provincial authority

collocation in English

meaningsofprovincialandauthority

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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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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofprovincialandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They provided the sovereign with both a source of income - they were expensive commodities - and a degree ofprovincialauthority.
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Theprovincialauthorityimposed serious punishment on the major local officials deemed responsible for the event.
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It would not be tolerated by anyprovincialauthority.
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I am sure that great care will be required to decide what counties are to be joined together in aprovincialauthority.
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I am also a little doubtful about theprovincialauthority.
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I should have thought that it would prove inevitable that we should give moreprovincialauthorityin this great industry.
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Laskin, for the majority, held that the law was valid provincial law under theprovincialauthorityover property and civil rights.
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Laws can be disguised (known as colourable law) as criminal in order to intrude onprovincialauthority.
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The sheikhdom was abolished and theprovincialauthoritytook full control of regional affairs.
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Theprovincialauthoritywas part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected.
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Provincialauthoritysaid that every year, about 600 to 800 criminal cases take place in the county, but half of them are not solved.
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Counties administer state or provincial law at the local level as part of the decentralization of state/provincialauthority.
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If plans go ahead, local and provincial authorities will have many new tasks and responsibilities.
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A major part of the actual screening programs is organized by university teams in collaboration with local and/or provincial authorities.
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The national and provincial authorities have not made clear policy with explicit objectives.
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After long and difficult political negotiations among federal authorities, provincial authorities, and the social insurance agencies, increases were agreed upon.
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Through the preparation and authorization of budgets, the provincial authorities influence the structure of hospital services.
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Most of these hospitals are 'public consortia' of regional interests (local and provincial authorities), open to private non-profit-making participation.
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In five cases, the participants were punished because they appealed to the central and provincial authorities in an 'unacceptable' way.
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These latter projects are developed by university teams in collaboration with the local and/or provincial authorities.
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