provincial government

collocation in English

meaningsofprovincialandgovernment

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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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government
noun
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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The arrangements forprovincialgovernmentprovided some autonomy.
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The first group wants more autonomy for theprovincialgovernment.
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Theprovincialgovernmenthas already officially announced this.
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Provincialgovernmentis directly implicated, for misadventures within it are the clear responsibility of central government.
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The old executive presidency had not allowed much room forprovincialgovernment.
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Done byprovincialgovernmentdepartments through hiring of existing staff (overtime), and purchase of special equipment.
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Theprovincialgovernmentmay even require local governments to punish certain participants.
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Meanwhile, theprovincialgovernmentpromised to increase the compensation and to have their homes relocated.
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Theprovincialgovernmenthad to establish 84 new orphanages to take in up to 15,149 orphans.
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Theprovincialgovernmentperceived that the lack of uniform legislation resulted in its unequal distribution.
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Repeated calls by the local gentry andprovincialgovernmentto reform the academy were ignored by academy authorities.
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Theprovincialgovernmentdecreed that the city would be provided with the very latest innovations of art and science.
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Another objective could be to legitimise attempts by theprovincialgovernmentto gain greater independence from the national government.
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One motive for an identity construction from above could be to strengthen the legitimacy of theprovincialgovernment.
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But they were continually frustrated by what they saw as a lack of response from theprovincialgovernment.
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We also received letters of support from key policy influencers at national andprovincialgovernment levels, and from healthrelated service organizations.
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He is ready to concedeprovincialgovernment.
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The broad features of these systems were similar: only persons who had paid for and obtained special licenses from theprovincialgovernmentcould sell opium in retail shops.
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The two traditional larger local festivals were cut down to one by theprovincialgovernment, and people were asked to stop inviting guest during this event.
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This raised the possibility that a newprovincialgovernmentmight be elected into power soon after the first phase of the study came to an end.
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Ifprovincialgovernmentis merely a department of the centre and the provincial party has no authority, something has changed and probably not for the better.
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I met senior members of theprovincialgovernmentand oil industry representatives.
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Forces are supplied through theprovincialgovernment, over which central government does not have total control.
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They will be a positive obstacle to the development of democraticprovincialgovernment.
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