provincial department

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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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department
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/dɪˈpɑːt.mənt/us
/dɪˈpɑːrt.mənt/
a part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a particular area of study ...
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(Definition ofprovincialanddepartmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These consisted of municipal officers, (sub)regional civil servants, inter-municipal corporations, housing corporations, public transport authorities, theprovincialdepartmentof tourism, urban design firms and others.
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All medical colleges and universities are regulated by the respectiveprovincialdepartmentof health.
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Finally, eachprovincialdepartmentmust ensure that the relevant environmental implementation plan is complied with by each municipality in its province.
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Under this new guise from 1887 to 1892 the school placed first in theprovincialdepartmentexaminations.
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Shaw worked as a civil servant in theprovincialdepartmentof agriculture from 1934 to 1954, rising to the position of deputy minister.
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The economic and political results of this decentralization were expansion of personnel and emoluments, confusion over funding for central and provincial departments and financial underpinning for regional autonomy.
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There, again, is a power of giving general supervision with a view to keeping the provincial departments up to standard.
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Some of the larger provincial departments have limited administrative capabilities to register children for home education.
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Several provincial departments, a court house and other public buildings were added on both sides of the river.
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Other aircraft are available from federal and provincial departments if required.
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Some of these costs took the form of reduced government services, affecting the operations and achievement of the mandate of federal and provincial departments.
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In practice however, most provincial departments do not have the administrative capability to register children for home education.
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It also has offices for court services administration personnel, public prosecutions, lawyers, sheriffs, police and staff from other provincial departments.
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