was named speaker for theprovincialassemblyin 1917 but resigned that post in 1919.
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He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in theprovincialassemblyin 1858.
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He ran unsuccessfully for reelection to theprovincialassemblyin 1935, 1939, 1943, 1947 and 1951.
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In the following days thousands were arrested including university professors,provincialassemblymembers, and students.
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He ran unsuccessfully for the same seat in theprovincialassemblyin 1867.
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During his time in theprovincialassembly, he was parliamentary secretary to several provincial cabinet ministers.
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He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in theprovincialassemblyin 1882.
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Negotiations regarding the new electoral law in the currentprovincialassemblyhad failed.
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He entered politics in 1721, winning election to theprovincialassembly.
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He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in theprovincialassemblyin 1840.
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He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in theprovincialassemblyin 1826 and 1836.
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